“I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin.” ~ Sandra Cisneros
Feminism
Simone de Beauvoir #FridayPhilosophy
“All oppression creates a state of war...” ~ Simone de Beauvoir
Mass Hysteria
They lie in wait, and hateand ask you for your fear.Until you arm yourself in liesand set aside your truth.A cult, a curse, a strange snake charmerleading a brutal danceinto ever more violent steps.A madness descends, takes hold, holds fast.Unwilling to loose its strangleholdas voices rise into a screamand humanity sets itself aside. ~ Caroline … Continue reading Mass Hysteria
Shonda Rhimes #FridayPhilosophy
“Words have power. TV has power. My pen has power.” ~ Shonda Rhimes
Lockstep
The orderly chaos Of rage and blindness Sets a movement on its feet Dragging progress back A time travel march Into what we imagined to be the past Accepting nothing But unquestioning devotion ~ Caroline A. Slee
Reimagined #wwwblogs
Liberation was a far-off songin a language I could not understanda dream of color and movement and energybright in its painful hope. Reality was built with sharp edgeswith black and white made starkso-called truth spooned out by angry menin a world made harsh without dreams. We find constants beyond the noisehands in the soil and … Continue reading Reimagined #wwwblogs
Sage #wwwblogs
We seek wisdomlike a new faithprayer sent up to the skieson curls of smoke We seek transformationas a way of lifealways a new pathto carry us onward We seek answersexplanationsan understanding of allthat is beyond the pale We seek a new worldfar removed from the liesjoining a celestial purposetrue to our own hearts ~ Caroline … Continue reading Sage #wwwblogs
Cosmic #wwwblogs
The stars sink downa slow spread across the earthtaking the celestialinto the mundane We forget to look upand so what is abovesurrounds usuntil our blindness leaves We are cosmic creaturesstitched from heavenly clothwalking magic and miraclesset upon the ground We hold the stars, the skies, and the seaswithin our boundless heartswaiting for the single sparkto … Continue reading Cosmic #wwwblogs
Harvest #MondayBlogs
We reap burdened by tears our fields run to dust by the wise choices of others - We reap where flowers do not bloom where none but hatred can find room for growth - We reap eyes cast down to the ground laboring through resting hours carrying our pain - We reap and wait for … Continue reading Harvest #MondayBlogs
Blindness #MondayBlogs
The world holds fast to willful blindness A solemn refusal to see what's ahead Until rebellion begins with a simple act: An opening of the eyes to gaze upon the world A beginning of the vision of all that could be Years spent in the darkness of what was twisted at the root Slowly coming … Continue reading Blindness #MondayBlogs