Where the road ends and the sky kisses the earth it is there you will find me dancing the steps an ancestor knew greeting the moon with my wild kin Where civilization stops and the wildness takes hold it is there you will find me living in spirit and holding fast my truth Where the … Continue reading You Will Find Me #MondayBlogs
Feminism
Quiet Fires
The quiet fire Becomes a blaze As the whispers Become a unison shout Silence Cast aside For full power And life out loud ~ Caroline A. Slee
Shadows ~ #MondayBlogs
We walk by moonlight Our nights spent chasing shadows of the selves we have forgotten Forsaken bereft of name wandering in search of what we've lost The daylight shapes us with its demands clipping wings into tidy spans Until we become seekers remaking the us we always were ~ Caroline A. Slee
Shifter
Peel back the skin simple flesh a meaningless misdirection Open out the heart jeweled with virtue keeping time for the dance Tease the limbs a marionette slack and slanted coquettish Render the soul visible, exposed every color and shade melding and swirling As the me within me moves without - Caroline A. Slee
Possession
No exorcism no casting out for the demon is on the outside while we hold fast to who we are Identity is chipped away stripped away by slow inches We are not our own it will never be enough until we submit To man to church to government To any power that fears what it … Continue reading Possession
The Mountains Are a Woman…#MondayBlogs
The mountains are a woman A haven Of dangerous angles Tumbled volcanoes Broke themselves upon her And still She stands A home And a hiding place Of unique beauty And changeable moods Implacable majesty Cloaks her every expression And so we live in her shade and listen to her life after sundown She holds every … Continue reading The Mountains Are a Woman…#MondayBlogs
Friday Philosophy…Patriarchy
From what I have seen in nearly 40 years, extremism does not work. The pendulum goes from one extreme to the other, with only a brief moment of balance in the middle. Feminists are often criticized for a misconception that they are trying to be "better" than men, when feminism seeks equality between and among … Continue reading Friday Philosophy…Patriarchy
When Your Content is Offensive…#MondayBlogs
This post may be offensive, to someone, somewhere. Or I might be.
Raising Feminist Children…#MondayBlogs
"Feminism: the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men." Definition from dictionary.com. Now we're clear on what feminism is, right? Before I invoke the wrath of Rush Limbaugh, here's what feminism isn't: it's not a question of either gender "un-sexing" themselves to be more like the other. … Continue reading Raising Feminist Children…#MondayBlogs
Dependability is sexy! #MondayBlogs
You know, as women we are often under a HUGE pile of societal pressure to be any number of things: skinny, pleasing, non-threatening, wearing make-up, patient, kind, acquiescent. To me, the bottom line is that we are under this mountain of pressure to really be SEXY. Not some sort of reasonable standard for sexy, mind … Continue reading Dependability is sexy! #MondayBlogs