During Work and Stress and Wandering…
“Always focus on how far you’ve come, rather than how far you have left to go.” — Unknown
View ArticleOff the Trail…
“I meet you/ in the green and in the blue…” — Sinéad Lohan, “Loose Ends”
View ArticleEveryday Language Creates “A Disturbingly Negative Reality for Those who are...
The words we say and the way we say them. Words we choose to omit. Our expressions. Through such routine methods of communicating, we often convey more than we might expect. And the subliminal effects...
View ArticleObservation
After witnessing many arguments between feminists and men on the topic of women’s rights (and being involved in several such arguments myself), I’ve noticed something. The men who disagree with...
View ArticlePsst, Look at What She’s Wearing…
“Women who display themselves as sex objects do not represent women as a gender any more than the Chippendales or Ron Jeremy represent you. Women are not a homogenous group who all get together to...
View ArticleA Note on Wildness…
“I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It’s so fuckin’ heroic.” ― George Carlin
View ArticleAn Empty Field
“As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.” ― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
View ArticleWould “Wimmin” Overcome Sexism More Easily Than “Women”?
In preparation for writing my post “Everyday Language Creates a Disturbing Reality for Those Who are Female”, I encountered an article that stood out from the rest. The article on patriarchy, “A...
View ArticleThe Colourful Dark
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? — Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here
View ArticleInteresting Facts About “Women’s Work”
Did you know that women in Canada spend more than double the amount of time caring for their children than do men? In 2010 they devoted 1,336 hours more than their male counterparts to the task of...
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