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Waking Up

When I think about what has made my life meaningful, it’s come from those experiences where I woke up.  Events that rocked my world when I was confronted  with truths that  ran counter to how I was living my life. As a young woman [...]

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Waking Up

When I think about what has made my life meaningful, it’s come from those experiences where I woke up.  Events that rocked my world when I was confronted  with truths that  ran counter to how I was living my life. As a young woman I was awakened as a  result of living through the Viet Nam war and the second wave of Feminism. As the Viet [...]

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Motherhood Revisited

GUEST POST by LISA SAVAGE Yesterday I read a  novel that took me back to the fierce experience of becoming a mother under late-stage capitalism. Claire Kilroy perfectly captures the despair and precarious state of infant mothers where there is no mothering for them. The protagonist of SOLDIER SAILOR is at the end of her rope and very nearly [...]

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A Newfound Freedom

More and more older women are discovering a new voice: one that embraces a newfound freedom. Sharon Blackie, author of  Hagitude,  contends that women tend to lose their inhibitions as they age.  Aging often ushers in a new confidence.  Many older women describe themselves as not the same person they were 20 or 30 years ago. Living through [...]

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Whom to Remember on Mother’s Day

I propose that we enlarge Mother’s Day to honor not just our biological mothers but our spiritual mothers as well.  They are the teachers, neighbors, aunts, family friends and others whose generosity of spirit left an indelible impression on our younger selves. Often these women didn’t have their own children but lovingly nurtured and [...]

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