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Women’s Ritual Dances and the Nine Touchstones of Goddess Spirituality-Part Two by Laura Shannon

Posted on November 9, 2018 by

In the first part of this article, I looked at how Carol P Christ’s Nine Touchstones of Goddess Spirituality are related to traditional women’s ritual dances of the Balkans. After more than thirty years of researching and teaching these dances…

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Hidden Figures – A Different Approach to Promoting Mutuality

Posted on February 9, 2017 by

The other day, I re-blogged Sara Frykenberg’s  post about the impossibility of debating “mutuality,” which I define as the mutual respect required to approach each and any “other” as a peer.     The movie, Hidden Figures, starring Taraji Hensen, Octavia … Continue reading →

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Why I March

Posted on January 23, 2017 by

At my march in Denton, Texas the organizers asked us to fill out a card saying why we march.  I wrote:”Because all the women who stayed home because they haven’t yet found their voice, or someone would hit them or … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo: Book Spine Poem

Posted on April 12, 2016 by

The Red-Haired Girl From the Bog        Her curly mane,     color of sailors’ delight,     captures attention     from every street philosopher and holy fool     mooching the squalid sidewalks     of the city of the beasts     … Continue reading →

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Published in We’ Moon

Posted on May 7, 2015 by

I am proud to announce that a couple of my poems will be featured in We’ Moon next year. We’ Moon is a women’s almanac published every year since 1987 by Mother Tongue Ink in Oregon. It’s been my constant … Continue reading →

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