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N.Y. Suffragists Took the 14th to Polling Booths

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Written by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
Inconviencent Woman
Yes We Did!
Left, right, or independent - yesterday’s election was a paradigm shift of tectonic proportion. Millions of women joined together, gave time, talent and treasure and changed the out come of thousands of local, state and national elections.
The millions of women who cast their votes yesterday did so under the hard-won […]

The Menstrual Roots of Three Jewish and African Rites of Passage

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Metaforms of a Monotheistic Religion

The Menstrual Roots of Three Jewish and African Rites of Passage: Khomba, Bat Mitzvah and the Mikvah
by Deborah J. Grenn, Ph.D
From Metaphormia - A Journal of Menstruation and Culture
 B’rucha at Shekhinah[1] eloteinu malkah ha’olam she’asani ishah: Blessed are you, Shekhinah our god, Creator of the world/Source of Life, who has made […]

If Men Menstruated…

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If Men Menstruated…
What would happen if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women didn’t ?
The answer is clear: menstruation would become an enviable, boast-worthy, masculine event.
Note:
Based on an essay written by Gloria Steinem.
Ms Steinem’s essay originally appeared in the October 1978 issue of Ms. Magazine.

Boys would mark the onset of menses, that longed-for proof of […]

Men

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“Pleasuring the Goddess”
By Pam Babbitt, S.I.
What does a Goddess want?
The answer is clear - she wants it all! She wants your full presence and to know that she is the object of your greatest desire. She wants heart connection, soul connection and body connection. She yearns to have all her senses stimulated. She wants gentle […]

Hemitra Crecraft

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Teacher, celebrationist, designer, author and filmmaker. Hermita has created the multi-media programs “Women’s Rites of Passage: Reconnecting to the Source of Feminine Power” and “Coming of Age: From Bud to Flower,” featuring the critically acclaimed “From Girl to Woman” DVD. .
Since the mid 1980s, Hemitra has been a leader in the women’s spirituality movement in […]

Aluna: A Tidal Powered Moon Clock

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Positive News from Around the World
December 13, 2004
Aluna: A Tidal Powered Moon Clock
An unique proposal for a huge tidal-powered Moon Clock is being hailed by scientists and
anthropologists who believe this monumental timepiece could become an internationally
recognised landmark.
The Aluna Project, designed by artist, Laura Williams, will be a magnificent glass and steel structure illuminated by
tidal energy. […]

Recovering the Ancient Deep Feminine

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by Vicki Noble
           
 
 The sexual conditioning to which we have been subjected in our culture has been evolving for five thousand years and has been through numerous shifts. Marija Gimbutas’s books give us a view into the most ancient strata — that of the Neolithic period of early agriculture and the beginnings of city life. […]