Women
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Renoir’s Odalisque
I have a lot of issues with my body. There’s too much of it, so I try occasionally to starve it, or indulge in extreme regimes then give up, and then sometimes I stuff it too full of food to compensate, and to punish it.
It’s tedious to reach middle-age and still spend time thinking […]
Sunday Collection: International Women’s Day
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Photograph by Babasteve
Because yesterday was International Women’s Day, it was easy for me to decide on the theme of today’s collection.
Those of you around my vintage will remember the second-wave feminist movement that began in the 1960s. We read classic polemics such as Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique and Greer’s The Female Eunuch, we attended consciousness-raising […]
Choicemaker
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
When you see yourself as a choicemaker, you take on the role of protagonist in your life story. You know that what you choose to do, or not do, has an effect. You learn that when circumstances are unavoidable or even terrible, then how you respond inwardly is a choice that may make all the […]
Elderwomanspace
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007I’m delighted and proud to be one of the foundation members of a new social networking site for elder women set up by Marian Van Eyk McCain, the inspirational writer I’ve previously linked to here and here.
Marian’s network is for those of us who are at various stages of the ageing adventure… women growing old […]
Sunday Collection - strong women
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
No, no, no, that’s not what I mean by strong women! But come to think of it, doesn’t she look joyful and strong and brimming with life?
I’m currently reading The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd (which Lucy recommended to me). The book’s subtitle will tell you what it’s about: A Woman’s […]
September Collection - Autumn
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007Today is the autumn equinox: the hours of light and of darkness are equal. I’m told that at the two equinoxes, if you stand an egg on its narrow end it will balance, just as the earth hangs on a point of balance between life and death. (Although darkness can be comforting, and death is […]
Mary
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007Today is the feast day in the Catholic church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
This refers to the belief that at the end of her life, Mary was transported body and soul into heaven. Narratives enshrining this belief have existed since the early centuries of the church, although it was only declared as […]
Acceptable sinners
Friday, August 10th, 2007The other day I had a conversation with a man I know who described to me his visits to a lap-dancing club. (Yes I know, but he’s a business contact in my non-blogging life. I have to be polite to him. It wouldn’t occur to him that there’s anything wrong with lap-dancing clubs or talking […]
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