Still Seeking Stories

Yes, I'm still here. 
Yes, I'm still seeking stories.

I've been reading in mythology for the sources of patriarchy.

I saw a weblog on YouTube today - a psychic weighing in on the presidential election...
Not that important, but she said something I want to share:
She said that on 12.21.2012, the Mayan end of days, the world entered the feminine. It had been in the masculine for 100,000 years.

That made me think.


With all the craziness, cruelty and hate going around, I'm kind of stunned. But she made some sense of it.

She said Love, love, love, is the answer....

And she posted that on May 16, before the Orlando shootings.

New Life for the Blog, Adjusted Focus...

Hey there!

You arrived here because you heard about the Women's History Project someplace, right? You heard that I'm re-writing the history books to include women, right?

Well, you heard it right. I am collecting women's stories. I want to know who you are, who your mother was and who your grandmothers were. Both of them. These women all had stories.

With the family becoming smaller, we don't live in multi-generational homes, so the stories are being lost and forgotten.

Tell me the basics:
The pertinent dates -- birth and death, marriage date(s), what year was the first, second or fifth kid born? Live or stillbirth? What were the circumstances - home, midwife, in the fields...

How did your women progenitors work or not work? What were/are the patterns of health and wellness? Any special recipes handed down? Quilts? Afgans? Sayings?

Tell the family stories - "Mom was in school, about 9 years old. She had to get home to feed the ducks, but one of the ducks was missing....." Any stories like these... Stories of bullying, accomplishments, pie contests, sack races, whatever...
These stories help put her in context with her times. The Depression, the War Years...

Who was the one who always made folks well? Who was the one who always cooked the cakes/pies? Who was it who made the clothes? Who was it told you about becoming a woman?

Tell the stuff that doesn't seem all that important. You would be surprised what it can mean when taken in context.

For instance, my mom told of having stones thrown after her by kids on the way home from school. It was because of the German foster home she was in - it was 1942... So this insignificant item had a lot of meat to it.

Please tell your friends. Let's get this project going. We need to help our sisters - we need to change the world.

When you've completed your story, there is a submission section on the menu. Use that link to submit your story. It should go to email. Your story will not be shared generally like a comment on a post. If you would like that, you can pick and choose and post your comments...

Thank you one and all for participating in this.

One Billion Rising

I've taken on the role of marketing for the local One Billion Rising event on Feb. 14, 2013 in Johnson City, TN.

One Billion Rising is a dance event to protest against violence against women, in a positive way. There will be dances all over the world on that date and I do hope some of my readers can participate. I've already spread the word through many friends, on Facebook, and other social media sites.

If you want more information, you can look at the site, OneBillionRising(dot)org or the Facebook page, One Billion Rising on Facebook. 

If you can, dance. It will be a glorious time for everyone.

Looking for Submissions

I'm still looking for folks to tell me what they think a feminist is - or what feminism means to them. I'll take a paragraph, if that's all you have. I would like to post several folks definitions, and we (collectively) can go through them for the "truth" of it.

Would You Like to Speak Up Here?

I'm accepting applications for guest bloggers. If you have something to say on Feminism, Women's History, or Gender Studies Programs around the world, just comment on this blog post with your name and e-mail address. It won't be published, and you will be contacted.

Thank you!

RIP Helen Gurley Brown

We lost Helen Gurley Brown. A trailblazer, leader, and outspoken woman.


Rest in Peace, my sister.

I've Been Working with an Editor

I've been working with an editor to prepare for publication a volume of feminist essays. We have a ways to go, but wanted to update my readers. There is so much anger in the pieces that she is diffusing. I hate to have all that anger carry forward into the finished work, which is why the essays have never been published before.

The pieces were written at a particular time in my life when things were pretty rocky. I had been attacked, or what felt like it, for several months by various males in my life. In reality, I was probably learning how to assert myself and the men were pushing back, unused to my new, awakened, persona. It took a special man to help me diffuse the anger, and he will always hold a special place in my heart.

The book has no title as yet, and I hope my editor will suggest a few. Once the pieces are toned down and formatted, and she has seen the scope of work, we will choose a nice little catchy title so I can share it with you.

The book will be available in both Kindle and soft-cover versions. The Kindle version will be free for a short time. I expect the soft-cover to be at 120 pages, and priced under $20.

I'm looking for cover art, so any artists who care to submit drawings are welcome to contact me.