Before there was a God, there was a Goddess. Her religion was egalitarian and peaceful. Around 5,000 BC tribal nomads invaded from the north. With them the brought war and a patriarchal hierarchy. Jung says that the Goddess lives on in the psyche of men. Men suppress this memory of the Goddess and feel an odd yearning because of it. Read on.
Rape in our culture is an ancient and hidden disease. But we can change this fact. It requires no more than an attitude change. Here is my three-pronged approach to change the rape culture. One, tell the story. Secrecy only makes it invisible. Two, Accept the fact that when a woman is raped, her life changes forever. Three, every state in the union needs an affirmative consent law.
Fairytales are part of life. I loved them as a child, especially Rumpelstiltskin because it had three good witches and only one mean one. In the version I had, the girl in the story bested mean old Rumpelstiltskin. I guess …
For those of you who haven't been paying attention to the scandal and drama that was triggered by Nate Parker's new movie, here is a brief recap.
Hundreds of thousands of rape kits lay moldering away on storage shelves, prey to dust mites and mushrooming mould. But times are changing.
Pulitzer Prize winning George Will, political pundit and right wing columnist, is an intelligent man and a man of conscience. He proved that to me when he reported about Nixon’s interference in the peace talks prior to the 1968 presidential …
It was bad timing. I know I should be a good sport. That's what my Dad always said when he made fun of me, that he was just funning. And it was all in fun or I think it was. I mean it was a good joke. Everybody laughed and I laughed too before it hit me that it was a rape joke. On the other hand, it was just a teeny, weeny rape joke. Not bad really. Not insulting or anything. It even took me a minute to realize what was happening but then with this guy — he's a really nice guy by the way. He tells jokes all the time and most of them are funny. Anyway with this guy I often get a funny feeling, a feeling that he's besting me somehow in some strange competition and I don't know the rules. I only learn the rules after I've been bested, after he's won. Won what? I never know. That's why it's so weird. I can't put my finger on it. [Read More...]
Steubenville I’m excited. Brad Pitt, who was such a cutie when he exploded onto the screen in Thelma & Louise in 1991 has become a hero and not only a hero but a White Knight. Last year he produced the...