How the death of Jimmy, the pony, combined with my feminist consciousness, prompted me to see the "fact" of meat eating as a contradiction.
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The Unbound Project invited me to write a blog; I took the opportunity to reflect on how women's animal activism is discussed and this prompted thoughts about my own forty-plus years of activism and thinking about The Sexual Politics of Meat
Read More"Riveter's Ovaries"
A book from 1946 inspires me to think about fragmenting language about women concerned about their safety and the hierarchy of male expertise about women: they had knowledge, the women were ignorant.
Read MoreCaregivers are artists of attention and assistance.
Caregivers are artists of attention and assistance. As we respond to urgent needs, something is working in our consciousness helping to center our thoughts and focus our responses. For my caregiving, that something was Jane Austen. I came to Jane Austen in my 50s, which was when I needed her. Her novels gave me joy as I was immersed in caregiving.
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