By Michaela Evanow | Twitter: michaela_evanow I was digging up potatoes from the garden, dirt under my nails, sweating under the summer sun. Florence, my baby, was napping, and I was enjoying the glory of my garden. It was planted a couple of weeks after her birth, somehow, with aching pelvic bones and swollen feet. It had [...]
Dear Patriarchy,* You’re larger than I imagined you to be. Sitting here, sensing your hold, your spirit wide and so far-reaching, I am sad we’ve given you this much power. I’m sad humanity has fed you, as we ate from your hand and your tightly binding words, demeaning and hurting women. Put women in their [...]
We’ve spent October sharing about creating—creating connections, creating art, creating hope. We’ve also spent so much of the month being a little more vulnerable than usual—talking about pads and periods and pennies. It’s been a wild ride and it’s not over yet. Enjoy the last morsel of October with us by flipping through our #CREATE [...]
“How do I stand up for those consumed with gray when all around us is dressed in black and white?” By Katy Randall | Twitter: @KatyBeStill Even though I grew up in a wonderful church with loving people, seeing life in black and white was pretty natural for me. You were either good or bad, [...]
There are some moments so gorgeous and rimmed with light that to feel their flutter this side of heaven is to be touched by that which is sacrosanct And in the slightest turning of one’s head shards of Zion can be found glistening in the shadows or dripping from lips shaped by awe It is [...]
