The first time I said it out loud, it took courage. It felt weird, a bit risky and daring. I was trying the word on, like a little girl trying on her mother’s shoes, to see if it fit me: feminist. And it did fit; it grew to fit beautifully, and so I turned this [...]
“Human life—however small, however fragile, however broken—must be valued. It must be loved and embraced and declared good.” I was singing and praying and walking the other day. Actually I was doing that every day for ten days straight, traveling 180 km total as I led 25 women on a walk from Montreal to Ottawa [...]
“Freedom lived out in real living colour is abandonment of our small self and the embracing of a big love.” I used to believe that rebellion was freedom. It wasn’t hard to believe actually–it’s promoted everywhere. The wild child who does whatever with whoever, whenever they want–it’s freedom. No commitments, no responsibilities, no expectations–it’s bliss [...]
“Forgive us, Father, for we know not what we do.” I am writing this post from my hotel room in the West Bank of Palestine. I can’t fully describe the feeling that swept over me when we crossed through the Israeli military check point into the Palestinian side and I saw the size of the [...]
“If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is tied up with mine, then let us work together. ”– Lill Watson, aboriginal activist Why do I go? Why do I keep packing my pink suitcase and flying to the edges of our world, so [...]
