I must confess, I started this blog probably over a year ago and have yet to contribute one post. So, here is my "hey and hello" with more posts to come. I am a feminist, writer, teacher, thealogian, and activist living in the South. I am originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, but I moved to Lexington, Kentucky when I was sixteen and I am now pretty much an effective hybrid of these rather equally eccentric places.
What I want this place to be--I want my readers and commenters to know that this is a safe place for progressive voices--for people who live on the margins or who live in the midst of the mainstream, yet have that sinking feeling that all is not quite right. This is a place of interconnecting dialogues--where justice movements are not in competition with one another (there will be no who is more oppressed arguments) because that distracting conversation simply serves to divide and drain energy from movements and thoughtful people engaged in realizing justice and respect for all. Justice is not a commodity to be exchanged and sought after in wicket form, but rather a renewable resource brought forth through systematic change and a commitment to the flourishing of all. This is not to say that there will not be deep challenges offered here to the assumptions we bring to discussions--a white middle-class feminist does not know what is best for a woman from Bangladesh, nor might a black man be able to express the needs of a lesbian black woman just as vegan activist might not be able to understand the context of a Inuit youth. So, we need to listen to one another.
So, come on in, join the discussion and let's listen.
Peace
What I want this place to be--I want my readers and commenters to know that this is a safe place for progressive voices--for people who live on the margins or who live in the midst of the mainstream, yet have that sinking feeling that all is not quite right. This is a place of interconnecting dialogues--where justice movements are not in competition with one another (there will be no who is more oppressed arguments) because that distracting conversation simply serves to divide and drain energy from movements and thoughtful people engaged in realizing justice and respect for all. Justice is not a commodity to be exchanged and sought after in wicket form, but rather a renewable resource brought forth through systematic change and a commitment to the flourishing of all. This is not to say that there will not be deep challenges offered here to the assumptions we bring to discussions--a white middle-class feminist does not know what is best for a woman from Bangladesh, nor might a black man be able to express the needs of a lesbian black woman just as vegan activist might not be able to understand the context of a Inuit youth. So, we need to listen to one another.
So, come on in, join the discussion and let's listen.
Peace
1 comment:
Wow, you read like a thoughtful articulate woman. Are you single?
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