The Feminine Dimension

It is time all beings tapped into the wellspring of power associated with their divine feminine aspects. To heal a world so fractured and depleted, all beings must root into those parts of themselves they have long been taught to suppress, for whatever reason. Women and men alike. The world is not well. It is [...]

Liberation

“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.” ~ Aung San Suu Kyi My earliest childhood memories are rooted in state violence. Much of my life since has involved some measure of [...]

Revolution Collective

Now that I have your attention, I wish to speak to a few things that are disturbing not only to myself, but to the collective frequency. It’s no secret we are living in challenging times. The social climate is anything but peace. What I want to remind everyone is that the Earth itself was founded [...]

Dreamfast With Me

“Let the past die.” As if they are not aware that trauma is like recurring movie. Played over and over. In every cell of our bodies. Deeply enmeshed in our ciphers. For trauma survivors, the past never dies. Trauma is etched into the fabric of our beings. It enters and makes a home in the deepest [...]

Assemblages: Anti-Oppression Works

The UNC Greensboro Women's and Gender Studies Program organizes and hosts their Annual Research Symposium each Spring. I am honored to have co-organized, presented at and gave opening remarks at this year's conference. Conference attendees keep asking me to post those remarks...So here they are: In a time when a national figurehead can say or [...]

Gods and Giants.

I always gain something and leave something behind when I visit India. My love for this country knows no bounds. My heart expands each time I have the chance to go here. I went into the country crying this time, and I left crying, both times for the deepest of loves a human can know. [...]

Don’t Shoot the Messenger

In lieu of the latest scandals involving men in positions of power, abusing their power, I have thought deeply and tried to remain objective. When we use one another's pain as a platform for political agency alone, we perpetuate the very dominant systems we seek to transcend. By simply focusing on the actual events or [...]