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Comment on 100 years for women, almost 53 for me by phee

phee — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:23:16 +0000

Mom, when I say I’m nothing like my mother, I’m referring to our personalities… I come across much more brash than you, it’s the Aries / Cancer thing, and a lot of this post is about me coming out of denial of that, and that it’s okay. But our belief systems are very similar in a lot of ways!

Maybe except for this subject, which might be more a matter of education and information than belief. I’m reading a book right now called ‘Half the Sky’ (which I recommend, you can get it through the library), written by a pair of journalists and very well researched and credible, exploring the current situation for women around the world.

And it’s extremely bad, still, it really is. More women are killed in gender-related violence than any other way… no disease, war, or accident can compete. And sex slavery, trafficking of girls into brothels is a way of life in many countries. That’s just a couple of things; I don’t have the book with me at the moment or I could come up with a lot of quite chilling statistics.

Leaving aside the issues that remain for women in the West (equal pay for equal work, which we are still a long way from, for example), International Women’s Day is about raising awareness of the plight of women in the developing world, which lags pretty far behind. That’s what I was getting at in this.

Comment on 100 years for women, almost 53 for me by Jean

Jean — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:21:43 +0000

it’s good to hear your voice again Phee. i miss you when you’re gone, but appreciate when you are ready to burst forth again.

with love,

Jean

Comment on 100 years for women, almost 53 for me by mom

mom — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:44 +0000

Hi Phee, you write that you are nothing at all like your mother? Yet why do your ideas and beliefs concur so well with my own?

A phrase from (I think?) the Bible has sustained me over the years. The words: “EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHALL BE” would sometimes pop up from somewhere when I became overwhelmed by struggles and strifes.

My young neighbor insists she’s not religious but her intelligently expressed ideas and beliefs do not conflict with mine. A fellow on CBC Radio this morn. has a theory that belief in a higher power is implanted in our gene structure – It is biological, this learned fellow proclaims. He too insists he’s not religious.

My feeling regarding International Women’s Day has changed over the past 30 or 40 years – I think we’ve already “come a long way Baby,” as they used to say. Now I think we need to get past celebrating our victories and complaining about our inequalities. We’ve achieved our status (well, maybe not completely) Now I think we need to march arm and arm with our guys (and there are plenty that are on our side) to make this world a better place.

It’s my religion that makes me believe this to be possible, but I know agnostics and even a few atheists that believe it to be true as well.

Sorry for going on and on – hope it made sense. Much love Mom

Comment on 100 years for women, almost 53 for me by phee

phee — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:21:17 +0000

aw thanks

Comment on 100 years for women, almost 53 for me by Greensera

Greensera — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:24:05 +0000

I say effin’ A to alluvit. Keep rockin, girlfriend

Comment on photo poem journeys by phee

phee — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:47:47 +0000

thanks matt… cool.

Comment on photo poem journeys by Matthew Ezra Little

Matthew Ezra Little — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:34:58 +0000

just a lil reminder new zonko poetry blog up @

http://zonkod.blogspot.com/

now back to your irregular program …

whirled peas …
and carrots …

Comment on a song for haiti by phee

phee — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:54:47 +0000

I just did a rewrite and it changed quite a lot… the lyrics on the updated version above are current. It didn’t quite feel right to me yet..

Comment on a song for haiti by Seamas

Seamas — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:35:39 +0000

Anything else I say will be trite…
I can’t give up either, so thank you!

Comment on a song for haiti by phee

phee — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:10:43 +0000

It’s already arranged … the chords just flowed. Amazing… the lyrics may morph a bit still; I feel a last verse still needs to come with the first line ‘There’s a story in my head, it keeps coming out all wrong’