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- At 2:34pm on March 6, 2008,
Frank Fagan said… - why thank u, thank u. i blame lois brown and her fab silver disco shoes for inspiring my little foray into mirrorball page decor!
- At 9:47am on March 6, 2008,
Kathryn Jennex said… - For all the strong women I know:
For Strong Women by Marge Piercy
A strong woman is a woman who is straining
A strong woman is a woman standing
on tiptoe and lifting a barbell
while trying to sing "Boris Godunov."
A strong woman is a woman at work
cleaning out the cesspool of the ages,
and while she shovels, she talks about
how she doesn't mind crying, it opens
the ducts of the eyes, and throwing up
develops the stomach muscles, and
she goes on shoveling with tears in her nose.
A strong woman is a woman in whose head
a voice is repeating, I told you so,
ugly, bad girl, bitch, nag, shrill, witch,
ballbuster, nobody will ever love you back,
why aren't you feminine, why aren't
you soft, why aren't you quiet, why aren't you dead?
A strong woman is a woman determined
to do something others are determined
not be done. She is pushing up on the bottom
of a lead coffin lid. She is trying to raise
a manhole cover with her head, she is trying
to butt her way through a steel wall.
Her head hurts. People waiting for the hole
to be made say, hurry, you're so strong.
A strong woman is a woman bleeding
inside. A strong woman is a woman making
herself strong every morning while her teeth
loosen and her back throbs. Every baby,
a tooth, midwives used to say, and now
every battle a scar. A strong woman
is a mass of scar tissue that aches
when it rains and wounds that bleed
when you bump them and memories that get up
in the night and pace in boots to and fro.
A strong woman is a woman who craves love
like oxygen or she turns blue choking.
A strong woman is a woman who loves
strongly and weeps strongly and is strongly
terrified and has strong needs. A strong woman is strong
in words, in action, in connection, in feeling;
she is not strong as a stone but as a wolf
suckling her young. Strength is not in her, but she
enacts it as the wind fills a sail.
What comforts her is others loving
her equally for the strength and for the weakness
from which it issues, lightning from a cloud.
Lightning stuns. In rain, the clouds disperse.
Only water of connection remains,
flowing through us. Strong is what we make
each other. Until we are all strong together,
a strong woman is a woman strongly afraid.
Marge Piercy is an American novelist, essayist, and poet best known for fiction with a feminist slant. Her writing stems from a political commitment that began in the 1960s in the Vietnam anti-war movement.
- At 3:42am on March 4, 2008,
Kathryn Jennex said…
- Hi Everyone!
I am writing to you about a benefit event to be held on 4 April 2008 at Bianca’s 171 Water Street. The proceeds from this event will go towards supporting the work of the St John’s Women’s Centre. The Women’s Centre which is located at 150 Le Marchant Road provides support, information, referrals and practical assistance to over 300 women per month. The centre helps women, the vast majority of whom live in poverty, by providing, a free clothing boutique, a food assistance programme, a safe place where women can meet each other and a variety of short term supportive programmes.
This is our first bar benefit and we are hoping to make it an annual event. This year’s benefit will include performances from a number of local female musicians, a raffle and door prizes. We are asking local artists for donations which can be used as door prizes and in the raffle. Anything that might make an excellent prize would be appreciated!
If you are interested in making a donation please contact me at the above address, or by phone 754-9153or e-mail kathyrnjennex@hotmail.com
Many thanks in anticipation of your assistance
Kathyrn Jennex
- At 1:23am on February 27, 2008,
Rosemary House said… - Welcome Kathryn! Great to see you here my dear. I'm in Toronto for ten days and so sorry to miss the do for Lyly on Friday night but have left my contribution at Nifco. I'm sure it will be a great time! Now my dear you must put up a profile picture when you have a moment - we don't care for the big eared man.... don't forget to scroll down after you're selected Done and then press SAVE as well! Thanks for joining, cheers, Rosemary
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