A friend sent me a card with a quote from Sophocles: “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is love.” –Joy
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The Way Things Are
by resolutewoman on May 21, 2022 in book, change
“There is no way things should be, only the way things are—and the way things are going to keep changing,” writes Kirstin Valdez Quade in The Five Wounds.
We are not free
by resolutewoman on May 19, 2022 in change, courage, hope
We all need to struggle for a world where we are all free of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, gun violence, poverty, inequality, hatred and every single form of oppression, says Lisa Congdon in her book You Will Leave a Trail of Stars. “We are not free until everyone is free,” Congdon concludes.
Should we outlaw sex?
by resolutewoman on May 7, 2022 in advice, change, sexism
Jonathan Mitchell, one of the architects of Texas law SB 8, which severely limits abortions, wrote this in a “friend of the court” brief to the Supreme Court. “Women can ‘control their reproductive lives’ without access to abortion; they can do so by refraining from sex.”
Let’s get angry
by resolutewoman on May 5, 2022 in change, character, resolute-women
We have good reasons to be angry—abortion, Ukraine, the pandemic, climate change. “Anger is often totally appropriate,” writer Roxane Gay says. “It can be incredibly productive.” I heard Roxane Gay speaking on the PBS evening news. –Joy
Get angry
by resolutewoman on April 30, 2022 in change, courage, resolute-women, Uncategorized
Our anger is positive—if it leads to action. “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off,” the activist and author Gloria Steinem once said. –Joy
We can go forward again
by resolutewoman on April 26, 2022 in change, hope, Uncategorized
The world seems dreary. It is easy to feel despair. However, the author Margaret Atwood advises us to hang onto hope. Atwood likes to point out that the world has seen worse pandemics and worse political turmoil. “People wring their hands in despair when we have things happen that we consider going backward,” she says. […]
Prudence?
by resolutewoman on April 12, 2022 in advice, change, courage, resolute-women
Molly Ivins sometimes—often—was outrageous, but she always spoke the truth. “I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years,” she once said. I recently watched a PBS documentary about Molly Ivins, the sometimes outrageous journalist.
The source of evil
by resolutewoman on April 9, 2022 in change, courage, resolute-women
“I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil,” Molly Ivins once said. “And that no one knows the truth.” I recently watched a PBS documentary about Molly Ivins, the sometimes outrageous journalist. –Joy
Be outrageous
by resolutewoman on April 5, 2022 in change, courage, resolute-women
“Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t forget to have fun doin’ it,” Molly Ivins once said. “Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.” I recently watched a PBS documentary about Molly Ivins, the sometimes outrageous journalist. –Joy
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