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Figlia Del Cielo
I’ve fallen in love with this song by Roberto Cacciapaglia. Kinda surprised that a guy wrote it but it is beautiful nonetheless. I can’t stop listening to it. Lyrics in Italian with a crap… more →
Gorgon Poisons
Figlia Del Cielo
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allecto wrote 4 months ago: I’ve fallen in love with this song by Roberto Cacciapaglia. Kinda surprised that a guy wrote i … more →
That Girl
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allecto wrote 6 months ago: Something I wrote the other day on the train. I’m having a great deal of difficulty doing any … more →
Pirate Jenny- Nina Simone
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allecto wrote 7 months ago: Few women speak/sing/give their rage voice as angrily and with as much power as Nina did. Her courag … more →
Caves: the eeriness of reading Susan Griffin's Woman and Nature
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allecto wrote 7 months ago: So I’m reading Woman and Nature and it was very weird reading this particular section. I start … more →
New Poem on Spinning Spinsters
allecto wrote 9 months ago: Hey sisters. Check out Vacant a great, angry poem by Taunia Rebel. … more →
Sing Revolution
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: This is me singing a song I wrote called Revolution. I wrote it a couple of years ago after a friend … more →
The 18th and 19th Carnivals
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: Two very fine carnivals: 18th Carnival of the Radical Feminists: ‘Exploring a Radical Feminist Under … more →
The Price We Pay
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: Another piece from a womyn of colour at Michfest. This one is close to my heart. She talks about res … more →
Don't Nobody: Kaleema speaks out against misogynist rap music
allecto wrote 1 year ago: Brilliant spoken word piece by a Kaleema. Performed at Michigan Womyn’s Festival. Where else? … more →
Octavia Butler Rules!!!
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: I randomly picked up a science fiction book because the main character was a Black woman and it had … more →
Movies about sisterhood and love between women
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: Go watch these clips from Radiance, my favourite movie (aligned in greatness with Serenades and Fire … more →
"We are the foundation of all that matters": The 16th Carnival of the Radical Feminists
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: Hey sisters, Welcome to the 16th Carnival of the Radical Feminists. I’ve finally gotten it fin … more →
Reading, reading
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker Really fantastic book. Defin … more →
The Carnival of Radical Feminists
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: The 14th Carnival of the Radical feminists was at Maggie’s Meta Watershed. The 15th Carnival o … more →
Poetry Slam
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: I entered a Poetry Slam last night for the first time. It was part of the Winter Magic Festival whic … more →
Women's Liberation
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: Quite a while ago and older lesbian sister said that she was not a feminist and it got me thinking. … more →
Poetry is not a luxury
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: For me creativity is central to my feminism and to feminist resistance. Often I am unable to write d … more →
The Other Woman
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allecto wrote 1 year ago: Heart has posted my poem The Other Woman on the Women’s History Month Blog Carnival if anyone … more →
