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Exhale: A Different Approach to Post Abortion Counseling

lotusuprising wrote 4 months ago: Exhale. To expel. To emerge. To breathe.  On a recent podcast by Fully Engaged Feminism, Laura inter … more →

Tags: Society, Politics, Psychology, Abortion, Pro-Life, pro choice, Life, Emotion, Love

Shadow Woman

lotusuprising wrote 4 months ago: Melancholia. A jaundice soul. I am reminded of the shadow woman from the Yellow Wallpaper. In the da … more →

Tags: Religion, Society, death, Psychology, health, Medication, Spiritual, Emotion, Faith

Herstory

lotusuprising wrote 8 months ago: I’ll keep this brief…go vote.   Ok, I should elaborate more. There’s a photography … more →

Tags: Religion, Society, Art, Photography, Psychology, Travel, Sociology, Humanities, image

International Women's Day1 comment

lotusuprising wrote 8 months ago:  I believe this is the first year of organized events in Charleston to celebrate International Women … more →

Tags: International Relations, Art, Photography, Humanities, Cultural, South Carolina, Charleston, Culture, Women

Ideas

lotusuprising wrote 11 months ago: I’ve been in need of some introspective time. No tele or person to distract me. It is in isola … more →

Tags: Art, Photography, image, light, female, photograph, identity, fairytales, Shadow

Opposition to Prop 8

lotusuprising wrote 1 year ago: I almost stayed home. At my computer, editing away, I had already grown tired. Up early, two shoots … more →

Tags: Religion, Society, Politics, Sociology, Humanities, Law, Marriage, Equality, Love

Persepolis

lotusuprising wrote 1 year ago: I first heard this word from a woman in admissions at the Art Institute, who in her earnest speech t … more →

Tags: Religion, Society, Art, Literature, nonfiction, woman, Islam, Culture, feminist

Changes1 comment

lotusuprising wrote 1 year ago: …That title sort of sounds like a bad puberty education film that fifth graders would watch, b … more →

Tags: Psychology, health, healthy, Lifestyle, Food, Diet, calories, eating disorder, Bulemia

Undefined

lotusuprising wrote 1 year ago: Ideas without a home. At least until college. Before I sat in a cold room on campus and found this w … more →

Tags: Society, Mind, Feminism, feminist, Independence, Free, Self Discovery, Marriage, last name

In the Land of Shiva: Part VIII

lotusuprising wrote 1 year ago: Symbols, signs, a construction of the mind to obtain meaning. Organizing the cosmos. No different wi … more →

Tags: Society, International Relations, Travel, India, Shiva, Foreigner, Himalaya, mountains, Teaching

Mistress

lotusuprising wrote 1 year ago: I make a good mistress. This is a fact I’m beginning to accept. But I use the term in a non-tr … more →

Tags: Society, Psychology, mistress, Passion, Creativity, knowledge, Intellect, intimacy, Sexual

In the Land of Shiva: Part VI

lotusuprising wrote 1 year ago: My mind struggles to find the words, the phrases, that sound right. And when I say ‘right … more →

Tags: Society, Travel, India, Indian, hindu, Volunteer, Culture, Dharamsala, poverty

In the Land of Shiva: Part III

lotusuprising wrote 1 year ago: The mango vendor bellowed through the dirt alleyways of the apartment complex. Fresh mangoes, delici … more →

Tags: Religion, Society, Travel, India, Muslim, Delhi, hindu, assimilation, Abroad

Reflections on "Conversations with Anti-Abortion Protesters"

lotusuprising wrote 1 year ago: I seem to possess an insatiable urge to know, to understand, to feel and yet go unnoticed if possibl … more →

Tags: Religion, Society, Politics, Philosophy, Abortion, Pro-Life, pro choice, Protest, Belief

Conversations with Anti-Abortion Protesters

lotusuprising wrote 1 year ago: Walking along the sidewalk of Hwy 61, Kathy and John Gardner silently advocate their Pro-Life messag … more →

Tags: Religion, Society, Politics, Abortion, Pro-Life, pro choice, Protest, Baby, Doll


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