There's something to be said for Kitchen Table Wisdom - you know, like in the old days when people sat around the kitchen table after a meal and talked about life, the universe and the meaning of it all - as well as the gossip doing the rounds in town...

Well, that's what this place is - a place to share common wisdom, thoughts and feelings about things important and unimportant, that bring us joy, laughter and happiness and that trouble, sadden, confuse and anger us ...

What I write here is what's 'real' for me. It won't always be PC or 'nice'. We're missing out on true connection and chances to grow and change because there's too little authenticity, too little honesty, too much holding back what we really feel and mean.

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Sahila




Showing posts with label patriarchy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patriarchy. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

A Woman's Work...



... is never done, whether she's a single mother or part of a two-parent family, whether she works full time or part-time, or stays at home with her children...
 
 
A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pyjamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn around garden...
 
The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and no sign of the dog...
 
Walking in the door, he found an even bigger mess...
 
A lamp had been knocked over, the throw rug was against one wall...
 
In the front room the TV was on loudly with the cartoon channel, the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing...
 
In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door...
 
He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife.  He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened...
 
He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door.  As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor.   Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls...
 
As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pyjamas, reading a novel... 
 
She looked up at him, smiled and asked how his day went...
 
He looked at her bewildered and asked, "What happened here today?"
 
She again smiled and answered, "You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world do I do all day?"...
 
''Yes," was his incredulous reply..
 
She answered, "Well, today I didn't do it.."
~ found on Facebook today
 
 
 
 
Dedicated to misogynists - especially middle-aged, patriarchal, chauvinistic, conservative, Christian, white males in American politics - who are currently waging war on the women and girls of this country...
 
What is wrong with you all?
 
Weren't you born of woman?
 
Were all of your mothers horrible?
 
Is your womb envy so overwhelming?
 
Why choose to be with a woman
and have children by her
if you don't love, respect and appreciate her?
 
Why would you do anything that perpetuates attitudes that will hurt your daughters?
 
 
 
 

Skin...





by 2042, Caucasians will be in the minority in the US
and in the world by 2060...


I think that's exciting...

Just as the patriarchy is having to give way to those it dominated,
so the imperialists will have to give way to those they colonised...

The turning of the wheel...

Karma...

I wonder what life will look like...

I wonder what the oligarchs think of this coming change...

They can't stop it happening...

Can they control/fashion it into something they can live with?

Is that what they are attempting to do now,
by attaining and controlling
the majority of wealth, assets and resources globally,
in passing laws that restrict civil and human rights,
and in reforming our health and education systems in ways
that are taking us back to economic,
social and political re-segregation?

What do you think?



Sunday, January 8, 2012

Full Moon Jitters...



Lots going on... internally and externally... but...

Not sure that's why I've got the jitters...

Usually am on a natural high at the full moon - if I was a wolf, I'd be out there howling!

Am usually just "singing' all through my being, in exhilarated resonance with the energy...



But last full moon and this one...

Nothing really 'wrong'; things not ideal but not terrible either - it will all play out as it should...

Anxious... jumpy... grumpy... irritated... tense... impatient... wanting space - my space - which I don't have...

Filled with anticipation/expectation/excitement/dread... joyous and terrifying at the same time...


Angry and frustrated at the world and where it's at  - watching it devolve even further... 

Wondering: if this is how crazy it is now, what will the final death throes of this system be like?

Pissy at the patriarchy - guess living in a house where testosterone predominates doesn't help, especially watching confused, sad, angry teenagers butting heads with their elders...


Wishing they would stop wasting their time and energy in pointless 'games'... 

Wishing the whole world would just STOP IT...

 

And this too, shall pass... in it's own good time and in it's own way...

Friday, October 14, 2011

A Woman's Gift...


... to humanity is to bring life into the world...


You'd think that would command some modicum of respect...

But... apparently it doesn't...





Not quite sure why it's like this - perhaps men have womb envy... which really is their problem to sort out...

So what are women supposed to do?