Rebelle Society

I Need to Write Undisturbed by Obligations or Worry.

September 23, 2016

These moments of solitude are necessary, and indeed are the nourishment my mind requires for peace, for sanity. For all my complaints about the necessity of being engaged in other work to earn a living, I recognize the necessity for that as well. Left alone, too often I stagnate and stink and ...

a world

I Love You, Mr. Trump.

September 23, 2016

I do not like or agree with almost anything Donald Trump has to say. I do not like or agree with almost anything Hillary Clinton has to say. I do agree with most of the things that Bernie Sanders has to say, but I also recognize that while he may be an admirable politician, he is just a man. ...

wisdom

16 Ways You Can Create Your Rainbow After the Storm.

September 23, 2016

What happens when life doesn’t turn out how you planned, hoped for, dreamed of, and maybe, even paid for? What happens when you don’t get the rainbow baby? This is my story. And it is all of our stories, because we will all have storms we must survive. Life is beautiful yet hard; we will all ...

wisdom

Do More of What Already Works.

September 22, 2016

There are many examples of behaviors, big and small, that have the opportunity to drive progress in our lives if we just did them with more consistency. Flossing every day. Never missing workouts. Performing fundamental business tasks each day, not just when you have time. Apologizing more ...

wisdom

What’s the Matter with Childhood? The Alchemy of Growing Up.

September 22, 2016

Part of the problem is that many of us associate adulthood with the misery and bitterness we’ve seen in those who did the right thing, by going to a job that made them sick and cynical, so they could have enough money to raise a family they couldn’t really spend time with, so they could put ...

warrior woman rising

Secret Recipes of Wicked Women: Wild Matrilineal Wisdom for the Mabon Bride.

September 22, 2016

And this, my love, this is the hearty bread of fem-fire; it has been baked in the blazes of our funeral pyres, smoked in the houses they burned, and seasoned with the ashes of the holy healers burned at the stake. This is the taste of righteous rage. Don’t eat this before bed, or you will not ...

poetry

You Make Me Want to… {poetry}

September 22, 2016

You make me want to learn Morse code, so that if we were ever bound and gagged and held hostage, we could tap out a plan to save ourselves and everyone else, and if the plan went wrong, I could spend the last moments of our lives looking at you and batting 'I love you' with my eyelashes over ...

you and me

To the Writers Who Make Me Cry.

September 21, 2016

Do you write to remember -- or forget? Do you write to heal -- or hurt? Do you write to teach -- or learn? Do you write to inspire -- or destroy? Do you write for you -- or me? Because you make me cry. Every damn time. But you must have cried too. I know those words have that effect on me only ...

troublemakers

I Like Taking Walks on the Dark Side.

September 21, 2016

In a room full of men, I’ll sniff out the one who’s recently been arrested or convicted for human trafficking or locked up in a mental institution. I can tell how bad his childhood was by the way he moves. Sick sense. The unhealthy, unhappy and inappropriate. These boys churn my stomach sick ...

wisdom

A Visit with Vulnerability.

September 21, 2016

Speaking from my own experience, and more specifically, my experience on this unusual day, I am beginning to recognize that there has been an all-out war going on inside me from an early age. This silent battle was waged by my ego against the deep wisdom embedded in my core, which knows ...

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