I do try to keep this a peaceful place, but the following is not. So, if you'd like to keep thinking of me, and here, in the same way, click away now.
This is "Core," a piece I made back in 2011. Working on it exercised some demons and brought some spirit healing. Over the last couple of weeks, some of those same demons have come knocking at the door again, and they brought along their friends, too.
Things are ok, I am ok, but there have been some things to work through. It's hard and good work.
And the news, and the news has tied into it, too... It seems every day brings another story of a man who is finally being called out for sexual misconduct towards women. People are shocked. WHY?!? What is shocking is that it has been tolerated, ignored, allowed, expected, and even sometimes encouraged, for so long.
There is this growing list of famous men, but it's also strangers, peers, boyfriends, uncles, fathers, etc...
Every adult woman has had at least one incident where they were treated as less than, not worthy of, or disrespected, because of being a woman. Whether it was a sexist joke, an overheard comment ("You throw like a girl."), not having equal pay or opportunities, being leered at by a passerby, or being attacked- we have all had something happen to us, and to our souls, in this society.
And as an adult woman who has been patronized, minimized, ignored, put down, whistled at, commented to, stared at (and I don't mean my eyes)...
And as a former teenage young woman who was told she needed to learn her place, had her body discussed and analyzed like a piece of meat while in the same rooms, was threatened, and assaulted...
And as a former young girl who told to behave, was molested and told to keep quiet...
I am shouting, Me, too! And, It's about fucking time this surface was scratched.
