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Paganism and America’s Future, Part II: The Divine Feminine - A Pagan’s Blog

Paganism and America’s Future, Part II: The Divine Feminine - A Pagan’s Blog: “But an alternative form of feminism also began to grow in importance, as women asked ‘Why should women have to be like men to be accorded the same respect as men?  What’s wrong with being like women?’  This current marked the entry of Cultural Feminism into our culture, and inaugurated a rethinking of the role feminine values play in all levels of our society.”

(Read more at Beliefnet.com.)

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Salon Life: “Recently someone forwarded me an invitation to a cheeky Inauguration Day event called ‘Shave the Date.’ As organizer Kristen Chase explains on her Web site, ‘Show your love for your country, and as you watch our new president take his oath and feel your satin undies against your smooth nether region, you can take pride in knowing you’ve rid your world of bush once and for all.’

Now, you’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone more eager than me to offer Junior a hearty farewell to wherever ex-president frat boys go. And the event is, indeed, a lovely act of unity. But I won’t be participating in this brilliant call to action. See, it ignores one thing: W. may be leaving the White House, but when it comes to our most private places, bush is back.”

(Via Salon.)