tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post8080562277647879549..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Taking Down the PatriarchyElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36314622722923859932016-11-02T11:52:02.076-07:002016-11-02T11:52:02.076-07:00Just finished listening to 'The Valley of Amaz...Just finished listening to 'The Valley of Amazement" by Amy Tan and loved it. I know, there are too many books and I'll never read them all.<br /><br />I still want EVERYONE to read Far From the Tree and I hear they're making a docu of it. The author actually replied to my email thanking him for writing it. <br /><br />You're in love?? Next time I'm visiting my kid in LA, we gotta meet. K?<br /><br />XX Bethbeth coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671290135595711572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-34621690921254404762016-11-02T09:47:17.252-07:002016-11-02T09:47:17.252-07:00AHHHH! I love everything about this. AHHHH! I love everything about this. kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-20759091781990915762016-10-31T16:23:35.204-07:002016-10-31T16:23:35.204-07:00I have those relatives, too, Elizabeth, but they h...I have those relatives, too, Elizabeth, but they haven't been that outspoken. Their style is to talk behind my back. So we keep speaking out and we keep posting poetry and we keep talking about books. Thanks for all your wonderful writing on all of the topics you take on. Love you!<br />VernaSheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15121141507501826724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-70923362401581016312016-10-31T16:21:06.800-07:002016-10-31T16:21:06.800-07:00Steve, I agree with you about certain white males ...Steve, I agree with you about certain white males being in a panic. I heard someone (can't remember who) say that when an entitled group feels that they are losing their entitlement, they see themselves as oppressed. Some women fall into this category as well--remember Phyllis Schlafy? And they get scared, which they cover with anger, and then they strike out. <br />Verna WilderSheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15121141507501826724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-888448494063743762016-10-29T07:56:03.607-07:002016-10-29T07:56:03.607-07:00Strangely enough I just had a patient who grew up ...Strangely enough I just had a patient who grew up near Chernobyl and has cancer, lymphoma I think. <br /><br />I'm the opposite of you, I need light when things are tough. My last good read was "The Ferryman Institute" about death obviously. Enjoyable. I need another holidays already:)My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-49348267992471738862016-10-29T05:03:25.980-07:002016-10-29T05:03:25.980-07:00I love that line, "I got distracted." I&...I love that line, "I got distracted." I'd follow you on any tangent. And yet this post feels anything but distracted. It feels urgent. Resolved. Weary yet hopeful. <br /><br />37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-47948794326017271882016-10-28T10:31:55.702-07:002016-10-28T10:31:55.702-07:00I don't know what kind of music you like but P...I don't know what kind of music you like but Pussy Riot makes good fun of the patriarchy and adds lots of vaginas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp-KeVBNz0A<br />They are also brave survivors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-9077550409712502122016-10-28T10:02:51.747-07:002016-10-28T10:02:51.747-07:00Interesting, but I am reading a "survivor&quo...Interesting, but I am reading a "survivor" book as well, Auschwitz, a New History by Laurence Rees. If you ever want to learn more about how a death camp is created, this is the book for you. It is eerily and disturbingly relevant to today's political dialogue and one of the few books I've read more than once. As you mentioned about your book, it is not for the faint of heart particularly in its discussion about "undesirables" including and beginning with the elimination of children diagnosed with disability. Like you, I also enjoyed discovering a new perspective and the juxtaposition of vulnerability and strength/endurance. L. Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495560962339948104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-76524507776771666412016-10-28T09:08:29.514-07:002016-10-28T09:08:29.514-07:00Yes, and "what it is ain't exactly clear....Yes, and "what it is ain't exactly clear."Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-64263624538659558512016-10-28T05:43:58.040-07:002016-10-28T05:43:58.040-07:00I like to think you are right about the patriarchy...I like to think you are right about the patriarchy falling. SOMETHING's happening here.Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-63719157634268984952016-10-28T05:25:46.605-07:002016-10-28T05:25:46.605-07:00I tend to alternate between light and heavy readin...I tend to alternate between light and heavy reading. I think it's a bit like exercise -- a heavy workout one day, a lighter one the next, then back to heavy. The result being overall improved strength! Well, that's my theory, anyway.<br /><br />My current book, "Swamplandia," which I have been reading for approximately 147,000 years, sits somewhere in the middle on the light/heavy continuum.<br /><br />The patriarchy IS falling. That's why white males all over the country are in a state of electoral panic! (Well, SOME white males. :) )Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-24726418788272023532016-10-27T20:03:06.458-07:002016-10-27T20:03:06.458-07:00Bring down the patriarchy!! I've read War and...Bring down the patriarchy!! I've read War and Peace and Anna Karenina. I will not read Moby Dick!<br /><br />Best,<br />BonnieFrom the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789641912016566894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-90906905651869753102016-10-27T19:03:47.882-07:002016-10-27T19:03:47.882-07:00God, i hope so. I've never read Anna Karenina;...God, i hope so. I've never read Anna Karenina; I think I want to now.Ramona Quimbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01308882206677929003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-73715889263520774902016-10-27T17:07:37.316-07:002016-10-27T17:07:37.316-07:00I'm reading a book about the plague. It's ...I'm reading a book about the plague. It's horrifying and comforting at the same time. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com