Picture: Boudicca Warrior Queen 43 A.D. Boudicca was adopted by the suffragettes as one of the symbols of the campaign for women’s suffrage. No contemporary description of Boudica / Boudiga exists. Dio, writing more than a century after her death, provided a detailed description of the Iceni queen. Artist unknown.
Circle of Women by Nalini Blossom
May all mothers know that they are loved
And may all sisters know that they are strong
And may all daughters know that they are worthy
That the circle of women may live on
That the fire of the Goddess may burn on
Wehaheya wehaheya wehahey wehaheya
May all mothers know that they are loved
And may all sisters know that they are strong
And may all daughters know that they are beautiful
That the circle of women may live on
That the fire of the Goddess may burn on
Wehaheya wehaheya wehahey wehaheya
May all mothers know that they are loved
And may all sisters know that they are strong
And may all daughters know that they are powerful
That the circle of women may live on
That the fire of the Goddess may burn on
Wehaheya wehaheya wehahey wehaheya
Let Me Be Brave by Beautiful Chorus
Please let me be brave
Please let me see my choices clearly
Women of the World Unite by Yael Deckelbaum
There’s an secret remedy
Hiding underneath the trees
In the seed from which we came together
Women of the world unite !
Cast aside for centuries
Bound in chains of slavery
Waiting for the roots to come together
Women of the world unite !
For the sake of humanity – Unite!
In the name of integrity – Unite!
To retrieve our felicity – Unite!
And our love of diversity – Unite!
Use your gifts with wisdom – Unite!
For the future of our children – Unite!
To protect our planet – Unite!
If you wish to live in peace unite!
With your ancient wisdom – Unite!
With your natural rhythm – Unite!
With the light you have hidden
A new wave has come
Elevate your power
Like a beautiful flower
Free the love that brings us all together
Women of the world unite !
Now the seeds began to sprout
Women of the world we shout
Races and religions come together
Women of the world unite !
Stand up for the tree of life
Hug the darkness with our light
We can heal our pain when we’re together
Women of the world unite !
Calling all our sisters – Unite!
And magnificent brothers – Unite!
Each and every mother – Unite!
And courageous daughter – Unite!
In the darkest hours – Unite!
Liberate your powers – Unite!
Give a voice to sanity – Unite!
Celebrate humanity – Unite!
With our ancient wisdom – Unite!
With our natural rhythm – Unite!
With the life we have given
A new wave has come
Elevate your power
Like a beautiful flower
Free the love that brings us all together
Women of the world unite
With the flowers
With the leaves
With the spiders the birds and the bees
With the mountains
With the sea
With the valleys the roots of the trees
With our passion
With our wombs
With the sun and the earth and the moon
With the living with the dead
With the stars the mother of all mothers
Who gave birth to it all
From her soul from her body from her blood
From the depth of our pain to infinity
Hides the key
That brings us to the garden
Of our ancient wisdom
And our natural rhythm
With the life we have given
A new wave has come
Elevate your power
Like a beautiful flower
Free the love that brings us all together
Women of the world unite !
Battle Hymn of Women by Betsy Rose Music
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the flame of women’s rage
Kept smoldering for centuries, now burning in this age.
No longer are we prisoners in that same old gilded cage
That’s why we’re marching on.
Move on over or we’ll move on over you
Move on over or we’ll move on over you
Move on over or we’ll move on over you
For women’s time has come!
You have told us to speak softly, to be gentle and to smile
Expected us to change ourselves with every passing style.
Said the only work for women was to clean and sweep and file
That’s why we’re marching on!
It is we who’ve done your cooking, done your cleaning, kept your rules.
We gave birth to all your children and we taught them in your schools.
We’ve kept the system running but we’re laying down our tools.
That’s why we’re marching on!
You think that you can buy us off with crummy wedding rings
You never give us half the profit that our labor brings
Our anger eats into us, we no longer bow to kings
That’s why we’re marching on.
We have broken through our shackles, now we sing a battle song
We march for liberation and we’re many millions strong
We’ll build a new society, we’ve waited much too long,
That’s why we’re marching on!
YES, women’s time has come!
“In many ways, this is a book to be experienced, to sink into with all of one’s being, to find within the expression of one’s own and the collective woundings of living in a woman’s body in a patriarchal culture determined to wrest control of that body, and of the uprising those attempts at restricting our autonomy evokes. A common theme throughout was, quite simply, rage – or as Anne Wilson Schaef said long ago in her Women’s Reality — “giving red rage the green light.” As so many of the contributors note, patriarchy has required women to be small, silent, passive, accepting, but this anthology allows and evokes the full venting of women’s fury at having our bodily autonomy stripped away. But more than this, it is a call to use this anger to claim our power and voice to rise up against these incursions on women’s sovereignty. Throughout, writers and artists invoke the feminine divine – especially the fierce and powerful goddesses and divine mothers – Lilith, Kali, Isis, Morrigan, Hecate, Boudicca – to inspire and empower… This is a rich and powerful collection.”
-Elizabeth Ann Bartlett, Ph.D., Feminism and Religion
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Marianne Williamson for President
“From the beginning of my Presidential campaign, I’ve found myself at the effect of things I’d never experienced before. If something happened in my campaign, it was described one way; if it happened in the campaign of one of my male opponents, the narrative was distinctly different. I’m kooky; they’re profound. I was crazy; they were take-charge.
….But the latest one really takes the cake. In every national poll, I’m ahead of my opponent Dean Phillips, but according to Andrew Yang, I’ve run a “noble and courageous campaign” but I should just let Dean take it from here!
… the days of a woman standing aside on the assumption that a man can do a better job are over.”
