Mary Magdalene and the Undefinable Holy Grail.
As a devout Christian and Biblical scholar, Starbird set out to disprove the assumptions in 'The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail'.
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Look Away, Set Me Free: Being Hard on Myself Again. {poetry}
Farewell, adventurers. Discover the world and send me a postcard, so alone doesn’t feel so hard, remind me the world is bigger than this town.
I Am Not the Mother.
Earlier this year, I was pregnant too. And once again, instead of another, I chose not to become a mother, but to become me.
We Women Just Can’t Take a Joke, Can We?
This joke was not the product of haplessly old-fashioned, harmlessly sexist men. It was purposeful, deeply misogynistic violence, passed off as joking.
Saying Goodbye: The Death of My Maiden Goddess.
The scared little girl in me, the hurt, abandoned, and abused teenager, the reckless, and out-of-control young adult, my Maiden Goddess, all had to die last night so that my Mother Goddess can be reborn to this new beginning of my life as a Wife.
Bang the Drum: Elegy for the Grieving. {poetry}
Bang the drum for our sons and daughters, for husbands and wives, mothers and friends.
Shout death’s name to a clueless world. Bang the drum loudly!
Love in grief has a powerful rhythm. Bang the drum with courage and strength!
Bang it loud filled with compassion! Bang the drum proudly!
How an Ending Brought Me Back to Life.
This is no time for the bash-your-ex friend or the I-told-you-so 'friend'. You want clean-energy people who are there to lift you up without having to bring down another person when doing so. If you don’t have these kinds of people around, find a support group or a therapist who can hold space ...
From Victims Of Atrocity To Strong Survivors: Rebuilding Lives Of Kosovar Women.
The lives of these women are shattered. Only their husbands know. Their children still do not. One can only hope that through their courage to share their stories with outsiders, they may at some point dare to speak openly. Until then, a lot has to change in this country for women to rise.
Talk To Me Like Your Soul Is On Fire: To The Last Man Who Shall Love Me.
I want a man who won’t settle for a stable job, house, car, wife, kids, pension, but thinks outside the box for what could be possible with his time here on Earth, and sees part of that journey as making others’ lives joyful, meaningful and more sustainable.
My Partner Is Impotent & I Am A Failure As A Wife.
I feel rejected. I must be doing something wrong, be unappealing to him, for this kind of reaction to occur. I know: he says it’s not me, it’s him, but it wasn’t always like this. Is it because I’m getting older? Am I not sexy? Most importantly: does he not feel connected to me?