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Molly Martin
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Prism & Pen

·2 days ago

An Older Lesbian’s Thoughts on Death and Happiness

My Regular Pagan Holiday Post Autumn Equinox 2023 Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year celebration that takes place near the autumnal equinox, is all about starting anew. But it’s also about contemplating death. So says psychology professor David De Steno, who studies the ways emotions guide decisions and behaviors. I’m not Jewish, but I appreciate much that I’ve…

LGBTQ

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An Older Lesbian’s Thoughts on Death and Happiness
An Older Lesbian’s Thoughts on Death and Happiness
LGBTQ

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Aug 26

OTTERS in Wheelchairs

Wheelchairs were a highlight of my summer travel back home. — If you’ve never been disabled, it can be hard to appreciate disability. This is where construction workers have an advantage in sympathetic understanding. Most of us have been temporarily disabled at one time or other in our lives. …

Travel

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OTTERS in Wheelchairs
OTTERS in Wheelchairs
Travel

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Prism & Pen

·Aug 13

My Lesbian Life as a Dirty Old Man in the Ladies Room

Like Judy Grahn’s poem, Edward the Dyke, written in 1965, “…my problem this week is chiefly concerning restrooms.” * — At 74 I’m still often called sir. I’m mistaken for a man because I wear my hair short and usually wear a ball cap. I dress in T-shirts and hiking pants and, often, boots. Hiking is a favorite pastime. …

LGBTQ

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My Lesbian Life as a Dirty Old Man in the Ladies Room
My Lesbian Life as a Dirty Old Man in the Ladies Room
LGBTQ

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Prism & Pen

·Jul 29

Invoking the Travel Goddesses: My Regular Pagan Holiday Post

Sending best wishes for a safe and peaceful Lammas. — August 1, 2023 It is the season for traveling in the northern hemisphere and I’ve been traveling along with millions of others, this year freed from covid restrictions. The Santa Rosa, California airport was packed with more people than I’ve ever seen there, and my destination, Seattle, was just as…

LGBTQ

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Invoking the Travel Goddesses: My Regular Pagan Holiday Post
Invoking the Travel Goddesses: My Regular Pagan Holiday Post
LGBTQ

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Prism & Pen

·Jun 21

Celebrating Pride and Solstice: My Regular Pagan Holiday Greeting!

Reclaiming ritual — Can we remake religious rituals into traditions that are free from religion? In her book, The Wonder Paradox, Jennifer Michael Hecht answers with a resounding, Yes! And she shows us how. Hecht posits that humans need tradition and ritual in our lives, but that there is no reason to attach…

LGBTQ

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Celebrating Pride and Solstice: My Regular Pagan Holiday Greeting!
Celebrating Pride and Solstice: My Regular Pagan Holiday Greeting!
LGBTQ

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Prism & Pen

·Jun 17

Queer Californians Stand Up To Bullies and Book Banners

Libraries Under Attack in Sonoma County — As LGBTQ people and their families in states like Florida pack their bags to move to nondiscriminatory states like California, those of us who live in the Golden State brace ourselves for an onslaught of anti-queer violence during Pride month. Yes, we’re worried about becoming targets of violence, but that…

LGBTQ

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Queer Californians Stand Up To Bullies and Book Banners
Queer Californians Stand Up To Bullies and Book Banners
LGBTQ

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·May 16

A Sister’s Murder Sparks Action: Lesbian, Black, or “Just” a Woman?

Tradeswomen Respond to Workplace Violence — Carpenter apprentice Outi Hicks was working on a job in Fresno, California in 2017 when she encountered continuing harassment from another worker there. She didn’t complain and no one stood up for her. Then her harasser attacked her and beat her to death. We don’t know whether Outi (pronounced Ootee)…

Workplace Violence

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A Sister’s Murder Sparks Action: Lesbian, Black, or “Just” a Woman?
A Sister’s Murder Sparks Action: Lesbian, Black, or “Just” a Woman?
Workplace Violence

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Apr 29

Remembering the Mother of California Civil Rights

My Regular Pagan Holiday Greeting Beltane, May 1, 2023 Mary Ellen Pleasant, the mother of California civil rights, is associated with the pagan holiday Beltane because she once owned and lived at Beltane Ranch, here in Sonoma County. It is now recognized as a Black historic site by the National Park Service. Once the richest Black woman in America…

Beltane

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Remembering the Mother of California Civil Rights
Remembering the Mother of California Civil Rights
Beltane

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Mar 20

Blue Krishna Worries About Color

My Regular Pagan Holiday Post — Dear Friends, The Hindu god Krishna, who was blue, worried that his love Radha, who was not blue, might not appreciate his color. His mother suggested that he ask Radha to paint his face any color she wanted. And, according to legend, that’s how the Hindu holiday Holi was born…

Pagan Holiday

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Blue Krishna Worries About Color
Blue Krishna Worries About Color
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Prism & Pen

·Feb 12

The Cop and the Communist: Lesbians Against Police Violence

A personal story — I met her as part of a couple, Anne + Judy. They were both in the first class of women to break into the San Francisco Police Department after several years of pressure from the feminist community to integrate women. There were two sides to this story. Some feminists thought…

LGBTQ

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The Cop and the Communist: Lesbians Against Police Violence
The Cop and the Communist: Lesbians Against Police Violence
LGBTQ

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I’m a long-time tradeswoman activist and retired electrician/electrical inspector in Santa Rosa CA.

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