Self love

Today I am going to love myself
Be gentle with myself
Forgive myself
Hold myself
Comfort myself
I'm going to embrace myself, my growth areas and raise myself up

Today I will feel good in my skin
Protect myself
Let my guard down

Today I will enjoy the time I have with myself
I will be kind to myself
Hold myself in high esteem
I will relish in my strengths and celebrate them

Today I will step into myself, let go of negativity and be nothing, but myself

Today I will love the woman I'm become

Today I will believe I am worthy of love, unconditionally

Today I will believe that I am a good person

Today I will bask in my own goodness
I will let my light shine
I will open my heart and let the goodness pour out

Today I will fall inlove
With me

beautiful lesbians

Soar with me

Soar With Me ...

as my fingers trace the curve around your breast,
your flesh rises like an exotic flower about to bloom.
I feel your excitement mounting as I slowly trail
down to the soft mound below your belly
soft,
I gently tease, kiss your thighs and secret places, lightly licking
your body moves in gentle rhythms
snake-like across the sheets, inviting me to share your secrets
swollen lips I gently part, a flower yearning for the sun,
honey dripped in it's wetness.

you take me in and moan my name and wildly ride the waves
I have found the holy altar,
your secret center place,
goddess jewel filled with love.
your soul unfolds in passionate pleasure,
ecstatic rapture in your frenzy.

bassarid revels cannot compare,
your wild nature erupts and you are lost in total surrender.
you leave this moment taken to rapturous places
soaring in spirit, touching Goddess
lost in yourself your spirit divine, I take you to my holy place.
come with me, my Goddess Woman,
soar on my gift of pleasure.
ride the wind to unknown places
touch Her face and know Her joy,
a Goddess Flower unfolded

How to write powerful Affirmations

The first step in creating powerful affirmations is to decide specifically what you want.
Think about the major areas of life:
Self-esteem~ Health~ Wealth~ Career~ Relationships

Take some time to make a list of what you want in each area.
Examples: Self-esteem: I want to accept myself completely. I want to be more
self-confident in social situations. I want to express myself more effectively.
Health: I want to exercise regularly. I want to heal ________.
Wealth: I want to increase my income. I want to have R______ in my savings account within six months.
Career: I'd like to be in a career where I feel fulfilled. I want to know my life purpose.
Relationships: I want to improve my current relationship by communicating better.
I want more friends. I want a better relationship with my parents.

As you list what you want, be as specific as you can! A friend of mine was doing
affirmations for job interviews, and she got the interviews but no job! She had to change
the affirmation to having a job interview that led to her getting hired. I've used
affirmations to create the wonderful career I have now as an author, trainer, and workshop
leader; to increase my income dramatically; to heal some health challenges; and to attract
a fantastic relationship. And so can you, once you know the principles and practice them
daily!

Another part of creating great affirmations that will change your life is to be AWARE
of how you are talking about those areas now. For the next few days, notice how you think
and speak about these different areas. Do you hear yourself telling friends that you "never
have enough money" or "there are no good men/women out there" or "I hate my job."
What you say and think is continually attracting situations and people to you. If you continue
to talk about what you DON'T want, what you DO want is kept away! Even though
you may not have what you want in several areas of your life right now, you can
begin simply by thinking "I am on a wonderful path of self-discovery and learning
how life works. From now on, I do my best to think and speak positively." So,
you can say to yourself and tell your friends, "I'm getting better at managing my
money" or "I'm confident there is a good relationship for me" or "Right now, this is
the job I'm in, so I'll do my best. That way, I'll be ready for the better job when it
shows up!"

Over the next few days, DECIDE what you want in different areas of
your life, and BE AWARE of how you think and talk about those areas now.
Remember, the Cosmic Kitchen WANTS to bring you everything you desire,
but you need to be specific.

Sacred Yoni Ritual

The desire aroused by seeing the Yoni never dies. The Yoni is named the mysterious female, and the doorway of the mysterious female is the base from which heaven and earth sprang.
It is there with us all the while. Draw upon it as you will, it never runs dry.
Her lap is the holy altar, her hair, the sacred grass, the lips of her Yoni are the fire in the middle.
"Imagine that your body is in the form of the Wisdom Goddess, naked, and with hair flowing. Imagine yourself as her, in the center of an emergence of light, holding an elixir bowl close to her heart and garlanded with red flowers.
Think to yourself that the Goddess enters you through your open Yoni and resides in your heart.
Then imagine the Wisdom Goddess above the crown of your head, having just shared in the act of love, she is naked, with disheveled hair, and her Yoni is moist and overflowing with sexual secretions.
Her eyes are filled with erotic emotion and look toward the vast expanse of sky, which as she begins to dance, becomes filled with similar forms of herself."
She hands you a small object. She places it in your hand.
It is pink and lovely. You look closely and behold the sacred Yoni – the divine symbol of woman – the Holy Altar of Life.
This symbol is a gift – a gift to share passed though to you from our Sister Patt, lovingly crafted with her hands - offered as a gift of love.
It is ours to use as magical connector – something that will make manifest our Sisterhood.
This symbol is to be used as a link – if you need to send energy to a Sister – or wish to receive – speak your words, send a request on the list, and we will all share through this link, sending and receiving.
Let us all now bless and consecrate our symbols of this connection.
Take the small Yoni symbol in your hand, touch it to your third eye and say these words…
I bless and consecrate this Yoni with the gift of my all seeing eye – with my wisdom vision that I may see clearly my Sister and share my love.
Now, place the Yoni close to your heart and say these words …
I bless this Yoni with the gift of my love, may it flow from me to my Sisters, when it is most needed.
Now place the Yoni at the solar plexus and say these words.
I share the power of my will so that we may all be empowered with strength of purpose.
And finally, place the Yoni symbol close to your own Yoni, your own sacred Altar and say these words …
This is my powerful center of creation, my own life giving force. My holy sacred Altar! When I choose to share of this energy, it is a gift given freely - never taken but given in love.
May the power of creation bless and consecrate this symbol for holy use, as I freely choose.

Cupcake anyone?

Looks delicious, doesn't it?

PDA's, where do you stand?

I say, do it! Love should be free and uninhibited. But, be careful and monitor your own safety. Its actually disgusting, that we as lesbian women, have to consider others before just grabbing our partners hand, or kissing her in public. I believe also, that PDA's add to the consciousness of society. When you hold her hand, or kiss her in the mall, you are an activist. Living your life out and proud, makes you an activist. Aluta Continua!

The Journey..

The bumps on the road are there to make us stronger. The winding turns and steep hills, serve as a reminder that we are alive. But often, we break down along the side of the road. We run out of fuel. We over heat. And its during these times that we need to rest, recover and recommit to the journey. The journey will have amazing sites. You'll see beautiful sunsets. You'll feel the wind in your hair. You'll sleep peacefully.

They also say that the sights along the road should be enjoyed with an open heart beating next to you*. Someone who is travelling in the same direction. And sure, we meet up with hitchhikers along the way, they travel with you for a bit, but then they start heading in a different direction and we part ways. And different hitchhikers teach us different lessons, we need to turn the music down and listen to whats being taught. And these lessons make us stronger. These lessons give us insight. We need to see the lessons. Take it in and make it part of ourselves.

The trick, they say, is to keep going, no matter what. No matter how dark and cumbersome the road gets. No matter how tired and sick you are.No matter the rockfalls, the potholes and the speed bumps. You need to keep moving forward. Hard as it may seem.

The sunset are so worth it!

Rihanna "ManDown"

http://crunkfeministcollective.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/man-down-on-rihanna-rape-and-violence/

Earlier this week, Rihanna released the video for her song “Man Down” in which her character struggles with the choice to kill her rapist. In Hip Hop and pop culture where rape is glorified and celebrated, this is a welcome intervention. The video reinforces a very basic point: the choice to be sexual and sensual on the dance floor should not be read in any way as consent for future sexual activity. For once, the critique of rape is unambiguous. It is wrong; it is not the woman’s fault; and it should be punished.

Hat/tip to Rihanna for offering a complicated portrait of womanhood. On Twitter, in response to the video, she said in part, “Young girls/women all over the world…we are a lot of things! We’re strong innocent fun flirtatious vulnerable, and sometimes our innocence can cause us to be naïve! We always think it could NEVER be us, but in reality, it can happen to ANY of us! So ladies be careful and #listentoyomama! I love you and I care!”

That is good, accessible advice for young women who are bombarded with mixed messages about the value of their bodies and lives.

Yet, controversy has ensued, with a range of parent-led media watchdog groups including Mothers Against Violence and the Parents Television Council calling the video violent and asking for it to be banned. These critics say that Rihanna perpetuates violence rather than urging young women to get help. The most ignorant and illegitimate of these critics argued that ’If Chris Brown shot a woman in his new video, the world would stop. Rihanna should not get a pass. The video is far from broadcast worthy.’ That statement is what one would call “an exercise in missing the point.” Porter needs to Go.Sit.Down and rethink his position. Period. There is no need to dignify such inanity with a further response.

As a child survivor of domestic violence, I believe in non-violence as a way of life. In American culture more generally and in Black communities in particular, we have to commit to non-violent ways of loving, disciplining our children, and addressing conflict. At the same time, this video shows a young Black female rape victim, vulnerable and hurt, struggling with how to make sense of the act of violence perpetrated on her. She makes a choice that many would and have made, and rather than banning this video, we need access to grapple with its moral and political implications as a community.

Somehow, I do not believe the outrage would be comparable if this were a white woman, although this rampant rape culture shows its white victims no love either. Yes, Rihanna may simply be a good celebrity target, but it is utterly disturbing the manner in which any portraits that offer complicated, three dimensional representations of Black women are now unceremoniously banned from the air. These days, Black women and our experiences of rape and sexual violence are forced into invisibility when they don’t fit mainstream, pristine narratives of how to cope. Whether it be Rihanna’s teenaged fans, immigrants working as hotel maids all over this country, eleven year old Latina girls in Texas, or the Black girl next door to you, women of color are deemed deviant even for voicing our narratives of rape and sexual assault, especially when our stories insinuate that we are morally complex human beings. That is unfortunate, dangerous, and frankly infuriating.

Rihanna is apparently considering re-shooting the offending scenes: namely the rape and the shooting. That’s unfortunate, because it makes more sense to me that we would be interested as a society in pursuing actual alternative endings for young women that don’t involve rape and brutalization in the first place, rather than creating “nicer,” “more palatable” endings in video land.

Please share your thoughts about the video with us. Does this video open up the space in Hip Hop and (Black) popular culture to have a conversation about rape and consent? Is retaliatory violence a legitimate and effective response to rape? Since Rihanna is considering re-shooting the most violent scenes in the video, can you offer some alternate endings? We’d love to hear from you.

Feminist Friday

http://www.feminist.com/resources/ourbodies/viol_end.htm

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

http://www.women24.com/BooksAndAstrology/BookClub/Sing-You-Home-20110512

About the book:
After 10 years of trying to get pregnant, Zoe Baxter's dream finally seems to come true. Yet at seven months, horrific turn of events leads to something that takes away the baby and breaks apart her marriage for good.

In the aftermath of the tragedy, Zoe immerses herself into a career as a music therapist where she uses music as healing tools for various different victims of sickness or tragedy. When she meets Vanessa, a guidance counsellor who requests her help with a suicidal teen, their relationship blossoms from business to friendship and surprisingly enough, love.

The novel explores gay rights and the challenges that same-sex couples face when it comes to both marriage and adoption. We predict that she'll have another best-seller on her hands with this one, but will no doubt face a lot of backlash.

Besides, taking part in what looks like an endless "vicars and tarts' street party is not just bad-ass. It's fun.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/women_shealth/8510743/These-slut-walk-women-are-simply-fighting-for-their-right-to-be-dirty.html

Women took to the streets to let society know that our bodies are our bodies. My sexy ass is mine to do with what I like!

A look at contemporary feminism. Do you consider yourself to be a feminist? What does feminism mean to you?

Voiceless Masses

With hands tied firmly behind backs

Our hearts bleed drops of sorrow,

Dripping, soaking into the ground.

The screaming sounds so loud in our heads

But there is no sound

We are the voiceless masses

The silent faces.

The blank ballot papers.

Anger surges from our pores

Emerced in feelings of helplessness

Meat falling off the bones

The decaying carcass of hope

Lies lifeless

We are the voiceless masses

The silent faces

The blank ballot papers.

We are the ones who must change

Change to fit into your paradigm

Your narrowed, skewed, hurtful view.

We must wear flowering dresses with bows in our hair and pink lips,

We fail to exist if not for the gaping hole you so brutally rip apart

Bricks smashed bodies, hate perforates our souls

Protection eludes us.

We are the voiceless masses

The silent faces

The blank ballot papers.

But we are not victims

We do not crawl into your boxes and hide.

We do not lie down and play dead because you are theatened by our might

We are powerful,

strong,

dynamic,

vocal,

in your face,

fists in the air,

angry,

humble,

caring,

compassionate,

emotional,

survivors

And you cannot break us.

Because our voices will be heard across our beautiful land

Our faces will be imprinted into your consciousness

And our ballot papers will be marked with the blood of our slaughtered sisters