tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post4897851743619470956..comments2023-10-09T09:07:18.186-04:00Comments on My Ecdysis: My Nicaraguan Father: Reflections on Feminism, Letters, and Digital MediaLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013142465038823597noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-70232321755905450402009-03-14T10:18:00.000-04:002009-03-14T10:18:00.000-04:00hi lisa, we love this post. and would like to use...hi lisa, <BR/>we love this post. and would like to use it for launching of raven's eye. here is the link to the alpha version of the site: http://www.raveneye.org/<BR/>please let us know if we could cross post this piece by emailing me at primitivedragonfly@yahoo.com<BR/><BR/>thank you.mai'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14656556134583235114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-85839213518539105192009-02-27T21:48:00.000-05:002009-02-27T21:48:00.000-05:00This is an excellent post.I found the "find someon...This is an excellent post.<BR/><BR/>I found the "find someone to be accountable to" especially challenging.<BR/><BR/>Finding such a someone strikes me as something it'd be easy for a white feminist (like me) to do wrong.<BR/><BR/>You have given me something to think about.whatsernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15731411057968563416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-15875363499290349362009-02-23T13:23:00.000-05:002009-02-23T13:23:00.000-05:00so i have been dreaming about blogs. the first d...so i have been dreaming about blogs. the first dream was about a blog called: raven’s eye<BR/><BR/>and as i have been thinking deeply over the past few days about these dreams and visions, i felt compelled to say this:<BR/><BR/>we, as women of color, have been organizing ourselves for years on the internet. we have started blogs, and e-zines, social networking spaces, list serves, conferences, conversations, groups, websites, cd’s and more. we are incredibly prolific, visionary, each of us coming to this space with individual and collective visions of self-expression, survival, sexuality, business, teaching, learning, community, organizing, solidarity,art, dreams, healing, and love.<BR/><BR/>in my visions i kept seeing a women and transfolk of color blog. one that was updated daily with our news, analysis, announcements, personal reflections, conversations, and more. a location on the net where we, from our different perspectives and lives, are able to give voice to us. where we agree and disagree, and stay in conversation.<BR/><BR/>i see this blog as a part of the ongoing organizing and expression that we do both on- and off-line so well in the midst of our crazy, blessed lives.<BR/><BR/>and so i am sending this out into the ether asking what you think.<BR/><BR/>are there others who are interested in building such a space for women and transfolk of color?<BR/><BR/>i can offer a chance to see if this experiment could work. i have some free time to dedicate to the building of this site. a certain amount of knowledge of software and a willingness to learn more. a connection to some communities of color. and a desire to build with you.<BR/><BR/>please distribute this where you think appropriate.<BR/><BR/>and if you are interested please leave a comment at guerrillamamamedicine.wordpress.commai'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14656556134583235114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-54045942941448403102009-02-21T12:31:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:31:00.000-05:00This is the post that pushes me to work through my...This is the post that pushes me to work through my flawed thoughts on this, thank you for your words. <I>Pakikiramay</I> for your loss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-53208049043674149082009-02-20T20:56:00.000-05:002009-02-20T20:56:00.000-05:00Holding you and your Nicaraguan family in my thoug...Holding you and your Nicaraguan family in my thoughts.Chris Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02272742732960580374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-89518094604642549992009-02-20T19:12:00.000-05:002009-02-20T19:12:00.000-05:00Lisa, many sympathies for your loss. :(The rest of...Lisa, many sympathies for your loss. :(<BR/><BR/>The rest of this is very much "yes!" This post is definitely thought-provoking.<BR/><BR/>I agree that intersectionality doesn't achieve much. It started off as a way to say "you can't separate race from gender from orientation from social class" and deal with people as discrete packages of issues, and yet it is so frequently used as a way to separate race from gender from orientation from social class and deal with people as discrete packages of issues, while saying you understand that (for example) a woman of color experiences racism and sexism both.<BR/><BR/>So it becomes yet another tool to justify kyriarchal hegemony.<BR/><BR/>It has to go beyond analysis, and it rarely - if ever - does.Maddie Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701960869234061244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-77671555785225174152009-02-20T12:36:00.000-05:002009-02-20T12:36:00.000-05:00Your writing is truly beautiful. And as far as acc...Your writing is truly beautiful. <BR/>And as far as accountability goes-- YES YES and YES. <BR/><BR/>We must take action. I hope many people read this and are inspired to DO not just SAY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-35638326295990855282009-02-20T09:58:00.000-05:002009-02-20T09:58:00.000-05:00Been lurking here for a while, but haven't comment...Been lurking here for a while, but haven't commented. This is beautiful. Thank you.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13802639814234250619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-82981389435000060292009-02-20T02:53:00.000-05:002009-02-20T02:53:00.000-05:00a bit speechless. wonderful writing. And condole...a bit speechless. wonderful writing. And condolences.<BR/><BR/>have been thinking very loosely about this in a group dynamics class, how the most widely practiced form of "rules" in "sensitivity" groups include stringent adhesion to "I" statements. Bring it back to yourself, because you don't want to blame/put other shit on the other person, you don't know the inside of their head, you only know your own. Boundaries.<BR/><BR/>All well and good as far as it goes, and I believe in it too, for the most part.<BR/><BR/>And yet...There was a point in one group where someone was strongly objecting to use of the term "we," as in talking about the group -as- a group, and it was like...yes, don't speak -for- me, don't erase me, but...what do you do when there isn't even the -language- for "we?" What happens -between- people?...<BR/><BR/>Sorry, that's a bit abstract and vague; you set me thinking some more.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-38620757846353439402009-02-20T00:33:00.000-05:002009-02-20T00:33:00.000-05:00Lisa I am so sorry for the loss of your Nicaraguan...Lisa I am so sorry for the loss of your Nicaraguan father. I hope you will reach out to the rest of the family and be able to make a trip home to see them soon.<BR/><BR/>You've written something very beautiful here. I'm just sorry that it comes with so much pain for you. I just know I have to sit with it and reread and absorb more.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing yourself with us.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714518339153250453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-11539012699934551772009-02-19T23:07:00.000-05:002009-02-19T23:07:00.000-05:00This is a really lovely writing, Lisa. So much to ...This is a really lovely writing, Lisa. So much to be inspired by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-7868845394241240262009-02-19T20:26:00.000-05:002009-02-19T20:26:00.000-05:00You rule and i love you but you knewthatYou rule and i love you but you knewthatBlackamazonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13726019544296849558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-14121277017265747452009-02-19T19:25:00.000-05:002009-02-19T19:25:00.000-05:00I'm sorry for your loss. Thank you for this post. ...I'm sorry for your loss. Thank you for this post. I will think on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-74436589940912546652009-02-19T16:32:00.000-05:002009-02-19T16:32:00.000-05:00beautiful and visionary. thank you. and love. xobeautiful and visionary. thank you. and love. xojessica hoffmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117121688927151220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-69527519151027316822009-02-19T15:34:00.000-05:002009-02-19T15:34:00.000-05:00Lisa, I am sorry to hear about your Nicaraguan fat...Lisa, I am sorry to hear about your Nicaraguan father's death.<BR/><BR/>Keeping bridges built is a massive undertaking and the feeling of guilt for not doing so adequately is one that you are in very large company in sharing. It is mind boggling to me that with people who changed my life in places like Tokyo or Detroit, and with sisters I love to death but don't talk to nearly enough, I seem to find time for intrictate blogular discussions.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the good thing is that there is time to rebuild if one chooses to do so.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you about intersectionality. As long as it remains an intellectual, feel-good exercise, it's pretty worthless.<BR/><BR/>And that getting-out-of-our-heads stuff, as you eloquently link it up, feeds in to the story of your family. No matter how many excellent posts we write about our developed consciousness, it means nothing unless it inspires us to reach out.<BR/><BR/>So anyway, you've inspired me to look closer to home to where I haven't been doing that, as well as beyond -- so thanks.Octogalorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052288318330285365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-12740969049804741162009-02-19T12:14:00.000-05:002009-02-19T12:14:00.000-05:00You articulated what I'd been feeling about the bi...You articulated what I'd been feeling about the big feminist blogs lately, very well. I want real life action, not just signing petitions and raising consciousness/giving lip service. <BR/><BR/>But, at the same time, I don't feel it is our collective responsibility to martyr ourselves into bitterness and exasperation to educate the feminist power structure. So, how do we dismantle this individualistic way of viewing the world and the blogosphere, without sacrificing our emotional and mental health?Whithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16506093187674063207noreply@blogger.com