Category Archives: Sexuality&Gender
V-Inspiration
Summer speeds by here in eventful Michigan with legislation threatening to take away women’s rights; learn about these bills here. House Speaker Jase Bolger has banned State Representatives Barb Byrum and Lisa Brown from speaking on the floor after each … Continue reading
Posted in Law&Courts, Pics&Videos, Sexuality&Gender
Tagged Bonnie Bucqueroux, Gone Wired, Melissa Osborn, michigan, NOW, open mic, Planned Parenthood, Showey Howey, vagina
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Adventures in April 2012
Recently, Dey of the Phoenix has been a quiet blog, due to the abundant fullness of my life. This month I am the featured artist of the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, and an article by Dawn Gorman speaks to … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Sexuality&Gender, Words and Afterwards
Tagged Dawn Gorman, Headz, MSU Sexual Assault Program, Peace Education Center, SCENE Metrospace, Take Back the Night
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Light in the Dark 4/21
My first feature performance for 2011 is scheduled for April 21 at 7:00pm, “Light in the Dark: Words of Life, Love, & Loss.” The venue is the Mid-Michigan Family Theatre, 440 Frandor Avenue in Frandor Shopping Center of Lansing, thanks … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Health, Light in the Dark, Sexuality&Gender
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Energy Encounters
Tuesday, March 2, 8am/ East Lansing, Michigan/ Day of Rage with the Coalition Against Sexual Violence “Do you have a mother?” Not sure how the question comes to me, but I quickly realize the man is too young to have … Continue reading
V-Day 2011
Do you know about V-Day? The ‘V’ in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina. It is a global activist movement to stop violence against women and girls. Wherever you are in the world search here to locate events, explore … Continue reading
Posted in Event, HerStories, Sexuality&Gender, The Writing Room
Tagged vagina monologues
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Between Butterfly Wings
In the past month, it was an honor to be part of of 16 Days Lansing, a program inspired by the international campaign 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence initiated in 1991 by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Sexuality&Gender, Spirituality
Tagged 16 Days, activism, arts, gender violence, healing, Lansing, transformation
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Women Are Not Wombs
This video is my first upload to You Tube! I recorded it at last week’s exhibit opening for Transitions at the LGBT Resource Center of Michigan State University. The opening took place during Transgender Week of Remembrance. Soon I will … Continue reading
Posted in Pics&Videos, Poetry, Sexuality&Gender
Tagged LGBT Center, Mary Daly, memory, Michigan State University, Transitions, women
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Cross the Border
How do we change anything? Anything pertaining to the injustices of this world, in our communities and relationships. Do we take on the system? Do we engage our loved ones? Some of us gravitate toward one or the other; few … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Health, Lansing, Law&Courts, Sexuality&Gender
Tagged Activism and Rhetoric, Coalition Against Sexual Violence, Gloria Anzaldúa, healing, justice, Lansing, Michigan State University, sexual violence, social change
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Story Survives
I’ve struggled with words for weeks, scribbling and setting aside an account of the peaceful protest I attended October 1 outside the Ingham County Prosecutor’s office; see my photos on Flickr. I cannot capture the essence of that experience and … Continue reading
