September 2011
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HUNGRY VIRGIN PLAY
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“Time to save the world, where in the world is all the time? So many things I...”
– *mind state* (via n4di4)
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“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we...”
– Audre Lorde (via fromonesurvivortoanother)
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Excerpt, "Planting the Future" with Wangari...
Ms. Maathai: It is extremely important and especially for people who live in highly industrialized and rich countries, because people who live in such countries have a feeling that even if they don't have resources within their borders, they can get them from wherever those resources are. But even if you can buy those resources, even there there is a limit to what extent you can get those resources and not create a conflict. Because remember, the resources that are left behind, people have to fight over them. And because the world is now so interconnected that when conflict anywhere in the world, sometimes they come right into your living room, either through television — or like now with the Americans being a superpower, a very influential member of the United Nations, if there is conflict somewhere, we are very quick to say we need peacekeeping forces; and these peacekeeping forces are quite often soldiers from areas where there is peace.
Ms. Tippett: Right. Right.
Ms. Maathai: So suddenly you realize you may be in peace, but it is your son or your husband who now has to go and try to keep peace where peace has been threatened. And so it becomes really an important issue for all of us, whether we are rich or we are poor. Recently, I was in Japan. I was very lucky, because I came across a word called mottainai, which is a Japanese Buddhist concept that is entrenched in the Japanese culture, which encourages people not to waste resources. And this was especially true, they told me …
Ms. Tippett: And it's a spiritual concept.
Ms. Maathai: Yeah, it's a spiritual concept. And in fact, this aspect was brought out to me by a monk; I think his name is Monk Mori from Kyoto Temple. We went in and he had heard me use that word publicly and he said, 'I'm so happy you're using that word mottainai, because it is a word that Japanese don't use anymore because they feel embarrassed to say don't waste resources, because they have so much, or receive resources with gratitude, receive what you get from the Mother Earth with gratitude, or from nature with gratitude. And we usually don't think about that. We don't usually thank Nature for giving us what she does.'
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tangledupinlace asked: MIM I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU
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I’m feeling a little bit broken right now, a little bit, as megan puts it, ‘emotionally dented’. And I feel like many people in my community, near and far, are feeling cracked or shattered right now too. And even though these aren’t always fun emotions to experience, experiencing them together, as a community, makes them more bearable. It makes me feel less like an alien.
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“Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to...”
– Nathaniel Branden (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
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“Intimacy is based on shared vulnerability. Write this on your bathroom mirror.”
– The Ethical Slut (via petitefeministe)
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“At the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is...”
– Che Guavara (via musingsinfemininity)
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“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via loveyourrebellion)
" I won’t compromise on feminism to save the... →
