As of today, Aug 26, 09…this is a Feminist group blog;
Two new authors have been added, Viktoria Whittaker, a WbW (for those who actually care about such things) Priestess of the Cybeline Revival and Maura Hennessey, Irish lesbian activist.
This blog was started to address feminist issues through the eyes of an horizontal-eco feminist, post trans/intersexed feminist woman. Our hidden strength as feminist women has been sidetracked by failing to see that the problems of modern feminist movements in the West spring from clinging to hierarchical models that simple continue oppressions within our ranks…no more. Our strength comes from being women in the best tradition of Luce Irigaray, the answer to all the problems we’ve recognized within feminism is to abandon those hierarchies altogether.
I first started this blog because my essays were gaining attention but also being censored off websites almost as fast as I wrote them. This blog was set up to give them a home free from that censorship. Born a hermaphrodite, correcting my birth assignment and a lifetime of feminist inclinations has led me to the place I find myself today, the primary force behind the Cybeline Revival of the ancient Goddess traditions. And the restoration of those traditions led me to the realization that the very models we were using were the answer to the traps of classism, racism and residual privilege in the modern Feminist movement. Our 150 year old Catskill Inn is the world home of the Cybeline revival and a growing and vibrant women’s spirituality centre. We are dedicated to charitable action, not just spiritual growth.
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maurahennessey
January 30, 2009 at 11:24 pm
I spent some time at the gallae website and I really must thank you for providing the link. I have a deep interest in the mystical role of transsexual and transgender people in ancient cultures, and I think reviving the tradition of the Cybeline priestesses is much needed and awesome. Thank you.
Mina.
February 1, 2009 at 10:08 am
In ancient times the Cybeline priestesses were transsexual positive but not all about the trans. We strive for the same balance today but sometimes it’s hard. Several attempts to re-write my own research as all about the trans to the exclusion of the other women have already been attempted as was a total coup of the very tradition I founded. My renewed interest in this transgender other focus vs. woman focused is because of this and the horrific abuse I suffered at the hands of those who tried. They failed and we are back in control of our own faith and our own home.
February 1, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Have you written about that Cat? Some of these people are unbelievable bullies.
February 2, 2009 at 2:18 am
Cat,
I think your blog is wonderful. Please feel free to visit us at:
http://joanneproctor-hbs.blogspot.com/
anytime (if you haven’t already.)
Cheers
Jo.