Feminism and Religion
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- How I Learned to Love Snakes (a poem) by Marie Cartierby Marie Cartier on February 26, 2021 at 8:01 am
Can I recall a time when my resilience surprised me? My mother always said, “If you feel bad, go out into the garden and eat worms.” Sigh. We didn’t have a garden. My resilience. My head hits the counter, as... Read More ›
- This Story, I Am This Story by Marie Cartierby Marie Cartier on January 22, 2021 at 8:01 am
1. The papaya, the lemon, the squash. The everything going bad—not yet. I can pickle anything I can save—still. And I am never still. Still…at sixty-four here I am. Rise. This is age—still. 2. I have a passport to somewhere... Read More ›
- In These United States: Georgia is on My Mind by Marie Cartierby Marie Cartier on December 25, 2020 at 8:01 am
Georgia on my mind, so goes the song, and right now the road leads back to you, Georgia. The run-off election which could make two senators blue and give control of the Senate to the Democrats, remove a Republican as... Read More ›
- Photo Essay: November 7, 2020, Long Beach, CA by Marie Cartierby Marie Cartier on November 27, 2020 at 8:01 am
My wife and I woke up to the fact that Joe Biden surpassed 270 electoral votes needed and that it appeared that he was in all likelihood going to be our next president and Kamala Harris our new VP, and... Read More ›
- Poem: In These United States- The Court Supreme By Marie Cartierby Marie Cartier on October 23, 2020 at 7:01 am
We have nine justices usually but one of our most beloved, and notorious, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, RBG, has gone to the Summerland, across the Rainbow Bridge, to the afterlife—wherever that is for her, she’s gone there. May her memory be... Read More ›
- Photo Essay: RBG Memorial by Marie Cartierby Marie Cartier on October 2, 2020 at 7:01 am
RBG Memorial, Long Beach Courthouse, Long Beach, CA September 19, 2020 All photos by: Marie Cartier
- Poem: “Safer at Home in these United States” by Marie Cartierby Marie Cartier on August 28, 2020 at 7:01 am
Content Warning: Child abuse, domestic violence. ~~~~~~~ Safer at home is what we are told to do in these United States right now, and the idea is you will not be able to spread the virus, or catch the virus,... Read More ›
- Poem: An Ode for Nurses during a Pandemic by Marie Cartierby Marie Cartier on July 24, 2020 at 7:01 am
— for Alex, a nurse I met who is also a poet, and all nurses I heard that you are a poet and a nurse. I imagine all the nurses who also are something else—a chef, a Mom,... Read More ›
- Poem: Eight Minutes and Forty-six Seconds by Marie Cartierby Marie Cartier on June 26, 2020 at 7:46 am
I was in a funeral procession yesterday for a man I have never met. George Floyd. A man who was killed by a police officer. Mr. Floyd was black. The police officer is white and had his knee on... Read More ›
- Drive-by Dyke March by Marie Cartierby Marie Cartier on May 22, 2020 at 7:27 am
That was sooo fun!!! D-Y-K-E what’s that spell? Dyke March!!! Dyke March Long Beach Drive March 2020!! did the regular route and then drove by elders who requested a drive-by ♡♡♡ two hours all over town ♡♡♡ We had 20 plus... Read More ›