Blog: Women's Voices

I write so that I can move forward. I write with an invitation to readers to move forward. Although our memories are often grey, the community of memories inside our stories reveal truths that help us move forward.

What I remember; what I've learned. In the Little Texas culture I lived in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr was not seen as a legitimate Christian preacher, much less a hero. But black women across the USA are now the citizens who will save our democracy.

Has any of her art survived these hundred years? Does anyone of her lineage know about her accomplishments? Say her name: Susie H Williams Bosley.

Women will lead now where previously shysters, the wealthy entitled class, religious leaders, and white male-dominated institutions held power and blasted large abysses in the foundation of our liberal democratic republic. We must have Courage.

The Old Man In The Piazza, A short story by Salman Rushdie, as published in The New Yorker, November 23, 2020. These are my few of many unfolding thoughts after several readings. I write this prior to reading the interview in which Rushdie comments on this short story. Will we, author and reader, agree?

Women rarely must say to each other, "I'm speaking". Even if their talk overlaps, women are better listeners than men. But women are losing this skill, this art. Why is that?

What political and societal changes can we expect to see after January 20, 2021 and into the next decades? I suggest that Baby Boomers get on board with the changes that our children and grandchildren want to see.

If true that most women who identify themselves as White voted for Donald J Trump than a Joe Biden administration, why does this surprise Americans? Why do white women continue to vote for the white supremacists?