women's past, present, future

Among gynocratic or gynocentric tribal peoples the welfare of the young is paramount, the complementary nature of all life forms is stressed, and the centrality of powerful women to social well-being is unquestioned.

“Why do I write? Because the imperative to do so has been the strongest single force in my life and though I have been sidetracked by many, many muses, abused this one and wished it away, anxious always about the exacting nature of the commitment, I think it has finally claimed me. I have finally accepted the fact that, yes, writing is what I am suppose to do with my life; it is the way I affirm myself. […] The constant tug between private aloofness and community and social sharing has shaped my personality, my world-view and my work. […] Ultimately, we are all nothing more- or less- than children of the universe.”

“I myself would sleep easier at nights, have greater confidence in our collective futures, if I were able to imagine the globalization of culture not as the imposition of technology or culture from above, but as a welling up from below, a pouring into that increasingly depersonalized master culture of that creative flowering that is rooted in the tongue.”