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The Queen of My Self

When we allow our Selves to expand and grow, when the situations of our lives start to flow, when the going is good and the living gets easier, it seems only natural to be thankful. But what about all those times when nothing seems to budge? When we are stuck in the rush hour traffic…

Many women send me announcements of upcoming events and occasionally one or two stand out as being of special interest to Queens. Here are two events, both taking place on December 2, 2010. One is in Brooklyn, NY and the other in Philadelphia, PA. AT HER AGE: WOMEN, AGE & SEXCurated by Martha Wilson December…

In honor of Aung San Suu Kyi and to celebrate her release, and with a nod to Election Day, this week’s theme is admirable women leaders of democracy. Farewell to the Chief Queen Wilma Mankiller the first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation, died this year at the age of 64. She was one of…

In honor of Aung San Suu Kyi and to celebrate her release, and with a nod to Election Day, this week’s theme is admirable women leaders of democracy. The Queen Who Would Be President – Part 2 Her candidacy attracted a widely diverse coalition of laborers, suffragists, Spiritualists, and communists, among others, who often had…

In honor of Aung San Suu Kyi and to celebrate her release, and with a nod to Election Day, this week’s theme is admirable women leaders of democracy. The Queen Who Would be President – Part 1 Victoria Woodhull lived a century ahead of her time. She is unknown to most people today, but when…

In honor of Aung San Suu Kyi and to celebrate her release, and with a nod to Election Day, this week’s theme is admirable women leaders of democracy. Benazir Bhutto  June 21, 1953 – December 27, 2007 Benazir Bhutto, twice the popularly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, was assassinated in Rawalpindi at a campaign rally…

On Saturday, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese human rights and democracy leader, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and folk shero was released from the house arrest in Myanmar that has kept her a prisoner for much of the last twenty years. She is now 65-years old, and as radiant, charismatic and determined as ever. She…

I AM A DIVINE AND BEAUTIFUL BEING. I CHOOSE TO LIVE EACH MOMENT WITH APPRECIATION ANDCOMPLETE ACCEPTANCE OF MY OWN DIVINITY AND BEAUTY. I CHOOSE TO APPRECIATE AND ACCEPT THE BEAUTY IN ALLBEINGS AND THE PERFECT DIVINITY IN EACH MOMENT. I OPEN MY HEART TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LOVE AND BENEFITFROM EVERY BEING AND EACH…

I recently received this wonderfully refreshing letter from a sister Queen who is definitely pleased with her Self: …Despite the anticipation and the promise of something potentially special, he was not attractive to me. And I think that’s important — that although I have had my misgivings about meeting someone as I am — overweight…

Like most women, I can’t help but notice the parts of myself that have slumped and sagged as I’ve aged. The bags under my eyes now have over-night valises of their own. The veins in my legs and on the backs of my hands are starting to show through in blue. And forget my figure.…
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