Musings of a Quaker Witch (Pagan Quaker)

Judith Butler: ‘I affirm a Judaism that is not associated with state violence’  http://criticallegalthinking.com/2012/08/29/9979/ Strongl...

At FGC Gathering this summer, when I was at the Meeting for Worship hosted by FLGBTQC one afternoon, a Jewish Friend gave vocal ministry a...

[Trigger warnings for explicit discussion of sexually assaultive behaviors.]  This includes a brief but excellent table comparing the laws...

-- Note: Content and trigger warnings for rape culture and rape. The very short version, in case you've missed it in the news: George ...

Yesterday, I shared a poster about words that are transphobic, and why they are transphobic ( http://aquakerwitch.blogspot.com/2012/08/words...

I saw this fabulous poster and wanted to share it, especially since some readers have requested clarification about language which is ...

Marriage equality is not only about justice for the adults involved.  It's also about what's best for all our kids:  With only on...

Well, except it could be, depending on who your mom is.  I read this article a long time back, and my F/friend Nancy passed it on to me a...

I keep hearing about "Pendle Hill, the Quaker study centre in the US."  I hardly ever hear anyone say, "Pendle Hill, one of...

by Claudia Ginanni Before I ask you a serious question about our relationship, I want to make something clear. I am an ardent defender...

(Sooo many Lammas / llamas jokes going around the internet...) Happy Lammas! What have you harvested so far this year? What do you ho...

Some of the themes that wove themselves through the vocal ministry during Meeting for Worship last First Day included ethical behavior and j...

public domain, via Wikimedia A while back, a feminist acquaintance on Facebook invited me to a radical feminist conference at the end of...

The Ann Reed song " Heroes " was much in my mind during  FGC Gathering  this year. In part, because Those Who Have Gone Before,...

I recently spent two and a half lovely weeks in the US, first at FGC Gathering, then on vacation (holiday) with F/friends, then a short visi...

The theme for this year's Gathering of Friends General Conference ( http://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/gathering ) is "All God's ...

This is my contribution to the 2012 Pagan Values Project.  For more information about the Pagan Values Project, please see http://paganvalue...

This has been stuck in my head for days now: The sun is a mass of incandescent gas A gigantic nuclear furnace Where hydrogen is built int...

Acquaintances often ask me about restorative justice.  The current issue of Western Friend, June 2012 focuses on prisons and on restorative ...

Two upcoming ministry events that I wanted to share.  Both are at Friends General Conference Gathering in Kingston, RI in early July; one i...