I have been thinking about this for years, writing a blog that is. There are so many different ideas floating around in my head and I could really use an outlet for some of my ranting. Certainly, not everyone will be interested in my random thoughts, but I want to put them down on paper (so to speak). I have delayed this moment for so long for so many reasons, not the least of which is plain and simple procrastination. Recently I have found myself really wanting to write and so today, I have taken this desire as impetus to push past the wall of the almighty power of procrastination.
Today I am gripped by thoughts of world power and dominance. I think, and believe that many will agree, that Earth is not in such great shape, physically, mentally or emotionally. I am a naturopathic physician, my training teaches me to react to dis-ease by looking for the root cause and facilitating factors. Here, a leap: I like men. I have a lot of men friends. I am married to a man. There are many men for whom I have great respect. But as the dominant sex in global power, men are really fucking up. Could women do better? I don't know, but I don't think we could do any worse in terms of taking care of our patient, Earth. Are men causing all of the world's problems? Nope, probably not. But when something is clearly not working (as evidenced by recent populous global uprisings), then things need to change and I really think that if we women would harness our collective power and effect the changes we believe in, Earth could start to feel better. So men are not necessarily the root cause of all the world's problems, but the power they wield is most certainly a facilitating factor in Earth's dis-ease. As women, how do we communicate effectively in order to claim the power we have? How do we band together to effect change, to create the world we believe is possible? Thousands of years of submission make it difficult, but it is not impossible - we are fully half of the world population, that means there are 3.5 billion of us. We have modern technology on our side. For me, this is a start.
