Monthly Archives: June 2010

Mother Culture

June 7, 2010 Posted by Issa under Mother Culture
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Mother Culture whispers to us from the day we are born. She speaks to us through the voices of our parents and other caretakers and from the picture books and nursery rhymes. And it grows from there. Television, radio, newspapers, magazines, internet pages. School teachers and school books, the word problems in the math sections, the chapters in the history book, the charts in economics class. From billboards and graffiti, sermons, jokes, and casual chitchat with neighbors. We hear a same story, and we share it with others. Over and over again. Keep Reading

Positive Sexuality

June 3, 2010 Posted by Issa under Think About It
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For Alchemy 2010, I’m running a theme camp called Fucking Awesome that’s centered around positive sexuality. We’re planning for everything from sex education classes to open orgies. I know a lot of people who do work to help bring a more positive view of sexuality to the people around them. Sometimes it seems like a lot of progress has been made, and sometimes it seems like sex will always be a dirty little secret in this culture. I wondered, How will we know when sex is actually viewed, culture-wide, as a positive thing? What will it look like? What will be different about our everyday lives? Keep Reading

Switching to Bathroom Cloth

June 1, 2010 Posted by Issa under Simple-Eco-Happy
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I recently switched over to using cloth in my bathroom, instead of toilet paper. The guest bathroom and Joshua’s bathroom still have toilet paper, but I’ve been enjoying cloth in my own. Like the switch from paper towels to washcloths in the kitchen and the switch to reusable menstrual products, switching to bathroom cloth has been equally satisfying. Here’s a little 101 on the whole idea. Keep Reading

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