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from beneath the skirt of artemis

art is never chaste

About Me

i am womyn.
i am earth.
i am everything, and simultaneously nothing.

bassist: you are the war that i want
singer/co-guitarist: grand mother

struggling bicyclist, goat farmer, and beekeeper...

My Interests

feminism, music, writing, words flowing out of mouths and dripping off tongues, honesty, feminists, philosophy, goats, pumpkins, nature, feelings, senses, lips, skin, moonlight, images that can't be drawn, beds, awakening.

I'd like to meet:

difference-makers
care-takers
word-winders
animals (at heart, in body) . . . .

Music:

Pumpkins of the Smashed variety. the fixes. yatwtiw (obviously). gogol bordello. sleater-kinney. alternogrungepunktriphop.

Books:

ones with yellow, uneven pages. i judge them by their covers, their spines, and their insides.

My Blog

mindswell

mindswelllips sewn shutparadigms arid and lost and foundbraintorquefellows lain openfilling gaps in open teethin some parts of africa, a gap between the front two teeth is beautifulconsidered beautifu...
Posted by from beneath the skirt of artemis on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:17:00 PST

bodily fluids

i'll start writing letters to lovers and friends as if they're the same as if they're nothing never wanted a game. i'll bring hot tea to mothers and sisters as if they're plants as if they're growing ...
Posted by from beneath the skirt of artemis on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:49:00 PST

bless these things

We believe in things unnatural.Things with wings and all-seeing-eyes.We believe in the power of Creator of Man,         &n bsp;     ...
Posted by from beneath the skirt of artemis on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:23:00 PST

talk talk talk

what's the use in all this talking?women are being killed and maimed, left and right.Left and Right fight like bulls and matadors,and the bulls always have the disadvantage.how is it that one can cele...
Posted by from beneath the skirt of artemis on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:17:00 PST

Woman Truth: Of Holes and Fillers

just because i have a holedoesn't mean i'm empty.that i am not filled to the brim with sweet sugar, thick like molasses, and vats of honey.that i have no senses, ready to erupt, rapturously.just becau...
Posted by from beneath the skirt of artemis on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:14:00 PST

speculations of talk (or, on nature)

we listenin circles like birds flyas they hunt their preyfinding the most vulnerable piece of flesh to destroyfor their nourishmentyet we can't blame birdsit is their naturethe circle of naturew...
Posted by from beneath the skirt of artemis on Tue, 02 May 2006 10:30:00 PST

of hate

simply:mother bears allall from wombsimply:we rape motherpillage motherransack mothermake lives from her bonessimply:mother heals us allcalls forth her childrendespite resistance, reluctance, reticenc...
Posted by from beneath the skirt of artemis on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:15:00 PST

this empty space

thankfulness exceeds emptiness how poignant can one be? i'm not sure except for the fact that this empty space has feet and will walk away i'm sure...
Posted by from beneath the skirt of artemis on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:46:00 PST

life in my chest

on my backi liewith arms outstretchedtoward ribboned skyyearn, i yearnfor the heavensto swallow meupi turnon my bellyi find reposewith heart pressed firmlyagainst lost hopesweep, i weepfor the earthwh...
Posted by from beneath the skirt of artemis on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:37:00 PST

thoughts in between the sheets

kids:  it's time for you to understand. we must be.  be powerful, be poignant, be a punch to the skull.  we must not take no for an answser.  we must believe all that we say, all t...
Posted by from beneath the skirt of artemis on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 06:40:00 PST