It is only by having conversations about #death  and building a #culture  of death that we can begin to imagine ways to provide and practice the care people need to die with #dignity and help their loved ones live through and after their deaths.

To choose death with dignity is the final act of our self-creation.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/09/14/can-we-choose-our-own-ending/ 

 Our mainstream, legacy #media  are repeating the failures of 2016 #election  coverage by not fully interrogating the dangers of the #gop  it's candidates and the clear threats to #Democracy. 

https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/09/07/we-cant-have-a-repeat-of-election-2016/ 

 #Language  as a means to shape perception is a powerful and sometimes dangerous tool.Girlie lunch, girl talk, a girls’ night in... ways in which the english language infantilizes women. Or phrases such as crying or throwing like a girl...a means to shame men.  

This excerpt from #medievalist Jenni Nuttall’s fascinating new book MOTHER TONGUE reveals centuries of women’s rebellion against #patriarchal strictures as reflected in the evolution of English language. #books 

https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/08/31/the-english-language-has-a-lot-to-say-about-womens-badassery/