Wednesday, September 29, 2010

We know you're out there...

Since sometime early this year--maybe it was February--a group of women has been meeting at Church of the Open Arms in Oklahoma City to read the works of radical feminist philosopher and theologian Mary Daly.Our inspiration for this group was Daly's death at the beginning of January. Some of us knew her books from many years ago, and some of us had never heard of her before the group started meeting, but we knew she'd had a very large effect on feminist thought, and we wanted to learn more about her. We stared out by reading her first feminist book The Church and the Second Sex, and moved next to her intellectual autobiography, Outercourse.

Reading Mary Daly is challenging and exciting. Her thoughts have provoked us to deep analysis of our own lives and situations as women, much fine storytelling, and eating of snacks. We know that when she died, many women expressed their grief at her passing and appreciationg of her work. We think that there must be other women out there who are doing something like what we are doing, and we want to reach out to them. We want to be part of resurgent radical feminist Movement. So, if you find this, let us know what you think and what you've been doing.

The other current attendees of the group have been invited to join this blog, and I'm waiting to hear from you.