If it were now to die, ‘Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate…
Dylan is coming on a tour of Australia!! *insert sighs, screams and fainting spells*
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Again not official Wo! business (my justification Anna- is that subversive ideas need to be accompanied by/is good art and music)…
So need to share this gorgeous song i’ve already played a thousand times on Dylan’s bootleg series. This stuff is glorious. Dylan sings it with former lover-singer-collaborator Joan Baez (who substitutes Mama for Daddy). It works either way (and let’s not get into a whole Freudian thing about this…)
(”If you gotta go, go now” on the Bootleg series is also pretty hot. It’s up there with “All i want do (is baby be friends with you) in terms of my favourites.)
So, does everybody know that Amnesty Internationals’ 16 Days of Activism is on?
 Ok,now you do.
A global campaign, the 16 Days calls for an end to violence against women. Winding up on December 10th, International Human Rights Day, it symbolically links women’s rights with human rights.  Â
This year Amnesty International Australia’s aiming to collect 16,000 signatures in support of the Australian Government developing a National Plan of Action towards eliminating violence against women.Â
It’s not too late to sign the petition or  check out events in several states including music festivals, art exhibits, letter writing events and a rally.  I’m feeling lucky to be in Brisbane again, so I can head to the That Takes Ovaries! open mike event this Friday.  Â
Since the release of That Takes Ovaries!, Rivka Solomon’s inspiring collection of real life women’s stories of courage, open mike and theatre events have been held worldwide for women to share their personal stories of bravery.
As part of the 16 Days of Activism it’s coming to Brisbane, with Wonder Woman, aka performance artist Evelyn Hartogh flying in to MC. Women are invited to join in the fun and share their tales this Friday at Avid Reader West End, from 5.20pm.  Men welcome too, so long as your stories about a woman in your life who’s done something that took Ovaries!
Should be good.
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There have been criticisms from some quarters (which i deftly dealt with in a swift guillotine like manner) that I make things too glum. I make Wo! too Woe instead of wow, whoa or woo hoo!
After all there’s no better time in the history of the world to be a woman than right now. Sure we have some crazy stuff going down. Awareness is important. But so is celebration. Great things are happening too- we have Hillary in the Senate, the vote, the Pill and of course Oprah (one always has to be grateful for the Opes.)
Some good news then folks- Pakistan has passed the Women’s Protection Bill. All we need now is a Good not Evil Benazir back in power and we’re done!
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