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July 16, 2009

"Women are goddesses..."

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The words above come from Tori Amos' husband, quoted in her article for the Guardian series What I Know About Men (with thanks to The Fbomb for the link).  The article is interesting not only for Tori's observations on the subject of men and power, but for the glimpse it gives of a healing and supportive marriage.

Speaking of which, I also recommend Aaron Traister's article "It's hot! It's sexy! It's...marriage!", posted over on Salon.com this week. Traister is the brother of Salon columnist Rebecca Traister, whose work I have long admired.

The picture above was created for the 2008 Tori Amos calendar, a fund-raiser for RAINN.

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