Jessica, thank you! My son looks at me, and I have no words to offer. We (my husband, son, and I) sit on the couch and look at a news clip, and I just shake my head but can't even speak to what is already happening in our country. Thank the heavens for Bishop Budde. What a phenomenal woman!
I'm horrified about what's happening and frustrated with how little impact I'm likely to have. I keep telling myself to just do the next good thing. Show kindness to those around me. Write and share what I think needs to be said. Give someone a helping hand. Read to a child. It won't change the world or public policy, but it might make a difference for one other person. It doesn't feel like enough, but it's honestly all I can do.
I love this, Jessica. I've been really interested in the witch archetype (and the history of it) since I left the Christian church about 8 years ago. If being in charge of myself makes me witch, then I'm all in.
Thank you, Jessica! I just went on a little diatribe to a friend who subscribes to my Substack, praised my writing skills, and admitted to not reading past the first paragraph of the first of three emails I sent this year, yet he told me detailed information about fire-related weather patterns and the new administration’s actions. My diatribe was about how people “don’t have time” to read anything that touches the heart (like my emails), even if it’s from their close friends, yet they doomscroll filling their mind with information that inflames them. I was unruly….and he said he’d read it.
I believe in supporting unruly women, all of us witches, for true witchcraft is a practice of love.
Great piece about these women, Jessica. But even better is what you are planning to do, how you are going to use this platform going forward. I think you're demonstrating what it is to "use what you have, do what you can" to borrow from Arthur Ashe.
Great quote, Janice: “She now states, ‘I lost my critical thinking. I knew it was a cult, and I was in a cult’.” Whew. I admire the former MAGA granny for doing the work (therapy) and seeing her role in the Jan. 6 riot. And I think that “cult” is the truest description I’ve heard of what that whole movement has become. 😶🌫️
Also, thank you for sharing the link for The Logoff newsletter. I feel like that is going to be the perfect dose of information I'll need without being completely consumed.
I didn't have the interest or strength to watch the inauguration. I not longer read the new. Instead, I'm working to help people channel their grief in positive ways. I hope this is enough.
Thank you for featuring these women — crones speaking truth to power. This is one of those pieces that inspires me to keep speaking up and speaking out, and to be proud of who I am and what I have to offer my community during this time. We are a wise army of gray-haired women, aren’t we?
So, so good. I am here for more stories of unruly women!
Jessica, thank you! My son looks at me, and I have no words to offer. We (my husband, son, and I) sit on the couch and look at a news clip, and I just shake my head but can't even speak to what is already happening in our country. Thank the heavens for Bishop Budde. What a phenomenal woman!
She is! We needed her bravery!
Thank you for this!
Both of these women deserve so much respect and praise!
Bishop Budde is being inundated with death threats, so take a few minutes and write her a thank you card.
Bishop Budde
Washington National Catherdral
PO Box 98283
Washington DC 20090-8283
you can also send a donation to edow.org/give
Thank you for sharing this! It’s shocking how ugly some people’s responses are to her simple message of mercy.
I'm horrified about what's happening and frustrated with how little impact I'm likely to have. I keep telling myself to just do the next good thing. Show kindness to those around me. Write and share what I think needs to be said. Give someone a helping hand. Read to a child. It won't change the world or public policy, but it might make a difference for one other person. It doesn't feel like enough, but it's honestly all I can do.
If we all do little things, it will all end up adding to enough.
Crone Revolutionaries.
I love the word “crone”!
I love this, Jessica. I've been really interested in the witch archetype (and the history of it) since I left the Christian church about 8 years ago. If being in charge of myself makes me witch, then I'm all in.
Me too!
Thank you for this!
Thank you, Jessica! I just went on a little diatribe to a friend who subscribes to my Substack, praised my writing skills, and admitted to not reading past the first paragraph of the first of three emails I sent this year, yet he told me detailed information about fire-related weather patterns and the new administration’s actions. My diatribe was about how people “don’t have time” to read anything that touches the heart (like my emails), even if it’s from their close friends, yet they doomscroll filling their mind with information that inflames them. I was unruly….and he said he’d read it.
I believe in supporting unruly women, all of us witches, for true witchcraft is a practice of love.
Hear hear Lee Ann!
Yes! Hear, hear! Thank you for sharing this. And for being another unruly woman!
Great piece about these women, Jessica. But even better is what you are planning to do, how you are going to use this platform going forward. I think you're demonstrating what it is to "use what you have, do what you can" to borrow from Arthur Ashe.
Thank you, Lou! I love that quote.
Thank you for sharing these stories and for reminding us not to stay silent and turn away. This gives me hope. I'll be back to read more.
I'm so glad to hear that! Welcome!
Great post and thanks for quoting me. I’ve been trying to write a follow up and you did it for me. 🫶🏽👊🏼
I will remember your piece for a long time. Thanks for writing it!
That’s so awesome to hear. Thank you!!!
Great quote, Janice: “She now states, ‘I lost my critical thinking. I knew it was a cult, and I was in a cult’.” Whew. I admire the former MAGA granny for doing the work (therapy) and seeing her role in the Jan. 6 riot. And I think that “cult” is the truest description I’ve heard of what that whole movement has become. 😶🌫️
Also, thank you for sharing the link for The Logoff newsletter. I feel like that is going to be the perfect dose of information I'll need without being completely consumed.
I didn't have the interest or strength to watch the inauguration. I not longer read the new. Instead, I'm working to help people channel their grief in positive ways. I hope this is enough.
Thank you for featuring these women — crones speaking truth to power. This is one of those pieces that inspires me to keep speaking up and speaking out, and to be proud of who I am and what I have to offer my community during this time. We are a wise army of gray-haired women, aren’t we?