#women's land

[nutloaf]

Are you familiar with Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (Michfest) /WWTLC /Big Mouth Girl /'The Land' ?

[xxconnection]

What’s the hardest thing about living on womyn's land

ok i gotta come clean. my instinct was to lie and say the hardest thing is like, the amount of manual labor or idk, staying warm in the winter. but this an easy question. we've asked this question at other wimmins lands and their answer is usually the same as ours: getting along. ive only been on tumbler a couple of weeks and i already see that this problem is here on radblr too.

here on the land right now we're really really lucky because we residents get along. we have our disagreements and bad moments but we love each other and enjoy spending time together. that wasnt always the case here! this used to be a place wimmin didnt even want to visit because it was so unfriendly. now after much hard work, we have more visitors than ever. and the vast majority of our visitors are kind and reasonable wimmin who come here to enjoy the land and socialize with other wimmin. but nobody is perfect yall. kind and reasonable wimmin also do and say rude and unreasonable little things. these kinds of little things can turn into feuds if the wimmin involved dont have the conflict resolution skills to handle it. also, not all wimmin are kind and reasonable! some wimmin are totally unlikable! some wimmin come here with no intention of getting along at all! some wimmin come here to get drunk and throw things! some wimmin attend events just to start arguments! and all of those wimmin still deserve female only space.

so how do we deal with difficult wimmin? how do we deal with difficult moments? we do our best but sometimes there's nothing we can do. sometimes we make it worse. and sometimes we are the difficult ones. me, i have chronic pain and was raised with a "eat or be eaten" mindset. being difficult comes plenty natural to me! but puttin in the extra effort to have compassion even when u feel like being mean is worth it. and so we try and we try again.

we have a great little community here. i really believe that every womon who comes here wants the best for the land. but we all show it in different ways, and some wimmin are perhaps more passionate than others. some have more self control than others. some have more hurt than others. and some had never once been in a space where they could express themselves freely until they came here. even the most calm and collected womon can fall apart if she finds herself in a safe enough space. it's important for wimmin to have space to be ugly and difficult. it's hard to hold that space, but not as hard as not having that space at all.

anyways, thank you for your excellent question. i guess what im trying to say is that being nice can be really hard, but it's important to try. we can practice on each other!

[chihuahuagirlfriend]

OreGaia 2024

June 19 - 23

Hey women! So this year my favorite women's festival is happening again, for the first time since 2019. I got to go then, and it changed my life. For the first time I felt connected to a community that I had longed for for years. If you have the chance to go, I can't recommend it enough.

This female only event is taking place on a beautiful piece of land outside of Portland, Oregon. There will be workshops on topics of feminism, lesbian experience, and spirituality, as well as fun like dance nights and games. Come to learn or just to hang out in nature with other women!

If you're interested in more information about registration or programming, you can send an email to oregaianw@gmail.com, or feel free to send me a message!

Hope to see you there!

[captainbisexuelle]

As a Life Goal, I would love to help create a protected women's land with some or eventually all of the following:

All-female school K-12

All-female community living / housing

All-female health center/GP

All-female vocational training center

All-female retirement home for elderly women

I'll admit, I have not been to women's land and I am ignorant of how they are maintained, and of what may already exist to help grow. I understand it would require a lot of hard work. But generally here is what I think would be needed.

Someone to buy the land and help fund development (me)

Women to develop the land / build infrastructure - carpenters, masons, technicians, construction workers.

Women willing to live and work on the land as teachers, doctors and nurses, childcare professionals, and farmers/people experienced in homesteading

Women with the skills to maintain the infrastructure

Right now, this is a dream. But I hope some of you share it and if you see yourself in one of these roles (or know more about how to make this a reality) please reach out.

[radwave]

photos by J.E.B. • from Women: A Journal of Liberation, vol. 5 no. 2 (January 1974)

[radfemboards]

Feminism and hippie culture/aesthetics 🌻🐿️🦎🌼 board for anon

Yonic tree hollow with fungi - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479934654529536?source=share

2. Sunflower png - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479811159605248/northlamed-i-know-this-has-probably-been-done-a?source=share

3. Country Lesbians: The Story of the Womanshare Collective - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479775264784384/fernstream-uwmspeccoll-staff-pick-of-the-week?source=share

4. 70s style floral phone - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479762986893312/disease-70s-style-phone-decor?source=share

5. Houseplant vine - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479754952720384?source=share

6. 60s/70s Lesbian Feminist books from Archieve.org - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479729382162432/a-wlw-reads-books-from-archiveorg-i-was-amazed?source=share

7. 1960s Activist photos - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479723081302016?source=share

8. Vintage mug - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479711152635905?source=share

9. Anti-Violence Against Women pin button '75 - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479707196424192?source=share

10. International Womens Day pin button '78 - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479704168169472?source=share

11. Amazon pin button - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479700895498240?source=share

12. Shameless Hussy Press publication '71 - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479687471628288/uwmspeccoll-first-feminist-press-shameless?source=share

13. Third World Women's Alliance protestor at a women's lib protest '70 - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479675746451456/oldnewyork-a-womens-liberation-demonstration?source=share

14. Butterflies from illustration published in the Haight-Ashbury Tribune '67 - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479672492752897/undergroundrockpress-haight-ashbury-tribune?source=share

15. Cynthia Macadams / Emergence photographs - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479661622149120/unionrising-cynthia-macadams?source=share

16. 1970s mushrooms and ladybugs stickers - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479644852338688?source=share

17. Vintage rugs - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730479640371675136?source=share

18. Oregon Wimmin's Land shirt - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730482377873391616?source=share

19. “Dyke Country,” a poster by Marilyn Gayle, reprinted from the book What Lesbians Do - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730482374559809536/songsforgorgons-dyke-country-a-poster-by?source=share

20. Dandelions picked in a colander png - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730483570751242240/snailspng-things-i-loved-as-a-kid-pngs-1?source=share

21. Dandelion jam with toast on a plate png - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730483675809071104/random-pngs-part-120-1-golden-emperor-moth-2?source=share

22. Monarch butterflies in chrysalis png - https://www.tumblr.com/radfemboards/730483639970938880/snailspng-random-pngs-part-124-1-art?source=share

[melesmelesmeles]

When I hear the old Norwegian radfems talk of the good old days I always hear mention of Femø? Is that still a thing? Is it still female separatist?

[xxconnection]

from Kris Kovick's What I Love about Lesbian Politics is Arguing With People I Agree With

[chihuahuagirlfriend]

Going to be yearning for the land til the next time I come back. Probably not next year, we're thinking of doing sisterspace in 25 while figuring out how we want to bring out all our gear. But I'll be thinking about it, how much fun I had w my friends, how I learned and healed, how we all got along. I'll miss it. But it won't be forever.

[australianwomensnews]

It took Gayili Marika Yunupingu a whole day to decide to turn down $3 million.

Mining giant Rio Tinto had approached the Yolngu elder about a plan to relocate the women’s shelter she oversees in the remote north-east Arnhem Land community of Galupa, about 640 kilometres east of Darwin.

But the local matriarch was not prepared to jeopardise the success of the all-women’s community she helps lead or put at risk the ancient links between her people and the land.

“I thought ’what if I lose the land? Where will I go? Without the land, I am lost,” Ms Yunupingu told The Australian Financial Review.

“I am lost if I go for the money.”

The community is protected by a pack of 15 dogs, and Rio Tinto’s operations are next door. The expansion plan risked the women’s extraordinary success in stemming suicide rates, and Ms Yunupingu is on call 24 hours a day for locals facing a crisis.

“Nobody wanted to stand up and see the problem that was happening in our community,” she said.

“My family said ‘enough is enough’. Along the line, we lost a young sister with suicide and that made us stand up and take action. We decided to do something with the lights of our mobile phone, sitting waiting quietly.”

Nationally, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people take their own lives at a rate twice as high as the non-Indigenous population. An Indigenous woman is as much as 45 times more likely to experience domestic violence than a white woman.

After turning down outside money, Ms Yunupingu and local community members are fundraising for critical upgrades to ensure they can continue supporting women. The targeted amount is $100,000.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

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Category: Kdramas filmed in foreign countries

Crash Landing on You | Goblin | Queen of Tears | Descendants of the Sun | Legend of the Blue Sea | Little Women | Vagabond | The Package | Are You Human Too? | King the Land

[desert-love]

Navajo women in monument valley

[joyishome]

Israel is Intentionally targeting press in Gaza beacuse they know they are committing mass war crimes and genocide and doesn't want the world to see it. But they take to twitter to provide fake evidence against Palestine, which has been proved as fake hundreds of times. The villainization of the Palestinian people is outrageous. The audacity is un real.

[xxconnection]

happy birthday to this lovely post

this is such a basic question, but how do you get involved with female separatism? where do you start?

@turfwithane asked me a question like this awhile back, and I'm sorry I haven't answered it yet. The good news is that female separatism is easy and immediately rewarding. I started with music- made myself a promise not to listen to any new music by men (a promise I break often for my non-separatist friends; keep in mind that this isn't some kind of law or rule you would impose on yourself and be "bad" for breaking), and made an effort to make women-only playlists and seek out new female artists from that point forward. Now almost all of the music I listen to is by women. Seek out female dentists and doctors and other professionals. Prioritize movies and shows and read books and comics by women. Pick the check out line with the female cashier. Only accept female roommates. Those things are really easy. You can do them to the extent you feel compelled and are able. And while you're at it: focus on your relationships with women. Reserve your empathy and energy and concern for the problems of the women in your life. Prioritize spending time with your female friends and family members. Seek out new relationships only with women. Cut off all the men who leech off you especially: the ones who bug you or creep you out but you don't want to be rude, you feel bad not texting back, etc. Block those numbers today. Feel free to drift away from the rest of them too. Any amount that you focus on women in your life is a degree to which you and them both benefit. These are more individual ways to practice separatism, and you said "get involved", so maybe you're asking about female-only lands. In that case I would recommend you start with the Maize Directory. If you're wanting to start a community or living situation, there are about a million ways to do it. Some other reading you could check out for info: lesbiannaturalresources.org/publications

That’s my starter guide, others feel free to add on.