Monthly Archives: October 2022

Women, Food, and Funerals

Posted on October 27, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This was an assignment for Death and the Maiden My first experience with death was when my elderly great aunt died and my family traveled from Illinois to Missouri for the funeral. My aunt’s home was filled with relatives, … Continue reading →

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Santa Muerte: Lady of Death

Posted on October 22, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This was an assignment for Death and the Maiden I came to Goddess worship as a recovering Baptist who was tired of being treated like a second class citizen in a church that valued the male over the female. … Continue reading →

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Mothers as Activists and Advocates

Posted on October 16, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This was written for Death and the Maiden A mother’s connection to her child is visceral. If she birthed him, she felt the pains of her child’s tiny body struggling to escape hers and if her child came to … Continue reading →

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Antigone’s Love

Posted on October 11, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This was an assignment for Death and the Maiden There were three components of funeral rites in Antigone’s day: the Prothesis or laying out of the body, the Ekphora or the procession of the body through the streets, and … Continue reading →

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Women, Death, and Eloquence

Posted on October 3, 2022 by raine.clara.shakti

Note: This was an assignment for Death and the Maiden I struggled with this week’s readings as I disagreed so much with that Cixous and her musings about women writers. Women have most likely written about themselves and for themselves … Continue reading →