Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Friends of Color Blog

try this

with the subtitle: "...helping the Religious Society of Friends be whole" wow.

It just started up, and I think it's a great idea. I'm hoping there will be a lot of activity and some interesting stuff will come up.

I am also thinking of starting a discussion list for allies, so that those of us who are well intentioned have a place to discuss what comes up for us without getting too much in the way, but I'm wondering if there's any interest? Let me know


OK - the links in my post aren't working, but the link on the side in "quaker blogs I follow" does

bleah, technology

(ok, now I think it works)

6 comments:

Plain Foolish said...

Bother. Blogger is messing up links.

Anonymous said...

You're it. Now you're on the friendsofcolor blog.

Happy blogging!

Anonymous said...

Did I mention I love the Temple of My Familiar too? Alice Walker is my hero. I wouldn't be me without her and Walt Whitman.

Jeanne said...

Oh my God, Allison, me too, about the Alice Walker thing. The Color Purple changed my life.

I saw her on Arsenio Hall in 1991 (and am trying to find it on YouTube without luck). She was promoting a new poetry book collection (Her Blue Body Everything We Know) and he kept hounding her about The Color Purple; he was trying to get her to say that it was a man-hating book. Then she read one of the poems and he didn't understand what it was about. He said something like, "What was that about, a woman is like a potted plant, gardening or something?"

She said, "No. It's about the international domination of men over women."

It was the first time I ever saw him speechless.

ef said...

Jeanne

I love that story! I'd forgotten Arsenio Hall (but never Alice Walker!)

Anonymous said...

Pam,

remove the "www." from in front of the blog address in the link and it should work!

Peace,
Pax