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A L L Worldwide P A R S E S DOWN to the SUBJUGATION of WOMEN and GIRLS:

" god is a mother

and with that

sentence

the world stops

the world always stops

when woman and

divine

commingle

as if the

feminine

dilutes the

miraculous

when in reality

it embodies it

when jesus turns water

to wine

they clap

but when women turn breasts

to milk

they cringe

a broken man’s body

is celebrated each sunday

while a broken woman’s body

is just hidden away

and it’s no wonder

that mother is a word

used by men

to demonize those

who don’t claim the name

and weaponized to shame

those who step out of line

because

their ideal

woman

plays the role of nurturer

and silencer

in pews

built and led by them

but

when god

becomes mother

she is neither quiet

or compliant

she leads confidently

she questions authority

she commands respect

which might be the problem

for mother god

did not gather us up

carelessly

but took her time with it

she fed us milk

birthed our souls

and broke her body

and the permanence

can be uncomfortable

and to disentangle god

from motherhood

is impossible

but

to disentangle god

from womanhood

is sinful

because seeing god as mother

is one step closer

to seeing god in me

and it’s in that

i am truly

born again "

... ... Ms Kaitlin Hardy Shetler

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Camp Nano starts at midnight, a time when millions of people aroundd the woorld will be writing books. I'd like to see more books focus on women's issues. "Everything," which came out earlier this month, is about court-sponsored trafficking, among other things, in a YA action-adventure format. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/everything-natalie-triumphs/1145024820?ean=9798988768159 But it is just one book. We need to flood the market with a wake-up call about what is happening to women and children in the courts. Also, we need to arrange a legislative day in Sacramento, maybe in May or June. If we get a group, we can get law-makers to come to us. I'd be willing to help put it together. Other types of legislative days often involve setting appointments with various legislators and the Governor's office for groups of us to come and push legislation at their Sacramento offices. We can personally speak with a half dozen or more legislators in a day easily that way.

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Is it your belief, then, that " pushing legislation " inside California will bring

a JURY - deciding system for embattled mothers inside child custody - litigations ?

Nationwide ? Worldwide ?

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