Lissa Rankin, MD (@lissarankinmd): "This is why I mostly turned away from “goddess” culture too. I realized that whether we’re talking about gods or goddesses, what we’re really talking about is power, hierarchy, and narcissism. Because what’s wrong with being an ordinary woman, one who is neither better than nor …"

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The Body Is A Trailhead by Lissa Rankin, MD

This is why I mostly turned away from “goddess” culture too. I realized that whether we’re talking about gods or goddesses, what we’re really talking about is power, hierarchy, and narcissism. Because what’s wrong with being an ordinary woman, one who is neither better than nor lesser than, one who is not defined by the male gaze at all?

ailey jolie

Feb 25

The pastor said your body was dangerous. The goddess circle said your body was sacred. Neither said it was yours.

I keep returning to the structural similarity between purity culture and much of goddess culture. Not the language, which is genuinely different, but the premise underneath it: that a woman's wholeness is oriented toward union…

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