Remembrance Day for reflection and connection
November eleventh is a weird day in Toronto, where there is little military presence, and Remembrance Day is largely brushed off, especially amongst my circle of progressives. Perhaps to avoid honouring participation in war or praising the Canadian military, whose sexual crimes understandably leave many queasy? I think folks are also wary of Remembrance Day being conflated with right wing politics and associations. Except that I have very close associations. This left leaning artist is married to a military officer who has served in the airforce for over 25 years and has deployed twice. In 10 years, we lived 5 of them apart. Needless to say, I love and admire him.
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Enter your crone zone: Reframing menopause with empowerment
Considering we live twice as long as we did when the term ‘menopause’ was created in 1821, we need to reframe this ‘Second Life’ with a sense of freedom, excitement and empowerment - like the Wiccan Crones do! Nowadays, when a woman hits ‘meno’ (monthly) ‘pause’ (stop), she is still healthy in her body, often raising children, in the heart of her career, and looking towards another 40 years of life. On an anthropological level this is a game-changer, so we need to shed the cultural cling-on of being ‘old and barren’ and embrace the power of becoming a witchy woman.
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