“The great mother whom we call Innana is a fierce warrior and Death’s bridesmaid. The great mother whom we call Innana is the center of pleasure, the one who makes women and men turn to one another in the night. The great mother whom we call Innana is the queen of the ocean and the patron of the rain.
“This is known to all—to the women and to the men. To the suckling babes and to the failing grandfathers.”
“The great mother whom we call Innana gave a gift to woman that is not known among men, and this is the secret of blood. The flow at the dark of the moon, the healing blood of the moon’s birth—to men, this is flux and distemper, bother and pain. They imagine we suffer and consider themselves lucky. We do not disabuse them.
“In the red tent, the truth is known. In the red tent, where days pass like a gentle stream, as the gift of Innana courses through us, cleansing the body of last month’s death, preparing the body to receive the new month’s life, women give thanks—for repose and restoration, for the knowledge that life comes from between our legs, and that life costs blood.”
– The Red Tent
Anita Diament
Interesting… intriguing actually … well put i’d say
The book is amazing too. One of the strongest feminist books I’ve read (which isn’t saying much, as I don’t read a lot of feminist literature). I loved the descriptions of womenhood and bonding and rituals, the glorification of things like menarchy, motherhood and marriage.
Toadford University Press would offer you deal for your book if you want. 😛
That would be nice if I intended to write one, Toad 😛
You will be kidnapped by the secret operatives of TIA (Toad Intelligence Agency) and forced to write one in a secure cell in a pond at a secret location.
I would like to warn the TIA that I am an expert in Toad-fu. Not to mention dissecting frogs and toads. 😛
haha Ooo … I forgot about that!
I don’t get it – is this a book and if so what is it about? Sorry Its been a short day at work and my mind is not functioning properly – may need a reboot.
Its an excerpt from a book by Anita Diamente. The story is basically about the Biblical story of Jacob and Joseph, only seen from the perspective of Dinah, Joseph’s sister, who in the bible version of events is only vaguely mentioned and not given a lot of importance. Its a very good book, emotionally powerful and moving, but I’m not sure if you’d like that kind of thing.
I do like that kind of stuff – I might get this on my kindle assuming it is available on an electronic book format.
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I hope this book is available online!
amazon zindabad.
or, alternately
http://www.freebookspot.cc/Comments.aspx?Element_ID=66629
the free version *slightly guilty*