Wednesday, June 13, 2007

THE POWER OF (LESBIANHOUSEDINING)IN WIMMIN ONLY SPACE

Very fine,we have made some statements about what and how we see (LESBIANHOUSEDINING-IN-WIMMIN-ONLY SPACE).I would like to talk about food and the acquisition of it,the attitude toward it, the growing of it,the attitude about the growth of it,the how it is grown,the acquisition of seeds for growth into food,everything i can get to know and talk about as far as food is concerned,of course not all today. Food,let me start with wheat,rice,bran,quinoa,kewechi,barley,millet,amaranth,spelt,kamut,rye,job's tears,beans of all color,pastas,corn,.u know some of those foods i once did not know existed,through meeting other wimmin in a(lesbianhousedining-in-wimmin-only space),i discovered these foods and have had and still do have a chance to,not only talk about them but find out how to acquire,prepare,and eat them,and then share this information,and time with others.Ti's during this time when we eat and discover new foods,we discover new us,this seem to make the time and the time spent in acquisition and preparation,doors, to new worlds within and without.The opening of these doors with other wimmin and lesbian wimmin is very different then the doors we are encouraged to believe are the ones we are to open as women.If indeed we are the ones who give power to words,then the words we use to describe ourselves must be those we used that are, as we know them power-filled.can i see myself in that description? (a lesbian womon)can i feel or see myself with others of my kind in that description?(lesbian wimmin/wimmin).These are the questions that lesbian separatists have encouraged me to ask and seek responses to,and it is always in a (LHD-wimmin-only space)that this constant seeking and learning around food that is plant based happens.Have u ever tasted or prepared quinoa?We were introduced to quinoa by a Peruvian lesbian womon who came into our lives many moons ago.Her gentleness in introducing us to this wonder-filled grain has left an impression on us that is now an integral part of our own attitude when we introduce foods that are plant based to those wimmin who come and who as we all are mentally poisoned to believe if we don't eat (meat)we die.