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Steny Hoyer, Judith K. Witherow, Hoyer Aide 1991

The Supreme Court Debacle of 1991

“Sometimes Justice lifts an edge of her blindfold and gives us a peek at what women do when they feel they have been trampled once too often.”

 Judith recounts the history of Anita Hill’s testimony at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing for conservative justice Clarence Thomas—as well as the responding actions by angry and frustrated local feminists. Currently Witherow’s essay can be read on Quiet Mountain Essays Fall 2007.

 
 

Notes for a Magazine

” The writing in this issue makes it clear that we need to define what is required to help one another surpass unnecessary mental and physical suffering. Too many times planning is either neglected or done in such a way that the medical establishment won’t adhere to the wishes of either partner.

There is one certainty in life—none of us will escape death of self or numerous loved ones. During the past few years a number of famous women and women activists in our community have passed away. Added to this number are countless family members, partners, friends and pets who loved us as we loved them. Knowing how to ease the ongoing pain requires the input of everyone who has survived such trauma.”

Judith K. Witherow explains the motivation for the Death, Grief and Surviving issue of Sinister Wisdom, #68/69 Fall 2006, which she co-edited with Sue Lenaerts.

 

Une après-midi avec un écureuil

“La première chose que je fais chaque matin en me réveillant, c’est de remonter les vénitiennes qui sont près de mon lit. Cela nous donne, à la Terre et à moi, une première idée sur notre condition du jour. En tant qu’Amérindienne, je compte toujours sur mes observations de la nature. C’est la seule chose absolue dans ma vie.”

Humor punctuates this description of interacting with nature from the confines of the author’s bedroom. Judith’s Squirrel Day Afternoon is translated into French by Janine Ricouart in La Parole Météque: Le Magazine du Renouveau Féministe, September 2001.

 

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Overlooking Tucson
April 2008
   
        

 
   
   
   
   
   
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