Why white women are right (NPR)

Journalist Helen Lewis, author of Difficult Women: A History of Feminism and The Genius Myth

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Understanding 'masculinism,' a movement to restore the primacy of men

(Fresh Air) June 24, 2026: Terry Gross interviews Helen Lewis. Masculinism is a belief that feminism emasculates men [making them less masculine], and men should be in control while women stay at home [barefoot and pregnant or] raising children. The Atlantic writer Helen Lewis says the movement is becoming mainstream. More

Online movement to silence women

(Amanpour & Co.) An online movement to silence women is on the rise

The men who want women to be quiet

The Genius Myth

(The Atlantic) [Jordan Peterson mansplains. Patriarch, theologian, and right-wing Christian Pastor] Douglas Wilson has a modest proposal to improve American life:

He wants to repeal the 19th Amendment, which gave women the vote.

Difficult Women

In his ideal system, “we would do it in our politics the same way we do it in our church structure,” he told me recently. “And that is, we vote by household.”

Wilson is a co-founder of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, based in Moscow, Idaho. Over the past five decades, he has built a small empire there, dedicated to disseminating his theocratic vision for the United States: a publishing house, a school, a liberal-arts college, and a video-streaming service.

Blame it all on women???

(The Dispatch) Blame it on all women | Interview: Helen Lewis

What TRT can do for you. Inject it now.

His denomination, which has about 170 affiliated churches, counts [macho drunkard] Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as a member, and Wilson was invited to lead a prayer service at the Pentagon in February. So when the pastor casually suggests disenfranchising half of America, people listen.

Fantasy: go gay or kill? Guards watch (Craiyon)

  

Get in the cage, okay? 😀

When I asked him about this position, Wilson said it wasn’t his top priority—“We have bigger fish to [kill and] fry”—but something he sees happening in perhaps 200 years’ time.

I found this intellectual footsie maddening. “If I said to you, ‘I think all white men should be put in cages—but not now; it’s not my aspiration for now,’” I suggested, “then you wouldn’t be interested in a single other thing that I had to say at that point.”

Wilson chuckled. “Oh, I know you’d probably have all my attention.”

Bibi meets Petey to talk about more genocide.

This is twinkly, avuncular Douglas Wilson, the guy who joined a hippie congregation fresh out of the U.S. Navy because he liked to play guitar and ended up leading church services once the regular pastor moved on. This is the same guy who once went on a multicity debating tour with the New Atheist Christopher Hitchens, and bonded with him over their shared love of... More

Helen Lewis on Taylor Swift, feminism, Jordan Peterson, faith, culture wars

• Tradwife versus Masculism (testosterone replacement)
• Welsh woman to build first female medieval combat team
• The 100 world-shaping stories: who voted?

Jordan Peterson attacks - Musk "has fallen for his own genius myth, and it hasn't made him happy"

Professor: 5 books on Feminist Theory - Helen Lewis' book recommendations (Ezra Klein)

WQ gets it; we're not wrong

AUTHOR: Helen Lewis is a staff writer at The Atlantic and author of Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights and The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea. She is host of the BBC’s long-form interview series, The Spark. At The Atlantic, she writes about the intersection of politics, society, and digital culture.

• Helen Lewis (BBC), Terry Gross (NPR), June 24, 2026; Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Female enlightened masters went 'insane'?

Four female enlightened masters who went completely “insane”

Taoist Master Sun Bu'er

(Asangoham) May 28, 2026: #egodeath #consciousness #nonduality Four women throughout history were called "insane," possessed, and heretical. But each one had broken through to a level of awakening most people never touch.

This is the story of mystics who looked mad on the outside but were actually living proof of the deepest spiritual truths ever discovered.

1. Sun Bu'er destroyed her own beauty to escape the prison of the ego and became the only woman among the Seven Immortals of Taoism.

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  Young Sri Anandamayi Ma

  QUESTION: Gurudev, what does Asangoham [the name of this channel] mean? Gurudev, kindly explain the meaning of Asangoham (a phrase often chanted by Gurudev in the Advanced Meditation or Silence Course).
• ANSWER (by Gurudev @SriSriRaviShankar ji): "I am not this," that is what Asangoham means. For example, I am wearing the cloth, but I am not the cloth...I am not the body. I am not the thoughts, I am not the mind. Like this you go on to negate one by one all the layers of identity. And finally when you ask, "Who am I?" You will find nothing. "I am nothing..." That is what Asangoham is. Sangoham means "being one with it." If I think I am my clothes, then that is a problem. I am beyond all these layers of existence. If I think that I am my thoughts, my emotions, my sensations then I lose track of my vast nature. Therefore, to reach the realization of our vastness we say, "I am not this and I am not th[at]," repeatedly.

Atma-shatakam (with lyrics) by Rishi Nityapragya | Rejoicing Rishi-ji

• Gurudev sings: Mano Budhyahankaar Chittani Naaham, Na Cha Shrotra Jihve Na Cha Ghraana netre Na Cha Vyoma Bhumir Na Tejo Na Vayuh, Chidananda Rupah Shivoham Shivoham (from the Atma-shatkam by Adi Shankara-Acharya): "I am not the mind, intellect, memory, or ego. I am not this, not this, not this. This is the way of negating and going into that hollow and empty space. This shiva tattva is what I really am. This realization is what meditation is, that is samadhi.
• [EDITOR'S NOTE: Buddhism goes further to the realization that ANY identification is in error, and because there is no-self (no-atman, anatta, no soul, no self, no ego to cling to, in the ultimate sense, one lets go, ceases to cling, as is liberated to Truth, to enlightenment, to nirvana). But because the Old Vedic Religion and later Hinduism are not aware of this, they call Atma-shatkam Nirvana-shatkam as this level of "self realization" is the highest attainable for them. Were they to practice in line with what "Lord Buddha" taught, they might well make an end of all further rebirth and suffering, but ordinary worldlings, even the spiritual kind, are not interested in that. They long for rebirth in the heaven they deem supreme, the World of Brahma, and fail to grasp what Brahman is. No one should ever mistakenly think Vedic Hinduism and Buddhism teach the same thing. They are worlds apart for all their shared language and history.]

2. Anandamayi Ma surrendered her freewill so completely that she became a living puppet of the divine.

• [NOTE: Wisdom Quarterly loves Sri Anandamayi Ma (Anandamayi Ma Indian saint) not only because of her spectacular beauty and realization but because she was a favorite of Swami Paramananda, the founder of our local Ananda Ashram. (Yelp).]

Valenciennes. Marguerite Porete, une héroïne médiévale méconnue

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3. Marguerite Porete [French Christian mystic] smiled as she burned at the stake for teaching that the awakened soul outgrows religion itself.

Bernadette Roberts (Enlightened People)

 

4. Bernadette Roberts [Carmelite Catholic nun] lost God, lost her self, and walked straight into the void to discover the raw truth of pure consciousness.

“Only God is love, and for this love to be fully realized self must step aside. And not only do we not need a self to love God, but for the same reason we do not need a mind to know [God], for that in us which knows God, is God.”

— Bernadette Roberts

How sweet to glimpse the Truth

This deep dive explores non-duality, ego death, enlightenment, and the terrifying spiritual awakenings that the world mistook for insanity.

Drawn to Advaita Vedanta (nondualism), Taoist internal alchemy, Christian mysticism, consciousness, and the [true] nature of the self? This journey into the minds of history's (herstory's) most misunderstood mystics will stay with you.

Subscribe to Asangoham for more on consciousness, spirituality, enlightenment, and the hidden masters who saw through the illusion.

⏱️ CHAPTERS

• The woman who burned her own beautiful face
• The puppet of the divine
• The smiling heretic
• The nun who lost God
• HOME | ANANDAMAYI MA INDIAN SAINT

Women, just like men, can do this.

#egodeath #spirituality #nonduality #enlightenment #consciousnes Script: Sid. Edit: Joana Cruz. Voiceover: Rohit Dave. Original score: @asangvani.

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• Archaeologists found an ancient Maya map of the universe carved into bedrock (Popular Mechanics)

International Women's Day 2026

English language has encoded meanings 👁️🤯 - Disney programming theory 🤯😨 Part 3

She deserves justice #helpmemakethismakesense - No rich men under investigation for Epstein

She confronts pedophiles at their public meeting - Pedos on parade with powerful Epstein 😰

International Women's Day 2026

Was the truth in plain sight the whole time? - John McAfee's spied on US gov't | Luke Belmar

They called Bill Cooper crazy but never a liar - Jews/Israel/Zionists are ultimate "victims"

Asmongold realizes 9/11 was inside job 😭 - 

International Women's Day 2026 - Unlock Potential

Santa Dalai Lama: message for girls

The 14th Dalai Lama receives the Buddha's relics

Power of Buddhist women and nuns

U.S. Theravada Ayya Tathaaloka

Can women attain Buddhist enlightenment (bodhi) in our present patriarchy? - YES!

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Can women awaken? - Yes, they can!

WOMEN IN BUDDHISM is a topic that can be approached from varied perspectives, including historically, archeologically, anthropologically, theologically, and from the view of modern feminism.

Topical interests include the theological [study of the divine or "god" (theos, dios, deus, devas)] status of women, the treatment of women in Buddhist societies in the home and in public, the history of women in Buddhism, and a comparison of the experiences of women across different schools of Buddhism.

As in other religions, the experiences of Buddhist women have varied considerably.

Western feminist Vajrayana

Scholars such as Bernard Faure and Miranda E. Shaw are in agreement that Buddhist Studies is in its infancy in terms of addressing gender issues. In 1994, Shaw gave an overview of the situation:

"In the case of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, some progress has been made in the areas of women in Early Buddhism, monasticism, and Mahayana Buddhism. Two articles have seriously broached the subject of women in Indian Tantric Buddhism, while somewhat more attention has been paid to Tibetan nuns and lay yoginis [1]. More

First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening

Researcher Susan Murcott has 4.6 out of 5 stars (58 reviews) for First Buddhist Women, a readable, contemporary translation of and commentary on the "enlightenment verses" (bodhi-gathas) of the first female disciples of the Buddha.

This book explores Buddhism’s relatively liberal attitude towards women since its founding nearly 2,600 years ago, through the study of the Therigatham, the earliest known collection of women’s religious poetry.

A Journey Into Peace (by nun Lodro Palmo)

Through commentary and storytelling, author Susan Murcott traces the journey of the wives, mothers, teachers, courtesan, prostitutes, and wanderers who became leaders in the Buddhist community, roles that even today are rarely filled by women in other patriarchal societies and religions.

 

Their poetic verse (about their moment of awakening) beautifully expresses their quest for spiritual attainment and their struggles in society. More: First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of Awakening

• eBook: A Journey Into Peace: Timeless Tales of Zen Buddhism: 60 Illustrated Short Stories to Melt Anxiety, Find Keys to Happiness: Begin Your Journey to Inner Peace, Stop Negative Thoughts, Calm Overthinking (by Buddhist nun Lodro Palmo)

• Tsoknyi Nuns, excerpt from Blessings; Better Buddhist (AI mispronouncing names of many enlightened Early Buddhist nuns); Susan Murcott; Amber Larson and Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit

World needs another female Pope Joan

Pope Joan: The first female pope the Vatican tried to erase from history

(PairUp) Pope Joan was a woman believed to have taken over the patriarchal Catholic Church who sat on the papal throne in history.

His story is a predictable thing: Her existence and story have been subjected to many debates for centuries. One of these debates is the claim that the Vatican tried to hide Pope Joan's true existence and gender.

(SideQuest - Animated History) That Time the Pope Was a Woman

This video provides detailed information about Pope Joan's real story and the alleged efforts by the Vatican to conceal her true existence. Also discussed are evidence and sources regarding Pope Joan's existence.

The story of Pope Joan is an important topic of discussion when it comes to the role of females in history and in the Holy Roman Empire's Catholic ("Universal") Church's history. Let's look at Pope Joan's story and her historical significance.

(Useful Charts) Was there really a female Pope? - The Pornocracy

Was there really a Female Pope?

(UsefulCharts) #ProjectHerStory playlist: • #ProjectHerStory. Borgia & Medici Family Tree: • Renaissance Papacy Family Trees. CREDITS: Chart/Narration: Matt Baker. Editing: ‪@JackRackam‬. Intro animation: ‪@AlMuqaddimahYT.‬ Intro music: "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. available from incompetech.com.

But can females ever be as dominant as males?

• Morgue Official (YouTube #shorts); PairUp, 2/28/23; SideQuest - Animated History, 11/13/21; Useful Charts, 3/20/20; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

A Women's History of Ancient World

Host Mitch Jeserich welcomes British researcher, historian, and critic Daisy Dunn (about), an award-winning classicist and the author of The Missing Thread: A Women’s History of the Ancient World. Her website is daisydunn.co.uk.

• AUDIO: Women in the Ancient World | KPFA

The Missing Thread

Spanning 3,000 years, from the birth of Minoan Crete to the death of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in Rome, a magisterial new history of the ancient world told, for the very first time, through women.

For centuries, men have been writing histories (his story) of antiquity filled with warlords, emperors, and kings. But when it comes to incorporating women, aside from Cleopatra and Boudica, writers have been more comfortable describing mythical heroines than real ones.

While Penelope and Helen of Troy live on in the imagination, their real-life counterparts have been relegated to the margins.

In The Missing Thread, researcher Daisy Dunn inverts this tradition and puts the women of history at the center of the narrative. These pages present Enheduanna, the earliest named author, Telesilla, who defended her city from attack, and the gay poet Sappho.

Here is Artemisia I of Caria, sole female commander in the Graeco-Persian Wars, and Locusta, Rome’s premier toxicologist. Cleopatra may be the more famous, but Fulvia, Mark Antony’s wife in Rome, fought a war on his behalf.

Many other women remain nameless but integral. Through new examination of the sources combined with vivid storytelling, Daisy Dunn shows us the ancient world through fresh eyes and introduces us to an incredible cast of ancient women, weavers of an entire world.

Around 4,000 years ago, the mysterious Minoans sculpted statues of topless women with snakes slithering on their arms. Over 1,000 years later, Sappho wrote great poems of gay longing and desire.

For classicist Daisy Dunn, these women — whether they were simply sitting at their looms knitting at home or participating in the highest echelons of power — were up to something much more interesting than most histories would lead us to believe. Together, these women helped to make antiquity as we know it.

In this monumental work, Dunn reconceives our understanding of the ancient world by emphasizing women's roles within it. The Missing Thread never relegates women to the sidelines. It is populated with well-known names such as Cleopatra and Agrippina, as well as the likes of Achaemenid consort Atossa and Olympias, a force in Macedon.

Spanning 3,000 years, the story moves from Minoan Crete to Mycenaean Greece, from Lesbos to Asia Minor (Anatolia, Turkiye), from the Persian Empire (Achaemenid Empire) to the royal court of Macedonia, and concludes with Rome and its growing empire.

The women of antiquity are undeniably woven throughout the fabric of history (her story), and in The Missing Thread they finally take center stage. More

• PRESS: Daisy Dunn: author, historian, journalist
• The Missing Thread: A Women's History of the Ancient World
• Guest Daisy Dunn, Host Mitch Jeserich, Letters & Politics (KPFA.org), Berkeley, CA, 10:00-11:00 am, April 24, 2025; Dhr. Seven and Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The Girl Samurai Master: Sasaki Rui

The story of 17th century swordswoman Rui-San

Kabukimono ancient cross dresser

Real-life samurai Sasaki Rui (佐々木 累), or Rui-San, was a Japanese swordswoman, Onna-musha and kenjutsu expert of the early Edo period (mid-17th century). She was known as the "Strangely Dressed Female Sword Master" [1, 2, 3].

Life of Sasaki Rui

Sasaki was born in Koga domain, located in Shimōsa province (modern-day Koga, Ibaraki), exact birthdate unknown. Her father Sasaki Uōto was a member of a clan of kenjutsu masters in service to Doi Toshikatsu and was thoroughly versed in the martial arts.

Samurai attacking on horseback (LACMA)

Crouch Tiger, Hide Dragon: Jen vs. Shu Lien sword fight (Michelle Yeoh)

Ancient samurai in his armor, 1860s

Since Rui-San had no brothers and her attempts to take a husband ended in divorce, upon her father's death from illness the Sasaki clan name became extinct [1, 2, 3].

Rui-San went to Edo, where she rented a house in present-day Asakusa and began teaching the martial arts.

At the same time that her teaching was becoming well-known, she began to be famous for her unusual dress:

Haori crepe formal Japanese jacket

She would leave the house wearing a black silk crepe haori (a man's garment at the time) emblazoned with the Sasaki family crest, her hair done up in an indoor style with hairpins, and wearing the samurai's long and short swords [1, 2, 3].

At that time, the ruffians known as kabukimono or hatamoto yakko were running rampant in Edo, and Rui-San began fighting with the "Shiroe" gang, among other groups [1, 2]. More

• Samurai women?

What was their religion?

Various samurai clans struggled for power during the Kamakura shogunate. Zen Buddhism spread among the samurai in the 13th century and helped shape their standards of conduct, particularly in overcoming the fear of death and [the wrongdoing of] killing. Among the general populace devotional Pure Land Buddhism was favored however. More

Marriage?

Samurai with wives and concubines, 1804

Samurai had arranged marriages, which were engineered by a go-between of the same or higher rank. While for those samurai in the upper ranks this was a necessity (as most had few opportunities to ever meet women), this was a formality for lower-ranked samurai.

Most samurai married women from a samurai family, but for lower-ranked samurai, marriages with commoners were permitted. In these marriages a dowry was brought by the woman and was used to set up the couple's new household.

A samurai could take concubines, but their backgrounds were checked by higher-ranked samurai. In many cases, taking a concubine was akin to a marriage. Kidnapping a concubine, although common in fiction, would have been shameful, if not criminal. More

How to stay calm in any confrontation

(Statue of Wisdom) Secrets to win: How to stay calm in any confrontation (Miyamoto Musashi)

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Rui-San (video); CC Liu, Ashley Wells, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly