I Don’t Consider Myself a Misogynist

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I used to identify myself as a maleist. That is, I believed that the rights of men were being whittled away by American women. I believed that we were raising a generation of men to be pussies. We were stamping out natural male instincts in an attempt to keep them subdued. We were telling American men that they should be ashamed of their sex and instincts.

I’m sure Fight Club had something to do with this.

I don’t identify as a maleist anymore. I find myself thinking these thoughts from time to time. I realize that they are misguided. But, they’re still lingering.

I don’t consider myself a misogynist… but….

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Tribute to Dr. Maya Anglelou

Rest in Peace, Maya Angelou!

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Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

–Maya Angelou

Just last month I posted about Maya Angelou, connecting her words from one of our Earth Day Posters about artists with transformational festivals like Burning Man and Lucidity:

“When members of a society wish to secure that society’s rich heritage, they cherish their arts and respect their artists. The esteem with which we regard the multiple cultures offered in our country enhances our possibilities for healthy survival and continued social development.” (Read it here).

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Alex Frankel reads in Ventura 5/8/14

Gwendolyn Alley’s Ventura College students will be reading in the open mic which follows Alex Frankel’s featured reading 730pm Thurs. May 8 at the EP Foster Library in Ventura. Join us!

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This Thursday, May 8, poet Alex M. Frankel features at the EP Foster Library in the Topping Room at 7:30pm. Located at 651 E. Main Street in downtown Ventura, the free reading will be hosted by Dane Baylis and an open mic follows where I and many of my students will be reading from our class publication! Here’s another sample poem by Alex M. Frankel:

Ode to 7-Eleven

How are you tonight, 7-Eleven? with your smell 

of departure and annoyance, your white bread, your drain cleaners, 

your puddings, your cockroaches fanning out over the parking lot 

like glossy marzipan soldiers lugging fearsome shadows. 

It must be lovely to watch for dawn 

coming over the EverTrust Bank and the Chevron station, 

it must be trying 

for the lively man with the turban (sales associate #33323) 

to hang out with the seven moving objects of the sky, 

the…

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It’s May the Fourth: How Will You Celebrate Star Wars Day?

Happy Star Wars Day!

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Will you celebrate #StarWarsDay May the Fourth? Treats + epic bike ride to Tattoine & more c art predator blog pic.twitter.com/MfsDVHBIT4
— Gwendolyn Alley, MA (@ArtPredator) May 3, 2014