Monthly Archives: January 2016

Weekend Tarot Reading — Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016

Posted by Sarah Taylor

This week, Sarah Taylor talks of a new experience that may be emerging as a potential: that of no longer feeling separate from a world that not only holds you, but gives you life. It may be an entirely visceral experience of belonging — but this belonging will not be to another person, but rather to life itself.

Planet Waves Daily Oracle for Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016

Posted by Planet Waves

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Optimism is your forte, but it seems you’ve been a little guarded lately. This is not a prophesy of any kind; you need to give your positive vibes a rest and think of the full spectrum of possibilities, and consider the fact that not everyone is so friendly. The main thing you need to guard against is not intentional harm on anyone’s part, but rather careless words and thoughtless actions.

Rentboy.com, Sexism, and “End Demand”

Posted by Planet Waves

Charlie Glickman

Sex and relationship coach Charlie Glickman brings up some interesting questions about cultural attitudes toward male versus female sex workers, in the context of the Rentboy.com bust this past August. Who is being “saved” and who is being punished? And why does one narrative seem to apply to one gender and not the other?

Homegrown

Posted by Judith Gayle

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When I think of politics, I think about where we are on the map — not the topography of the planet, but of the soul. We can no longer pretend that politics doesn’t affect us all, and we must admit that the government has become largely dysfunctional; the power struggle that defines it is out of balance. With the two-party system increasingly anachronistic, this election is the establishment’s to lose.

Democracy Now! — Friday, Jan. 29, 2016

Posted by Planet Waves

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Today’s headline was the final Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses. Donald Trump famously boycotted the event, choosing instead to hold a separate rally.