Author Archives: Fe Bongolan

About Fe Bongolan

Planet Waves writer Fe Bongolan lives in Oakland, California. Her column, "Fe-911," has been featured on Planet Waves since 2008. As an actor and dramaturge, Fe is a core member of Cultural Odyssey's "The Medea Project -- Theater for Incarcerated Women," producing work that empowers the voices of all women in trouble, from ex-offenders, women with HIV-AIDS, to young girls and women at risk. A Planet Waves fan from almost the beginning of Eric's astrology career, Fe is a public sector employee who describes herself as a "mystical public servant." When it comes to art, culture and politics, she loves reading between the lines.

Tests

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With the shootings in Orlando, Florida, and in Britain under the lights of the summer solstice and the Full Moon, Fe Bongolan asks if we are ready to test our resolve while facing our fears. What will it take to set fear aside and grow?

Calling Emily Doe

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What is it to lose your body? The statement by Emily Doe, the Stanford rape victim, went viral as Uranus and Eris approached their conjunction in Aries. Fe Bongolan examines the broken justice system for rape cases, and the political, social and legal machinery determined to keep women silent.

Talking About Our Revolution

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Revolution is more than a political slogan. It is a word not to be taken lightly. Fe Bongolan asks, “How afraid are we of facing our own demons that we’re promoting the world’s biggest bully — Donald Trump — as president of the United States?”

Bottom of the 9th

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Framing Sanders’ political situation in baseball terms, he is at bat in the bottom of the 9th inning, with one man on base in a game where the score is 5-1 in favor of the pitching team, with two outs and the count is 2 balls and 2 strikes. And yet, he is still trying to get a hit. Fe Bongolan considers why.

End Games

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Fe Bongolan asserts that both Clinton and Sanders carry the best goals and deepest aspirations of their party. Why can’t the party platform include both? Even though we’re at an end game for one phase, this is only the beginning.

Rumpusing

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Fe Bongolan likens the “Rumpus Room” of her exuberant childhood playing to the disruption at Nevada’s state Democratic Convention over the weekend, and looks ahead to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. How fast can we grow out of the rumpus room without hurting ourselves?

Stubby Fingers on the Red Button

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Did you know that once the Republicans and Democrats pick their official nominees at the summer national conventions, those nominees get CIA briefings? Does that thought disturb you more than just a little in the case of Donald Trump? Fe Bongolan ponders the possibilities.

The Cap

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Fe Bongolan contemplates how far the ramifications of our personal voting choices can reach — and considers the unintended consequences of never rebuking young family members. Despite one young, bright relative pulling out a Trump hat at a family dinner, there’s potential for some course-correction.