Rev Dr Sparky on Real/igion

Tag: Feminism

  • Why Madwomen Seem So Nice

    Image by Stefan Kellar on Pixabay But you have no idea Today I mastered a tempest. But to the 20-something clerk at the clinic check-in desk, I was just another incoherent lady who thought she was vaguely entitled to special treatment for reasons that weren’t very clear. I had a 10 a.m. neurologist appointment that I’d made…

  • When God Is the Godfather

    Image by Petikadlec on Pixabay And you’re already in debt… One beautiful day, I was headed for the Post Office on my scooter, when a huge Voice from all around stopped me in my tracks. I swear it sounded like the Voice of God, all silky-like. “Reverend Sparky. How you doing?” No one else seemed to hear…

  • Named After God

    Photo by Becca Tapert on Unsplash reluctant poetry Tell me now, again, what God’s name is: When prayer wields words like fiery phallic swords; When we must worship towers of bishops,casting out heretics, burning witches; When Eve our mother bears the blame for sin and pain,though bearing all in birth, and bearing all to Adam,just a mudman…

  • Time for the ultimate boycott

    Image by Anthony Easton on Flickr With actual boys You may recall Aristophanes’ classic Greek comedy, Lysistrata, in which Lysistrata and a critical mass of other women take action to end the seemingly endless Pelopponesian war. You probably didn’t read it in high school, because it’s pretty crude, but maybe in college. And if you have a…