Ring them wedding bells!

Well after 8 years of dating my partner and I have finally decided to tie the knot! He proposed to me on Christmas eve with beautiful love filled words and proceded to get me giddy drunk on champagne...oh how i love those lil bubbles! We are so thrilled and happy I just hadto share it with all of you. Soooooooo here at Lilith's Den we will be going from random knitting articles to how the hell do you plan a feminist wedding articles....have I ever got some rad ideas up my sleeves! I will keep you all updated as things develope.
Here is a pic of Corrina and I showing of our new rings at the good ol Cambie!

Merry Ho Ho Ho Everyone!

Here is wishing you all a verrrrrrrrrrry merry holiday season, whatever you celebrate! Me, I'll be celebrating christmas with my guy in our new house - our first christmas alone togethter...very romantic. And to my Van friends, I'll be seeing you in less than a week! If anyone is curious about my list I mailed to Santa you can check out my "wish list" on the bottom of the left hand colum on this site, or make a donation to "Women for Women International" by clicking on the donate now button on the right hand colum, or shop in the "Lilith's Den Store" and support a starving student!

And here is big shout out to Chelz, the first person to make a donation to Women for Women International....come on people follow her footsteps and support women living in war and occupation. Your donations will help Lilith's Den conect with a woman in a war torn country, educate her of her rights as a woman, send her to school, feed her and her family and provide her with the skills needed to start a career. I will be posting pictures of the woman, letters and info about her country on here so we can all unite and support her. Check out their website link bellow and make a donation on Liliths Den in the name of the Christmas Spirit.
http://www.womenforwomen.org/mkdiff.html

The Pill and Your Health

With all of the mounting evidence of the harm that birth control causes to our bodies, why are so many women still swallowing it?

Yes we have the right to control our fertility if we so choose to do so, of course! Yet I can't help but wonder if things will ever change if we continue to give the Big Pharma our hard earned cash. They do not care about our health. They just see our fertility as a commodity, a resource to be controlled.

The pill, the patch, the shot, norplant....they all have negative side effects including naseau, deppresion, anxiety, loss of libido, hair loss, vomiting, hevy menses, spotting, breast pain, tumours, cancers...and of course there is the fact that almost all forms of chemical birth control have been tested illegaly on women in developing nations or used as a form of mass sterilization by various states. As a feminist I cannot swallow something knowing that it has caused another woman pain.

I have made the choice to go off all forms of chemical birth control and demand better options for myself and my sisters. I dont feel I can properly critique the system if I am lining its pockets. Frankly, it amazing me how many women are clueless about the long term side effects and illegal testing of the drugs they are on. This information needs to be out there in order for women to truly make informed decessions about their health and fertitlity options-that is true freedom of choice.

And to any woman out there reading this who suffers from anxiety and depression and is on the pill, there is a proven connection, you do not need to suffer anymore. The pill is known to cause horrible depression and anxiety but our Dr's only tell us we might be a "bit moody" the first few months. I quit the pill after 10 years of use, making the connection between chronic anxiety problems and my contraceptive. I feel like I am finally living my life as an independant woman for the first time in 25 years-panic and deppression free.

Here are some valuable links for research:

http://www.cwpe.org/sex%20lies%20&%20contraception%20pack/dangerous%20contraceptives%20norplan%20Depo.pdf

http://www.aphroditewomenshealth.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=7;hardset=0;start_point=0;DaysPrune=0

The feminist revolution is begining my freinds...

A new political party has formed on BC's Vancouver Island, The FemINist INitiative (FemINit). They strive to reflect a balance of feminine and masculine in the electorate by respecting the wisdom of people and communities and focussing on solutions, not problems. They are hoping to build a party were members are inspired by "inclusiveness, integrity, involvment, and innovation". They are the first political party in Canada to be registered as 'feminist'.

This is truly inspirational and revolutionary. Never has Canada, particularly BC needed a Feminist elctoral party more. The BC Liberals and their crooney Gordo have destoyed the province. Health Care and Education are destroyed and the womens centres in BC had all of their funding pulled from under their feet becuase they 'are not a necessity'. REALLY? Tell that to the women fleeing an abusive home with no were to turn, or to the pregnant teen who needs information on her choices, or to the single parent mom who needs help finding a job, or to the anorexic woman who has finally gathered the courgae to ask for help, but has found a closed door.

We all have been touched by violence against women either personally or through those we love. Womens Centres are a necessary part of a society. Keep this in mind when considering who you will vote for in this upcoming election.

http://www.wise-bc.org/feministinitiative/ The FemINist INitiative homepage

Remebering the Montreal Massacare

December 6th marks the anniversay of the brutal murder of fourteen women at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, 1989. Today take some time from your busy day to remeber tham and all women lost to violence. This is not an isolated incident, it happens to women everyday around the world. Most often it is someone the woman knows and trusts, such as the sad story of Alicia Ross here in Toronto. It is important that we not forget the women of Dec 6th, that they live on in our hearts as a reminder of how much we still have to fight for. To those who say that feminism is dead, that I should stop fighting, that we have ahieved full equality: I ask you to read this list of women lost to violence in 2005 and tell me that with a straight face:
Aysegul Candir, 47, husband
Kyla Holburn, 16, boyfriend
ahw Dilijohn, 52, freind
Szilvia Veres, ex boyfriend
Cheryl Lynn Parker, 42
Maluka Hassan-Ali, 23, Husaband
Campagne Lewis, 25, unknown
Hafiza Chodbury, 41, husband
Patricia Kirk, 60, husband
Mary Noseworthy, 78, son
Audrey Cote, 21, friend,
Alicia Ross, 25, neighbor
Edith Francomano 62, husband,
Hee Jeung Choi, 33, husband
Unidentified, mid 30's
And this list is just from my research in the Toronto area, it is just a small portion of the countless numbers of women lost to violence each year.