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Armand Beede's avatar

Danielle Coffyn: Mother Nature made the female and woman all that the great postwar author, Johanna Moosdorf, says of her in "Freundinnen" (Girlfriends):

Intellectual and artistic gifts.

Maturity in taking responsibility.

Selfless love and self-sacrifice.

Source of human culture.

Source of human intellect and love.

Mother Goddess to us all.

Johanna Moosdorf lost her husband and his blood kin during the genocide of the Third Reich, and Moosdorf's novels are rich in imagery about Third Reich artificial male aggression and misogyny and with sapphic love and Feminism as the polar opposite and effective remedy.

Misogynists are sick, sick puppies.

In Budapest, on the Dunacorso (Danube Prospect), women and children can pass unharassed and in free play and conversation, exactly the way Mother Nature meant for all persons to socialize and walk together.

I'd put up with a lot to have big cities with major boulevards safe for all persons, not least for children and for women.

It is a sick and perverse phenomenon that society forces women and children to fear for their safety.

As a long-loving husband, Dad of two Daughters, Paw Paw of a wonderful Granddaughter, I am one of your fans -- What you are communicating is very important.

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Danielle Coffyn's avatar

Thank you so much Armand for taking the time to write such a thoughtful response, and for your support & allyship. We need more men like you.

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Armand Beede's avatar

Danielle Coffyn: You are so kind.

My beautiful wife, Nancy (54-years together, 52 married), my two daughters, and my wonderful, lively 17-year-old granddaughter think that, ahem!, one of me is quite enough! LOL! You know: Clueless, clumsy . . .

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Dawn Levitt's avatar

I'm totally in for May. Love Diane Seuss 😍

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Danielle Coffyn's avatar

She's wonderful! Can't wait to see you there <3

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Rebecca Cook's avatar

Thanks, Danielle, as always for your insight. To anybody reading my comment, I cannot recommend Danielle's poetry groups enough. Because when you have a big heart like hers, it spills over into everything. We write, we laugh, we cry, we support each other.

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Danielle Coffyn's avatar

This made me tear up, thank you Rebecca. I am so grateful for our little community and how tender we all are with one another's words.

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