Please add any of your comments about the debate over ancient goddess religion and its significance for religion today.
Also, after reading the samples of student prayers to Goddess, submit your version of what a Goddess prayer might be like.
Add any further thoughts you have on the film “Contact.”
You may see some connection between this film and “Ponette” or maybe not. In any case, please leave your initial thoughts to viewing this film here.
What underlying messages about gender and sexuality are implied in the animated film “Kirikou” that we viewed in class?
How do you interpret the transformation of both Kirikou and Karaba the sorceress?
Leave further comments on Ponette here.
Is this a legitimate cultural practice that should be defended or an abuse of the human rights of women?
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Prof. Charmé
Penelope Washbourn has tried to offer some positive spiritual interpretations of menstruation that many of you found to be a bit of a stretch. Now you are reading some traditional religious responses to women’s menstruation and menstrual blood. How do you react to them? What kinds of cultural messages exist today about menstruation? Do you see why Washbourn felt she needed to be more joyful about menstruation? Do you see any religious significance to menstruation?