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| Title | NOW News Bay Area Chapter, April 1990 |
| Publisher | National Organization for Women, Bay Area Chapter |
| Date | April 1990 |
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| Language | English |
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| Digital Collection | Houston and Texas Feminist and Lesbian Newsletters |
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| Transcript | NEWS APRIL 1990 BAY AREA CHAPTER NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN April 3rd and 4th are the dates of the ancient Roman festival called Megalisia—a celebration of the Goddess Cybele, the Great Mother who birthed all things, gods, and people. But Cybele was not a mother in the way we think of a mother;she was a mother alive in the fullness of her own sexuality. Her worship points up the rather unrealistic attitudes that prevail these days. A mother is, by definition, a sexual being—it is the source of her motherhood! Yet, most of the population try to ignore this uncomfortable detail. How well do YOU think the celebration of mother as a Red Hot Mama would go over in the USA today? Perhaps the Sumerian GODDESS of beer would be a bit more popular. Her name was Ninkasi. And we all know about the immortality of Ceres, the Roman Goddess of grain. Her name was immortalized in the cereal we eat as a breakfast food. The simple Roman farmer worshipped Her each April 13th. Farmers would bless their fields by walking or dancing around them bearing burning torches |