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2025-08-28 00:38:57

A triptych on Starhawk, who developed some of the most poignantly insightful ideas in structural theories of power, among the many philosophers, sociologists, and psychologists who wrote about theories of power in the 20th century
Note that the second and third image come from the *same book*, in the first and second chapters
I…did not expect woo poetry on magic and sexuality in a book that's highly cited by writers on theories of power

A table of Aspects of power Power-over, by theories of "State and class", and also French and Starhawk: Domination Coercion Authority Power-with, by Arendt and Starhawk: Positive power of collectivity Power-from-within, by Starhawk: Inner strength from sense of own ability and innate value Power-to, by French: Combination of above two: strength of individual supported by communities
Although power-over rules the systems we live in, power-from-within sustains our lives. We can feel that power in acts of creation and connec-tion, in planting, building, writing, cleaning, healing, soothing, playing, singing, making love. We can feel it in acting together with others to oppose control. A third aspect of power was also present in the jail at Camp Parks. We could call it power-with, or influence: the power of a strong individual in a group of equals, the power not to command, b…
Women sing the praises of a woman's body. Although the context of the Sacred Marriage seems a heterosexual one, the texts again and again show us women's erotic celebration of each other. Inanna's girlfriends praise her sexual parts as if they have intimate knowledge of them. In a society in which the erotic was seen as sacred, sexual identity may have been much more fluid than it is today. The texts that have been preserved sing of heterosexual sex; we don't know what chants were sung that wer…