I really do have a necklace made of sparkling rhinestones that says “BITCH” and I wear it when I perform this song. I claim the word for women. I claim the word that says “Be yourself. Don’t always try to please. Stand up tall. Let him call you a bitch – it beats being a doormat. Smile. I’m not 5’7” like I used to be. I still have a dark hair. And if going after what I want is selfish, then so be it. I’ll sing it in a minute and stretch as tall as I can as I sing “I’m just a tall, brown-haired selfish bitch.”

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Tendering

The first song in the CD Woman Songs Peace Songs is “Tendering” and I still identify with the very personal focus that spurred the original writing. Now there seems a whole new level on top of that personal one. It’s the level that speaks to the whirlwind of things going on in the world, in this country, sometimes in our own backyards. And it definitely speaks to that feeling of being alone and overwhelmed.

Please, right now, I need some tendering. I want some tendering. And I give some tendering too.

Mother May I

If ever there was a time for a woman to not ask permission, it is now. Whether it is mother, teacher, preacher, husband, next-door neighbor, congress-person, I’m ready for each woman to think it through, ask questions for clarity, and decide for herself.

No asking, no putting myself in that position. If I make a mistake, so be it. I learn from that too. But I don’t learn from leaning or from dependency. 

Just go for it.

Restroom Door

I still notice the sign on the restroom door as I enter. I would say that in the last thirty-five years the signage issue has improved and many more restroom doors say “Women” than used to. But I stay vigilant because occasionally there are still attempts to be cutesy. 

That’s easier for me to tolerate than when the other door says “Men” and my door says “Ladies.” I wrote a song once that isn’t in this collection that said, “Hey you need to know I’m not a lady—never have been one so I’ve been told. And I don’t intend to be a lady—it is just not one of my goals.”

Just put Women on the restroom door—Thank you.

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You know some men are changing. Some men aren’t. I’m not in favor of abortions and at the same time I am in favor of a woman’s right to choose what happens to her own body. I don’t give that over to men to make that decision.

There are a host of things that can be done to support women——education, birth control, strengthening self-esteem, being sensitive to women who have been raped. I’m in favor of each of those.

I’m also in favor of not curtailing the right of a woman to choose abortion.

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