⩪✺⩪ Alicia Bay Laurel ⩪✺⩪

On my last trip to Kauai I found "The Earth Mass" written in 1973. It was at a secondhand book store in Hanapepe called Talk Story. I was first introduced to Alicia Bay Laurel by my dear friend Amy, Daughter of the Sun. She gifted me her classic, "Living On The Earth" which can be purchased through Alicia's website! Here are some pages from this hard to find gem. The previous owner of this book had a child named Sky Blue who colored along in magic marker. The inside flap also has a sweet handwritten letter. Click on images for enlarged text.

http://www.aliciabaylaurel.com

COUNTRY♀WOMEN

Published in the early 1970s costing only 60¢ a copy, this hand illustrated and typed journal carried this mission:

"We see Country♀Women as a feminist country survival manual and a creative journal. It is for women living with women, with men, and alone, for women who live in the country already and for women who want to move out of the cities. We need to learn all that women can do in the country and learn to break out of oppressive roles and images. We need to reach out of our isolation from one another, to know that we aren’t alone, that we aren’t crazy, that there is a lot of love and strength and growing to share. Country♀Women can bring us together…"

Below are some of my favorites from Volume 1.- Volume 30. via Gravel & Gold's blog.

Here is the Women On The Land: Creating Conscious Community movie trailer.

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http://www.womenontheland.com

⪻ Native Funk & Flash ⪼

Native Funk & Flash is among the holiest of my style bibles. Every handmade creation blows me away. Long out of print, it will soon be reissued! 

http://www.nativefunkandflash.com