In today's New Yorker Magazine there is an article about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic spitfire from Massachusetts that is turning Washington into a tizzy.
We know this has happened because of the attacks leveled against her. If she were not a threat, "big time" male political and religious figures would not be going after her, calling her a "little girl" or any other derogatory description designed to keep her small.
Of course, when we read who is actually attacking her, Jerry Fallwell Jr., Ed Rollins, a former Reagan adviser, Donald Trump and his shadow, Donald Trump Jr., we have to take another look at the term "small" in its largest context, and pause for a moment.
So I sent a note to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her Facebook site to say how proud I was of her, and to ignore the "smallness" of her detractors completely for they are not worthy of her concern. If she were not making an impact, they would not target her. And I also wondered if she would run for President one day.
Make no mistake: the rise of female leaders in every aspect of our world is a "fait accompli." But in saying this I do not mean, in any way, that I wish this to occur at the expense of the masculine, but only as a way of rectifying the gross imbalances that we have seen throughout history thus far.
In another time, and because I have such a passion for Mary Magdalene, I also see the "smallness" of her male detractors trying to put her in her place: "prostitute" is a favorite term that men, especially men of the cloth, have used to define her, when the opposite was very much the case.
Pope Francis in 2016 finally lifted her status to that of "Apostle", but she did not need this admonition to know her place.
She was not one of the apostles, she was their Leader.
The tide is turning.
We know this has happened because of the attacks leveled against her. If she were not a threat, "big time" male political and religious figures would not be going after her, calling her a "little girl" or any other derogatory description designed to keep her small.
Of course, when we read who is actually attacking her, Jerry Fallwell Jr., Ed Rollins, a former Reagan adviser, Donald Trump and his shadow, Donald Trump Jr., we have to take another look at the term "small" in its largest context, and pause for a moment.
So I sent a note to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her Facebook site to say how proud I was of her, and to ignore the "smallness" of her detractors completely for they are not worthy of her concern. If she were not making an impact, they would not target her. And I also wondered if she would run for President one day.
Make no mistake: the rise of female leaders in every aspect of our world is a "fait accompli." But in saying this I do not mean, in any way, that I wish this to occur at the expense of the masculine, but only as a way of rectifying the gross imbalances that we have seen throughout history thus far.
In another time, and because I have such a passion for Mary Magdalene, I also see the "smallness" of her male detractors trying to put her in her place: "prostitute" is a favorite term that men, especially men of the cloth, have used to define her, when the opposite was very much the case.
Pope Francis in 2016 finally lifted her status to that of "Apostle", but she did not need this admonition to know her place.
She was not one of the apostles, she was their Leader.
The tide is turning.