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Butterfly Effect - ressourcesfeministes

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into the couch. It’s Scintl<br />

who asks simply, When<br />

Aunty Thecla changes the subject.<br />

o<br />

In Sakhiyani, Giti Thadani<br />

writes of Sarasvati, goddess<br />

of knowledge, reclaiming<br />

the Vedas, reinstating<br />

a chain of feminine genealogies.<br />

She invokes the two bright cows,<br />

wandering women who graze<br />

and suckle, lick and caress,<br />

their bodies newly woven<br />

with oceanic light. 5<br />

o<br />

The river sings, bubbling<br />

words into speech<br />

from speech comes lyric poetry<br />

sung by young women<br />

5 Giti Thadani. 1996. Sakhiyani, pp. 16-32.

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