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I am not sure if the thread title is completely right, but I just wanted to have a thread where we could explore thoughts and concerns about so called feminism especially in relation to organised criminal cultic networks (OCCNs)

I have been thinking about this for a while but this article seems to be a good place to start


The Women's Movement: What's Next?
by Tammy Biddle

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tabby-biddle/womens-movement_b_1365701.html

This article concerns me as it pretends to be a serious article about feminism but it is in fact a thinly veiled piece promoting various highly dubious "Goddess schools" and spirchul women's "empowerment" websites, all of which are connected, via social networking websites, to pseudo-tantric groups and groups offering variations on "Goddess" trainings - clarification the entities I am referring to are The Goddess Collective, Feminine Power and The Yin Project and not the other organisations mentioned in the article.

The author of the piece Tammy Biddle has her own website at http://www.tabbybiddle.com and surprise, surprise, it even has a "Goddess of the week" page as well as offering "Goddess Retreats" where women can rediscover their inner, sensual "juicy" selves (and all the usual stuff).

Just making a first post on the thread to share this article, but there is more to follow


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Tabby Biddle's FB page is here
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=566983124&sk=friends

she is "friends" with
Reena Desai - recruiter for Ashram Shambala - an OCCN involved in THB
Jaiya Ma - a "sacred sexual healer" with many friends and associates involved in the Phoenix Goddess Temple and the Sedona Temple (both in fact brothels)
Charu Morgan - another "sacred sexual healer" with her own school of "tantra" and countless friends and associates involved in the sex industry and THB
Gaia Moon - another "sacred sexual healer", working at a "Goddess Temple" and countless friends and associates involved in the sex industry and THB

these are just examples; she has loads of FB friends in the sex industry.

Her bio in the Huffington Post says this

QuoteTabby Biddle, M.S. Ed., is a writer, writing coach and consultant dedicated to empowering women and girls to use their voice to transform their lives and the lives of women and girls around the world.

She is the author of The Goddess Diaries blog, is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post on global issues affecting women and girls, and has a private coaching practice based in Los Angeles. As a longtime yoga teacher and practitioner, Tabby leads Goddess retreats and workshops for women where she integrates feminine spirituality with helping women find their voice.

Tabby's articles have been featured by the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, UN Dispatch, NPR, Current TV, Gaiam, and other popular online media. She has been recognized for her feminine empowerment work by many activist organizations including Global Girl Media, Step Up Women's Network, the UN Foundation's Girl Up campaign, She's Next, Strong Women, Strong Girls, among others.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tabby-biddle

Tabby Biddle was featured in the feminist website "strong women strong girls" http://swsg.org/ on the following page

http://swsg.org/tabby-biddle-speaks-to-the-strong-blogging-corps/

where the following text appears


Last week, on March 9th,  the Strong Blogging Corps hosted its second webinar in the Strong Blogging Webinar Series. We were so fortunate to have Tabby Biddle, a writer, editor, and reporter who specializes in amplifying the voices of women changemakers, as  last week's webinar speaker. Tabby Biddle  raises awareness on women's issues, human rights and organizations that empower women and girls, by writing for Huffington Post and through her blog The Goddess Diaries.
Tabby Biddle led an excellent webinar about : How to bring your experience from an event to your blog.  She provided countless tips that are useful for anyone who has an interest in writing.

Check out these videos from the webinar:
Tabby Biddle starts off  by sharing what a blogger should do before attending an event they would like to cover for their blog:
From interviewing to taking photos Tabby Biddle shares what to do during the event:
You attended the event.. Now what? Tabby Biddle shares what to do after attending an event and how to write a blog about it.
How do you create discussion around your blog? Tabby Biddle uses Strong Blogger Catherine Bailey's blog post, as an example of how to do this.
Strong Blogger Catherine Bailey ask Tabby Biddle how to narrow down blog topics... Tabby suggests not to narrow down the topic but to split the topic into multiple blogs.
What is the editing process like for a Huffington Post writer? Check out this video to learn.
Strong Women, Strong Girls would like to thank Tabby Biddle for this amazing webinar!
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I feel extremely concerned that Tabby Biddle and her blog are promoted on what appears to be a legitimate and genuine feminist website.  My greatest concern is that the Strong Women, Strong Girls website staff are obviously naive about "Goddess" training schools and their links to THB networks.  Given that their activities include organising mentors for young women and girls this has the potential to be a fairly serious situation if they think that owners of "Goddess" schools and temples make good mentors and role models for young girls.