<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:36:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@iamwoman/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Women's Equality Trailblazers: the Egyptians + the Native Americans]]></title><description><![CDATA[     Happy Women’s Equality Day! Today marks yet another yearly milestone of women gaining the same rights as men. From Hillary Clinton running for president this year, to thousands]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@iamwoman/women-s-equality-trailblazers-the-egyptians-the-native-americans</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@iamwoman/women-s-equality-trailblazers-the-egyptians-the-native-americans</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2016 22:07:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTx2giPpgDghnU6aRSvwhjBwDWFVPUfC6YPQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cognitive Dissonance (pt. 2) - Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[As you choke me so many thoughts race through my mind- how you stole me, plucked me from the miniscule parts of society only to place me in this complex web of  deceit,  lies, sex, drugs, rock]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/cognitive-dissonance-pt-2-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/cognitive-dissonance-pt-2-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:51:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTye38LFsNXRdyNJyo2d31RqqK4LJQjT2Jtn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cognitive Dissonance (pt. 1) - Poem]]></title><description><![CDATA[A breath of fresh air, a breath of fresh smog; you take me to higher heights than I ever could have imagined, open up my insides and devour me whole. I am meat. You are nails on a chalkboard with a dash]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/cognitive-dissonance-pt-1-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/cognitive-dissonance-pt-1-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:38:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKo6DXu6S38T7RT4JLhdwPmL66WKVRragtd?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 "Easy" Depression Remedies That Have Helped Me Through the Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[As someone who's struggled with depression since I was in elementary school, I've had to look really hard to find remedies that work for me that don't include psychotropic medication or self-medicating.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mentalhealth/@iamwoman/7-easy-depression-relief-that-s-helped-me-through-the-years</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mentalhealth/@iamwoman/7-easy-depression-relief-that-s-helped-me-through-the-years</guid><category><![CDATA[mentalhealth]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 21:26:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTye38LFsNXRdyNJyo2d31Rqof3jo6mttseM?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Journey Through Koren Zailckas' novel "Smashed" (Pt.3 - Chapter 2 First Waste)]]></title><description><![CDATA[So incase you haven't read Pt.1: or Pt. 2: this is basically just me going through a lifelong journey with the author of the book "Smashed". It's a lot of pondering and meandering over my life,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@iamwoman/my-journey-through-koren-zailckas-novel-smashed-pt-3-chapter-2-first-waste</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@iamwoman/my-journey-through-koren-zailckas-novel-smashed-pt-3-chapter-2-first-waste</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:30:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTyEhXM9a5pFB6Ysqi1ChgxAdJsbgE14gzLD?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[God Grant Me (Poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[My life is but a million strokes. I sift through my chronicles In different complexities of events, Colors, Symbolism. Disparity. God, Grant me normalcy. Creative consciousness, Grant me strength. Strength]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/god-grant-me-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/god-grant-me-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:26:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKoBWD6DkTJgowzeYQZMFR3Cm3SCCJp3KyG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daughter of the Stars (Poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Across the table of a coffee house, She tells me she is a daughter of the stars. A cosmic being ahead of her time. I let the darkness seep in as she claims they are not who they say her to be. Doused in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/daughter-of-the-stars-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/daughter-of-the-stars-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:20:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTye38LFsNXRdyNJyo2d31RrRx4Js3A7mvGn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being the Oddball of Society - Pt.1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm not sure if it has to do with me being an empath/highly sensitive person, or me being a woke mixed black girl, or my eccentric interests from early on, or my abuse, or my moderately high intelligence,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@iamwoman/being-the-oddball-of-society-pt-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@iamwoman/being-the-oddball-of-society-pt-1</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:16:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTyEhXM9a5pFB6Ysqi1ChgwT26t45Ph5bAqt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Vegan Friendly) My Favorite Nutritious Fruit & Veggie Coconut Smoothie]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the recipe of a yummy vegan-friendly smoothie I made this morning. I'm vegetarian, but I make vegan food sometimes. What you'll need: 1 carrot 1 cucumber 1/2 cup of strawberry banana yogurt handful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/smoothie/@iamwoman/vegan-friendly-my-favorite-nutritious-fruit-and-veggie-coconut-smoothie</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/smoothie/@iamwoman/vegan-friendly-my-favorite-nutritious-fruit-and-veggie-coconut-smoothie</guid><category><![CDATA[smoothie]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 22:02:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTxqMvN3Go74iDjShcynNNf1Sy5fdipNpmTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet My Crystals Pt. 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey! So we're picking up where we left off here: with a Pt. 2 of the crystals I currently own. We had originally finished 1-9, so now we're on to the 10-18. As stated before, crystals emit certain frequencies]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@iamwoman/meet-my-crystals-pt-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@iamwoman/meet-my-crystals-pt-2</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:30:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKnzvrhy7cxDQtuU4GqvdVB889bWDqyL9rv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Wiccan New Moon Ritual]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi! New Moon rituals focus on the new beginnings you'll be embracing for the next month, until the Full Moon. New Moon rituals are important because it can help you focus and pinpoint specific milestones]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@iamwoman/my-new-moon-ritual</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@iamwoman/my-new-moon-ritual</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 05:53:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKo6DXu6S38T7RT4JLhdwTF7wqvJSJAtBTt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Might Have Been a Scene Kid In Middle School or High School, If...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your hair looked like this: You recognize, or listened to, any of these "bands": Blood On The Dancefloor Bring Me The Horizon Black Veil Brides Escape The Fate BrokenCYDE The Millionaires Jeffree Star]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@iamwoman/you-might-have-been-a-scene-kid-in-middle-school-or-high-school-if</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@iamwoman/you-might-have-been-a-scene-kid-in-middle-school-or-high-school-if</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 03:32:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJJzKitVNYCbHfG3BtE1FzWhJYYa39nVfArz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Journey Through Koren Zailckas' novel "Smashed" (Pt.2 - Chapter 1 Initiation)]]></title><description><![CDATA[So incase you haven't read Pt.1, this is basically just me going through a lifelong journey with the author of the book "Smashed". It's a lot of pondering and meandering over my life, and why]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@iamwoman/my-journey-through-koren-zailckas-novel-smashed-pt-2-chapter-1-initiation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@iamwoman/my-journey-through-koren-zailckas-novel-smashed-pt-2-chapter-1-initiation</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 01:53:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTxqMvN3Go74iDjShcynNNety9YPSjAZ6Bok?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cry for Me (Prose poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cry for me. Cry for me like the barren tomb that is your womb, the mistakes you made, the mistakes you didn't make, leading you to this infinitely anti-bliss moment where hand meets heart, heart meets]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/cry-for-me-prose-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/cry-for-me-prose-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 20:07:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwkfWDyC2mgqYCZZJrKzc6fVPB2GNvTNZnjccGxympnQuPzwsYtDF9Qb5ZA2TFbgE1ggtrz7Wdu2UrDceGjwkfiZXQGS3PXFocd9f9CriZjBQKmhqEoHF1Z5Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Undernourished Butterfly (a prose poem)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes, I did spread my wings. I did not technically fold into myself, as other broken butterflies do. Technically I was able to metamorphosize into something new, into a more beautiful more fluid version]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/the-undernourished-butterfly-a-prose-poem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@iamwoman/the-undernourished-butterfly-a-prose-poem</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 19:00:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTye38LFsNXRdyNJyo2d31RX6bXVQD8J63Bb?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduction to Crystal Healing: My Crystals Pt.1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been collecting crystals since summer of last year, and only this year did I become "religious" (for lack of a better word) with them. The belief is that each crystal emits a different energy,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@iamwoman/introduction-to-crystal-healing-my-crystals-pt-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@iamwoman/introduction-to-crystal-healing-my-crystals-pt-1</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 03:39:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKoN5ZUUPHfAD15q2YGmsN2GNvEDVn1pfok?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Journey Through Koren Zailckas' novel "Smashed" (Pt.1 - Preface)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just started reading Koren Zailckas' novel, "Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood". I've only read up until the preface, but so far it's hit me really hard. As someone who's struggled with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mentalhealth/@iamwoman/my-journey-through-koren-zailckas-novel-smashed-pt-1-preface</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mentalhealth/@iamwoman/my-journey-through-koren-zailckas-novel-smashed-pt-1-preface</guid><category><![CDATA[mentalhealth]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 02:32:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTx2giPpgDghnU6aRSvwhjW5pza3YNnhttJA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[♡  20 Year Old Domestic Abuse Survivor, Pansexual, Wiccan, Feminist, and Artist Non-Conformist ♡]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi! I go by Kay. That drawing above is a self-portrait sketch of myself. I joined Steemit originally to help me vent and heal through abuse and issues I've gone through because I have a hard time talking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@iamwoman/20-year-old-domestic-abuse-survivor-pansexual-wiccan-feminist-and-artist-non-conformist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@iamwoman/20-year-old-domestic-abuse-survivor-pansexual-wiccan-feminist-and-artist-non-conformist</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 01:12:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTxqMvN3Go74iDjShcynNNTUomCCw2c1gtqc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debunking What People Say to "Women Who Don't Want Children"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most men say they don't want children all of their life, but the minute that a woman says she doesn't, it's like the end of the world. Being one of those women who's chosen not to bear children, I've heard]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/feminism/@iamwoman/debunking-the-what-people-say-to-women-who-don-t-want-children</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/feminism/@iamwoman/debunking-the-what-people-say-to-women-who-don-t-want-children</guid><category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 21:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKo6DXu6S38T7RT4JLhdwPpLWqL7cofrpZ4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I Can't Smoke Weed Anymore, and Why You Might Not Want to Either]]></title><description><![CDATA[I started smoking weed regularly in high school, but I'd tried it when I was about thirteen. By high school weed was one of my "harmless" loves because it made me feel great almost immediately,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marijuana/@iamwoman/why-i-can-t-smoke-weed-anymore-and-why-you-might-not-want-to-either</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marijuana/@iamwoman/why-i-can-t-smoke-weed-anymore-and-why-you-might-not-want-to-either</guid><category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iamwoman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 20:43:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTye38LFsNXRdyNJyo2d31dCx7NQxQNZWJ5s?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>