Question!

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Can anybody recommend any books, sites, etc. on Dianic Wicca that aren't either all "look at these manhaters hatin' on the menz!" or "KILL THE DICKS"? I've been interested in paganism for years- even had a brief, kind of embarrassing ~*~sparkly Wiccan~*~ phase back in junior high- and I've found myself increasingly drawn to Goddess worship lately, at least in theory, but some of the resources I've found on the subject have been... er... sketchy.

(This is one of the few exceptions. Oh, Monica Sjoo, I love you despite your weird anti-BDSM tirades.)

There's a pagan society at MUN that I've been meaning to check out as well, but they're more oriented towards more mainstream Wicca, with the sacred dualities and the Horned God and the Maiden-Mother-Crazy Cat LadyCrone thing. Which is fine and good and more power to them, but doesn't appeal to me as a genderqueer person.

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I'm told good things about Merlin Stone, especially When God was a Woman:

http://www.amazon.com/When-God-Woman-Merlin-Stone/dp/015696158X

Though I've not read her and you need to watch out for smudging of historical facts. But you should be ok with that, given you read The Great Cosmic Mother, which has many historical blunders, but is a pretty thought-provoking book at heart.

The Language of the Goddess, by Gimbutas: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0500282498/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0062512439&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=07W8PQX7P28W9FE67037

Lots of pictures. But I have always enjoyed this book because of her meticulous cataloguing and studying of history. Also, it pretty much revolutionized my personal (goddess-centered) faith and how I approached the life process, and death, and dying. And also also - the genderqueer thing. There are some pieces of neolithic art in the book which she examines and comments on the "androgynous" nature of, suggesting that the original idea of the goddess was an androgynous being who was both male and female.

Dark Mother: African Origins and Godmothers - http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Mother-African-Origins-Godmothers/dp/059520841X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255313394&sr=1-1

EXCELLENT book, especially on the research aspects.

Another book I haven't read, but comes highly recommended: http://www.amazon.com/Sons-Goddess-Young-Guide-Wicca/dp/0738705470/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255313472&sr=1-1

Sons of the Goddess. The author gives a gay man's POV on being a male in a predominantly female centered religion. So maybe it would be worth reading from a genderqueer perspective, to see how he navigates that.

This is supposed to be good too: http://www.amazon.com/Goddess-Path-Myths-Invocations-Rituals/dp/1567184677/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255313472&sr=1-10

Also, a good basic book on mythology will become your best friend in this process, if only because it might help you to easily outline and identify goddesses and goddess figures outside of the Greco-Roman tradition. There's oodles. Pantheon.org is a good online encyclopedia.