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Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions         October 2012  THE YES! INTERVIEW Why a life worth living is a life worth fighting for. Alice Walker: “Go to the Places That Scare You” by Valerie Schloredt Alice Walker is a poet, essayist, and commentator, but she’s best known for her prodigious accomplishments as a writer of literary fiction. Her novel The Color Purple won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1983 and quickly became a classic of world literature. Walker’s writing is characterized by an ever-present awareness of injustice and inequality. But whether describing political struggle, or meditating on the human relationship to nature and animals, as in her latest book, The Chicken Chronicles, her work conveys the possibility of change. In her vision, grace is available through love and a deep connection to the beauty of the world. Alice Walker spoke to YES! about the challenges of working for change, and the possibility of living with awareness—and joy. READ MORE ... :: SHARE THIS EMAIL    WITH YOUR FRIENDS   More from the Fall issue of YES! Magazine …   What I really want to tell my daughters about autonomy and sex, in the midst of a war on women. Notes from the Frontlines of Bringing Up Girls by Tomas Moniz The other day I found myself telling my two daughters, 16 and 14, “Don’t have sex until you’re in your 20s—but here are some condoms!” Let me explain. I had just discovered that my eldest daughter spent the night with her boyfriend. And though I believe that sex is powerful and beautiful and a profound ritual for entering adulthood, I am still a dad, worried about her well-being. I worry if I’ve provided her with enough information, worry about social pressures she may be under, worry about shame, STDs, pregnancy. But I am also hopeful, happy to be there for her as she becomes an adult, someone she knows she can depend on. For these reasons, I have consistently brought up sex with my girls, and I have consistently been rebuffed, their stares punctuated with rolling eyes or sighs of exhaustion. “Dad, please.” However, although I broach the subject with my daughters any chance I get, we don’t actually talk as directly as I’d like. So I find myself offering platitudes like: “Remember, please remember, you can always stop. You can always say no, even after you’re in the car, in the room, out of your clothes, in the bed. No means no. Stop means stop.” And I believe it is important for me to voice these truths about a woman’s right to be in control of her actions, but I wish there was more I could do as a male ally and, perhaps more importantly, as a father. READ MORE ...   See other articles from the Fall issue of YES! Magazine. ::  PEEK INSIDE THE ISSUE  ::  SUBSCRIBE TO YES! TODAY  :: Order now and start with the Bodies issue! SEE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS       What’s New Online   Manifesto for a Post-Growth Economy by James Gustave Speth What single change stands to give Americans more free time, healthier ecosystems, and more meaningful jobs? Is an End to the Death Penalty in Sight? by Laura Moye What’s the good news about the troubling practice of execution in the United States? We’re already abolishing it, state by state. Time for Some Good Jobs Guarantees by Brooke Jarvis Corporations often take big helpings of public funds, saying that they’ll provide jobs in return. But how can communities make sure they deliver? A Healthy (and Profitable) Oasis in Philly’s Food Deserts by Sarah Treuhaft Why a seemingly ordinary chain of grocery stores suggests that community collaboration may be the key to success for businesses in struggling neighborhoods.   Did you miss…   Audience Favorites: :: 9 Simple Steps to Improve Your Health (Without Joining a Gym) Laughter, the arts, touch, sleep. What you can do in your everyday life to get healthier. :: Infographic: Occupy Movement Bears Fruit For the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, we gathered just a few of the most vibrant projects working under the movement’s banner. :: A Graceful Exit: Taking Charge at the End of Life How can we break the silence about what happens when we’re dying?   How to Get More YES!   SUBSCRIBE TO YES! Get a year of YES! Magazine for just $15. + A BONUS ISSUE :: 54% OFF NONPROFIT. INDEPENDENT. SUBSCRIBER-SUPPORTED. YES! KLEAN KANTEEN® Instant inspiration— Just add water. Support our work and support the planet too with the healthiest, safest bottle you can get.   Reclaim Your Body   Speaking For All Bodies (Not Just the “Perfect” Ones) In Sins Invalid, performance artists shatter stereotypes around sex and disabilities to reclaim the body’s redemptive power. :: PLUS VIDEO   Web Picks   CARTOON Naughty Children, Then and Now CLICK TO VIEW FILM One Billion Rising Eve Ensler has said that nothing is more important than stopping violence against women. Her new short film encourages us to rise up and do just that. YES! is published by the nonprofit Positive Futures Network   ::  www.yesmagazine.org 284 Madrona Way NE, Suite 116, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2870, USA  ::  Phone: 206-842-0216

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