Since the early 1970s women have been re- shaping society to include a place for ourselves within it. Much of this change has been through language. The word 'woman', meaning wife of man and referring to that portion of the species supposedly formed from Adam's rib, has especially been a focus for attention. Preferring 'woman' absolutely to 'lady', many differently spelled variations have arisen. It was Margaret Storey, who, over several years, evolved the form 'wymn'. The spellings I use reflect and address what I perceive to be particular states of consciousness and attitudes about our realities. For example, as I understand womben, they adopt a fertility-oriented definition of themselves and relate to the world through their wombs whereas wimmin and wimin refuse to prioritise childbearing and are strongly aware of the political oppression of wymn by sexism in patriarchy. A womon- loving womon is powerful and centred herself and many womyn are consciously tuning in to our magical energies and the need to act as healers. Women share their lives with men and seek equality and a balancing of the feminine and the masculine. For me all these different spellings and others yet to be created are like the names of different tribes or clans. As wymn become more autonomous we being to differentiate and to take on more distinct aspects and characteristics. The varieties of spelling mirror the richness of wymn's culture that is now emerging as we give birth to ourselves in this time of universal transformation.