Socialized male speech dominance is a significant issue, not just in school. “Stop interrupting me.” “I just said that.” “No explanation needed.” In fifth grade, I won the school courtesy prize. In […]
Originally posted on Peacing it Together: 27 Months in Albania:
A year ago today, I landed in Tirana with my fellow group 17ers. My expectations were vague, and my heart was adventurous. To…
From Salon, Christine Schoenwalk and her touching account of her mother’s anti-hoarding disorder.  My mother isn’t a hoarder; she’s the exact opposite. If she were a hoarder, then people would understand when […]
As we consider women’s experiences in relation to herstory/history, it seems relevant to remember that women of all ages are part of the conversation–and, because it does need to be said, again […]
Amy Cuddy is a social psychologist who has some very interesting ideas on how to empower yourself, such as adopting the Wonder Woman stance.  We all have done it at one time or […]
Okay. What about those men who really do believe if they just pressure you to drink the tea, you’ll thank them later? If only you’d taste it! You must want it as much as they want […]
by Heather Bell I have this fantasy that I am dressed in a leather jacket smoking a cigar just standing there holding Kafka or Adrienne Rich by the spine when an old […]
At a reception a couple of years ago, I had the good fortune to be introduced to Gloria Steinem.  I held back tears of awe. (The tears were also borne of peri-menopausal hormones.) All […]
by Colette Tennant I don’t like it when scientists call me a carbon-based life form it makes me sound like a pencil smudge on my writing finger a really bad child at Christmas […]
When I read this article by Rachel Edidin on Wired, I knew I had to share. Â In “The Art of Asking Why We Hate Amanda Palmer,” Edidin boils it right down: Amanda […]
The Gloria Sirens 