Resistance and Resilience: My “Warrior” Mother’s Gifts
By Hendrika de Vries When I was a little girl, my mother and I fused in a survival bond amidst tyranny and subversive activities in Nazi-occupied WWII Amsterdam. I […]
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Contributors, Working Women
How One Woman Achieved Her Work-Life Balance As A Working Mother In Business
Long gone are the days where women had to choose between having a family and having a career. Many women are now choosing to do both – striving for a […]
Contributors, Feminism
Celebrating Broad City’s Down-To-Earth, Fierce Feminism
By Andreea Voicu ‘Broad City‘ may have ended 3 months ago but I for one haven’t stopped thinking about it or mourning its loss. It was one of my favorite […]
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“The List Of Shit That Made Me A Feminist” – The Story Behind The Book
By Farida D “What made you a feminist?” This is the question that I was asking myself when I began writing what ended up being my poetry book “THE LIST […]
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Wellness Co. CEO Shares Her Struggles With Postpartum Depression As Someone With Asperger’s Syndrome
By Pam Machemehl Helmly, Clinical Nutritionist Chief Executive Officer, Wellnicity. [CW: self-harm, suicidal thoughts, depression] My poor parents. They truly did not know what to do with me when I was […]
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Stop Feeling Like a Fake – Overcoming Impostor Syndrome
By Susan K. Hamilton Have you ever felt that you didn’t deserve your success? That you weren’t good enough, competent enough, or smart enough—and that eventually, someone was going to […]
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Why Women In Tech Can Make All The Difference
By Jori Hamilton If you’re a woman in tech or thinking about taking a job in the tech industry, the numbers are intimidating: women hold only 20% of tech jobs. […]
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“I Slapt His Face In Public”: How One Woman Spoke Out Against Harassment In The Past
By Kate Stewart When I began to research Ruth Rappaport’s life, I knew that I would find stories about how she had survived World War II, the 1948 War for […]
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Delve Into The World Of Prohibition & Speakeasies In Author Susanna Calkins’ Female-Driven ‘Murder Knocks Twice’ Book
The following is an excerpt from award-winning author Susanna Calkins’ new title ‘Murder knocks Twice’, out now from Minotaur Books. Beneath the streets of 1920s Chicago lie a dangerous, glittering […]
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How My Dog Gave Me The Courage To Stand Up Against Sexual Abuse
By Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH [CW: Sexual abuse] “I want to show you something.” Uncle Talup approached me as soon as I stepped out of the bathroom of our East […]
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Author Lisa Braver Moss Writes Coming-Of-Age, Vietnam-Era Novel About Surviving Domestic Violence
The following is an excerpt from ‘Shrug’, a book by Lisa Braver Moss, out on August 13 from She Writes Press. The novel follows a Vietnam War-era teen whose family […]
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Why This CEO Isn’t Afraid Of Being Assertive, Even When Called A “Bitch”
By Annie Liao Jones It’s widely acknowledged that men and women can do the same exact thing and elicit totally different reactions. The traits that make a man a “perfectionist” […]
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Singer FELIN’s Call-To-Arms In Protest Of The Recent Abortion Bans
By FELIN Dear women, We are all writers of history no matter if we realize it or not. Bystanders who stay silent let horrific things happen. By not protesting injustices […]
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The Weight of Shame For Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse
By Patricia Eagle [TW: child abuse, sexual abuse] At a critical juncture in my life, I realized that continuing to stay quiet about my experiences of sexual abuse could very […]
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Singer Birch On Learning About The Male Gaze And Reclaiming Her Body As Her Own
By Birch I was 11 years old when I first understood that my body was not my own. That I did not exist for me, but for the opposite sex. […]