Author Archives
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Love and Breastfeeding
By Jamaica Breastfeeding is not easy but I believe it is for everyone who wants to do it. What made the whole journey easier and even enjoyable for me was mainly my focus on listening to my daughter and my… Read More ›
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“Being a different soldier”: Women, Voluntary Conscription and the Lithuanian Armed Forces
By Europe and Me‘s Beatričė Juškaitė Beatričė Juškaitė has spoken to women who voluntarily pursue a 9-month military service, obligatory for men, in the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Misogyny and sexism are recurrent themes in their stories. “Are you sure?”, a middle-aged clean-shaven… Read More ›
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How paying attention affects our decision processes – Lessons from Poker
By Fatumah Nakayiza The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova is my favorite book so far, this year. It is about how Konnikova, a writer with a PhD in Psychology embarked on a journey to learn to play professional poker (a… Read More ›
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Eventually
By Mit Reverie I may not be perfectI may have many flawsI may deviate from my plan Still all these are a part of meNot all sculpture are beautiful from beginningNot all seeds germinate from fruit ripeningEvery story has many chaptersChapters… Read More ›
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Popping Bubbles: Dear White Males
By Europe and Me‘s Robin White Robin White writes about how she is staying hopeful in a world like this – and her answers are ones of advice, smashing the patriarchy, and poignant observations about the societies we continuously choose… Read More ›
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Finding Myself Through My Partner’s Experience
By Ashley Iosbaker “Here’s to strong women: may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them.” I always wanted to be a strong woman. You know what that looks like to you, and I bet for every one… Read More ›
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She Is
By Katy Kettner She is She is a fortress, a vessel, an embodied cathedral She is sacred, she is messy, she is mine She listens, she hears, she see’s She speaks She plays, she rests, she births; many things… Read More ›
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We need to stop playing musical chairs with other women.
By Mikael Austin There’s a shortage of women reaching upper levels of management. In some industries, there’s a shortage of women at all levels. In these industries in particular it can be hard not to see other women as your… Read More ›
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The Joy and Peace in Disappointment
By Miriam Stanislaus Tragedy and Disappointment in Goa My ex and I stood under a sky full of stars with lush waves lashing against the sand in what should have been a romantic scene of a love story. The reality… Read More ›
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Melanin Mama’s
By Lourdes She with skin the color of loveHer the one who’s been chosen by the sunLips of plumWarrior tongueWith a complexion that tells a story of where we all came fromWoman of fireBecause She can take and create the… Read More ›
A Tribe Of Women 