Women's Voices For Change

Wednesday 5: Women in Academia, Joni Mitchell, and Girls in Colombia’s Drug Wars

Women's Voices For Change — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:39 +0000

The "baby penalty" for women in academia; women who are afraid of the "A" word—Ambition; the poetry of Joni Mitchell; girls caught in Colombia's drug wars; and artist Janet Goldner continues to be inspired by Mali.

Lynne Halliday: This Singing Life

Deborah Harkins — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:10 +0000

By Deborah Harkins

Lynne Halliday's voice training gave her a love of good lyrics—a love she finds lacking in some of today’s pop singers. “Porter, Gershwin, Berlin can take a simple lyric and make it just stunning." she says. "But some contemporary singers, I think, are not listening to the words; they’re listening to their voice . . . it’s all about frills rather than the words of the song.”

Ask Dr. Pat: Stay Healthy While Traveling to Developing Countries

Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D. — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:30:19 +0000

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

Because Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen has many patients who travel to exotic places, she has spent lots of time helping them prepare to have a medically safe journey. Here, in Part 1 of a two-part series, she discusses both the routine and the country-specific vaccinations that travelers to Tanzania will need to get.

Poetry Sunday: Father’s Day

Women's Voices For Change — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:30:21 +0000

Andrea Cohen, this year’s Women’s Voices’ Mother’s Day poet, has also written a beautiful poem appropriate for Father’s Day. Family relationships have always been literature’s lifeblood, yet it is rare when one finds someone who can write of blood relations with such subtlety and insight.

Today’s Sons Are Teaching Their Fathers

Diane Vacca — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:29:55 +0000

By Diane Vacca

When I was growing up, it was unusual to see a father kiss or embrace his son in public, especially if the boy was an adolescent or older. Tom Ruth was “very young, probably less than 12,” when his father would kiss him. “After that, it was the occasional hug. Not a lot of display of emotion,” he said. “Men don’t cry, that sort of thing.”

Father’s Day: A Legacy

Toni Myers — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:25:20 +0000

By Toni Myers

"My father: sturdy, disliking fuss, dutiful, determined, and more than a bit obsessive. He believed that money was the root of all evil, and that stealing a penny was no more pardonable than stealing a million dollars. Even the Catholic Church’s teachings were more lenient, dividing sins, as they did, into venial and mortal!"

Short Take on Father’s Day: A Rare Haven

Shelley Singer — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:30:29 +0000

Shelley Singer

When I got home from that humiliating party, my mother wasn’t there, and, possibly for the first time in my life, it was my father who could take me into his arms to comfort and reassure me.

Short Takes on Father’s Day: Mourning with Python

Janet Golden — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:25:35 +0000

By Janet Golden

Grieving has spawned hundreds of religious rituals and thousands of self-help books. I think there should also be a what-to-watch list to cut into the mourning fog. For someone my age, there is nothing so helpful as the Minister of Silly Walks, a dead parrot, and the Spanish Inquisition.

Father’s Day: Dear and Glorious Physician

Margery Stein — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:30:30 +0000

By Margery Stein

"When World War II came, my father joined the Marines as a surgeon. Then he met and married my mother in 10 weeks and disappeared into the storm clouds overseas, operating in the midst of high-risk battles such as Guadalcanal."

When All the World Was a Stage, and Every Day Was Father’s Day

Alexandra MacAaron — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:30:24 +0000

By Alexandra MacAaron

When I was a little girl, I had the most handsome father in the world. Now, a lot of women probably remember their dad this way, but I was completely certain. After all, I had official, third-party, expert opinion on my side. My father was a Broadway actor.