The Journalistic Heroines of She Said :
How They Got the Story
'She Said' by The New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, uses the Harvey Weinstein case as its basis, but its subject is far larger. It is about fear, regret, intimidation, and courage. Above all, it is about the power of journalism.
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‘Cuties’: Don’t Judge A Film By Its Poster
'Cuties' is complicated and at times disturbing, but not for the reasons cited by its critics. It’s an effective argument against exploitation, not exploitive in itself.
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Leticia Hernández-Linares:
“One Million Minus One” and “Despierta”
The poems in 'Mucha Muchacha, Too Much Girl' paint their own murals in words glowing with passion and conviction. There is also a good dose of sass, a quality visually captured in book’s cover photo.
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Sandra Day O’Connor—First Woman
on the Supreme Court
'First: Sandra Day O’Connor' is a compelling biography by Evan Thomas. He celebrates O’Connor’s achievements and traces her unlikely trajectory from a dusty ranch in the Arizona desert to the Supreme Court—the pinnacle of the legal profession.
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Tales of Women in Wartime
These masterful programs bring the war heroes (or, more precisely, heroines) behind the frontlines to life in memorable ways.
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“Pyriscence” by Angelique Zobitz
As a Black Woman, I needed to tell this story of Black Women adapting, thriving, living, and/or dying in suboptimal conditions.
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The Bright Side: Doodling, Daydreaming and Forgetting — The Good Side of Tuning Out
Many of us have experienced how letting our minds wander for a bit may get us unstuck when we are trying to solve a problem. The brain areas that allow people to solve complex problems become more active during daydreaming.
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Working Out Through the Pandemic, Inside, Online
Amazon has a wealth of workout options available to stream and another long list available to rent.
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“Jackhammering Limestone” by Erika Meitner
The things that matter to the poet—her own body, her children, a country on the brink of the Trump administration, and the injured planet—all appear to be under siege, just like her eardrums. The poem smacks of catastrophe far beyond the speaker’s self-described “mid-life crisis.”
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Feeling Lit from Within: The Power of Self-Love
If you don’t have a well-internalized sense of self-worth it is like lacking a steady pilot light—you always need to be lit by something external or someone else.
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Television: Love in the Time of Corona
'Love in the Time of Corona' is an intimate and enjoyable collection of four specific stories set against unprecedented circumstances.
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“Know, Heart” by Elisabeth Murawski
“Know, Heart” ends in a place of utter desolation and loss, with the heart so baffled by suffering that it cannot feel anything or even conceive of a future. All it can do is look blindly back into memory.
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The Power of Positive Words
We can try to overcome the fact that so many of us are feeling down and divided and work up some good old "sisu" to get us through this.
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Judith Kalaora: A Woman Making History
Judith Kalaora is dedicated to ensuring that the stories of some of history's most interesting women don't fall through the cracks.
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A Pandemic Self-Care Tool Kit
In this week’s post, 'A Pandemic Self-Care Tool Kit,' Dr. Jane Moffett expands on the ways we can care for ourselves and others, including how to cultivate peace of mind during the work day, prioritizing emotional self-care, and practices that can help grieving family members and friends.
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“有 識: Have Knowledge” by Paisley Rekdal
Paisley Rekdal’s “有 識: Have Knowledge” moves the reader through questions posed by immigration officials to Chinese immigrants entering the United States during the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Are We Responsible for Our Children’s Problems?
“Parenting,” not a common word in our parents’ generation, now attracts a billion dollar industry of advice experts.
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Beyoncé’s Love Letter to Her Son and Her People
A hero's journey. A celebration of African redemption. A spectacular ninety-minute music video. A glorious affirmation served up in a time of violence, hate, and social unrest. 'Black is King' is all this, and more.
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A Therapist’s Views on the Pandemic:
Trauma and Battle Fatigue
During the pandemic, there may be days when you find yourself overwhelmed and weary from bringing your full self to the people you care for. However, when we work through fatigue, and push down our own feelings in the service of helping, we turn down the volume on our internal life.
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“To Be Held” by Linda Hogan
“To Be Held” falls within the pastoral tradition of a poet wandering in nature and finding inspiration there. In it, the speaker encounters a tree in her desert landscape that then becomes a springboard for a larger reflection about humanity.
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When the Past Interferes with the Present
We fear old, buried feelings and fear their power. In this way, they are vampire-like in that the best way to defeat them is to expose them to the light.
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Emmy Noms: Sure Bets, Surprises,
and a Three-Way Snub
Despite a fairly substantial snub, women and people of color were well represented in this year's honorees.
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A Therapist’s Views on the Pandemic
Dr. Jane Moffett addresses the impact of living in this extended time of uncertainty, understanding the effects of trauma, and the importance of knowing and examining how we respond to traumatic events.
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Poems by francine j. harris
Rather than decode every reference in the poem, however, I’m eager to experience the musicality of it, to listen to the opening, and see how it squares with the poem’s first line: “The tension is in drag. the rug of hot winter rain. the droll swish tires.”
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