Insomnia: 12 Steps to Improve Sleep
Over half of Americans suffer from sleep problems in any given year. Fortunately, there are a number of steps you can take to help improve your sleep.
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“A Story about the Heart,” “Betrayals,” and “Bed,”
by Andrea Hollander
Poetry speaks, in part, the language of place—exterior, interior, and especially the intersection where the outer and inner come together, that vital third place that is evoked, sometimes subtly, in these poems, which focus on my journey from the woods to the city and from marriage to divorce and beyond.
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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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‘Ophelia,’ The No Longer Silent Victim of Denmark’s Game of Thrones
The new costume drama 'Ophelia,' directed by Claire McCarthy and written by Semi Chellis, based on the novel by Lisa Klein, tells the famous story from Hamlet's on-again, off-again girlfriend's point of view. And then it turns it on its head.
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Developing A Routine to Prevent Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease and other tickborne illnesses are on the rise. Unfortunately, however, the diagnosis is often missed or delayed.
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Poetry Sunday: “Crab Feed,” by Kathleen McClung
The poem captures the relaxed, meandering qualities of still-light-at-night community meals in high summer. Community, family, plenty, gratitude—we feel all this in the poem, and understand the way ordinary experiences can sometimes transcend themselves.
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In Praise of the Old-Fashioned Fourth
Three cheers for the traditional Fourth of July celebration, Americans’ annual salute to their country. Women's Voices has covered many such home-grown tributes. Today, from our archives, we’re featuring three traditional Fourths, from towns tiny to small to huge.
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Funny Girls: Stand-Up Comedy
with a Focus on the Female
Six women have one-hour stand-up specials on Netflix right now. They range from friendly to angry to bemused to downright crude.
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July 4: Be Safe at Your Celebration
Here’s a primer on how to stay healthy as we celebrate our cherished Independence Day.
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Poetry Sunday: “Dear S—” by Alexandra van de Kamp
Like the best of trips, Alexandra van de Kamp’s “Dear S—” exposes us to both the strange we find alluring and the strange we find disturbing, and by the end we are looking at the world in a slightly different way.
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When Divorce Turns Ugly
Except in very rare cases, the process of separation and divorce can be stressful at best and anguished, even dangerous, at worst.
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Summertime, and the Movies are Musical
Go to the movies this summer, and there's a good chance you'll come out humming a tune.
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Prevent the Summer Afflictions of Lyme Disease and Acute Sunburn
Summer, unfortunately, brings a hazard into some of our lives in the form of ticks. In addition, frequent sunburns and excessive UV radiation cause direct DNA damage and are the primary causes of skin aging.
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Poetry Sunday: “Self-Portrait with Prodigal Father,” by Elizabeth Majerus
“Self-Portrait with Prodigal Father” does what good titles are meant to do—give an idea of the poem’s subject—but does it with a “hook,” something to grab attention and pique interest, to ensure that readers will go on to read the poem.
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Women with Horrible Bosses
Almost everyone has had a bad boss, but it can be a dangerous problem if you are serious about your career. Especially if you are a woman.
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Put Emma Thompson — and Her New Movie,
‘Late Night’ — on Your List
'Late Night' deals with more substantive topics, like diversity, the #MeToo movement (and what it means when the workplace aggressor is a woman and her targeted subordinate is a man), and especially ageism.
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What Causes a Migraine, and What Relieves the Pain?
June National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month. Dr. Baxter Allen, focuses this article on the symptoms of, and treatment for, that severe form of headache, the migraine.
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Poetry Sunday: “At the Corner Store,” by Lesley Valdes
In this poem, we see a father’s strength and dignity lending a grace that, for the speaker, stands in counterpoint to the swift and terrible destruction of his disease.
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Fatherhood: A Changing Picture?
While there have been great social changes in the past 50 years, with women entering the workforce en mass, sometimes bringing home bigger paychecks than their husbands, the division of domestic chores has not kept pace. Many women still feel like they do the lion’s share of the work at home, a “second shift,” in addition to their paying jobs.
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Ava DuVernay’s powerful new Netflix mini-series ‘When They See Us’
I encourage you to watch 'When They See Us.' DuVernay's gripping miniseries has allowed the Central Park Five (who now prefer the title "the Exonerated Five") the chance to be seen and heard they were denied in 1989.
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Summer Sun and Skin Health
Now that we finally had some summer weather this weekend, it is time to think seriously about sun protection and other ways to maintain healthy and glowing complexions. We know that over 70 percent of UV radiation exposure occurs in the summer months so sun protection is essential.
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Poetry Sunday: “Did My Father Work on Bombs?”
by Jacqueline Berger
My father was wounded and wonderful, maybe in equal measure. To his credit, he took an early retirement and became a teacher. The poem is my ongoing questioning of who my father was and, on another level, how the whole meaning and influence of family changes once parents are no longer alive.
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Real Life vs. Virtual Reality: Healthy Pleasures
While our connectivity promises that the next exciting thing, whether it be a message, a news flash, or a photo of kittens, is just a button away, we are drawn further and further from the concrete pleasures of the real world.
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‘Booksmart’: Geeks Gone Wild
'Booksmart' is a funny, entertaining, and very smart celebration of the deep friendship between two academically gifted girls who decide to make up for four years of non-stop studying with one epic night of partying
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