Women's Voices For Change

Chart Your Own Personal Course to Financial Safety

By Agnes Krup

Chart Your Own Personal Course to Financial Safety It really is not at all staying that is easy track with your own individual finances. The mindset of scores of US customers appears to be: Relentlessly pursue mobility that is upward. Continuously achieve more “things”. Utilize credit to give your real earnings. Never place down a buy until later on if…

Health

Ovarian Cancer — What You Need to Know

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

In the United States, ovarian cancer is the tenth most common cancer among women and the single most common cause of gynecologic cancer deaths.

Poetry

Poetry Sunday: “On Marriage,” by Meghan O’Rourke

By Rebecca Foust

I wrote this poem while thinking about the way that marriage is a form, not unlike a poem, which demands certain kinds of commitments (and identities) from us and in turn shapes us in response to our commitment to it.

Health

An easy Guide to Becoming a Better Saver

By Agnes Krup

An easy Guide to Becoming a Better Saver One of many fundamental principles of spending less is always to invest less. That is fairly apparent. And something of the very ways that are important attempt is to produce a spending plan to make sure you actually understand where your hard earned money is certainly going on a monthly basis. This…

Marriage & Life Partners

Dangerous Knowledge:
A Friend’s Husband is Cheating

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

While knowing the truth can be vitally important, help your friend understand her marriage at her own pace.

Film & Television

‘Rafiki’: Juliet and Juliet, A Kenyan Love Story

By Alexandra MacAaron

'Rafiki' is visually compelling, and the story it tells, although by no means unfamiliar, so engaging that it's easy to overlook the film's very fine performances.

Health

The Insider Secrets for Hello World

By Agnes Krup

The Insider Secrets for Hello World You will carry on to let it operate since you stop by this next report. Nothing might have assisted them longer. Yes, in the event that you should be doing Math. If you should be capable of going into the candidate name in the writing box and vote and comprehend that the vote count…

Family & Friends

Memorial Day: Remembering Those Who Died in Service, and the Wounded and Traumatized

By Deborah Harkins

On May 30, 1868, families across the nation laid wreaths on the graves of soldiers who had fallen in the Civil War. That was the first national observance of Memorial Day (originally called Decoration Day, for the medals and ribbons left on the grave sites).

Emotional Health

Summer’s Healing Power: Earth, Water, and Light

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Ecotherapy is a new kind of psychotherapy that embraces the healing power of the natural world. The basic premise is that by connecting with nature—plants, animals, wind, sun, sky, water, etc.—we experience a spiritual and emotional connection with the world and are able to feel more at peace and grounded.

Film & Television

‘Wine Country’: Amy Poehler Takes Her BFFs to Napa

By Alexandra MacAaron

In the last several years, we've seen a good number of girlfriend-power movies. I applaud Amy Poehler and her team for delivering a buddy movie that focuses on women. Hopefully, it will pave the way for more (and maybe even better ones).

Health

Adults Have Attention Disorders Too

By Megan Riddle, M.D. Ph.D. MS

Doctor Megan Riddle responds to a question from the mother of a child with ADHD to help us better understand Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and its impact on adults.

Poetry

Poetry Sunday: “You Are a Dark Body,”
by Natalie Scenters-Zapico

By Rebecca Foust

This poem is about thirst and how a life of thirst then quenched with a fistful of water can make you contend with all the women you could have been, the children you could have had, and the ever-changing body you are given.

Food & Drink · Nutrition

Food Wars: The Struggle for Healthy Eating

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

The past ten years have seen an explosion of interest in and controversy about just what comprises healthy eating. As a result, new diets and regimes abound.

Film & Television

‘Long Shot’: Beauty and the Beast Go to Washington

By Alexandra MacAaron

Female presidents of the United States may be in short supply (or, sadly, in no supply) in the real world, but they've become surprisingly common on screens big and small.

Books · Politics

Sandra Day O’Connor—First Woman
on the Supreme Court

By Diane Vacca

'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.

Poetry

Poetry Sunday: “Theodicy,” by Meryl Natchez

By Rebecca Foust

So many events from the past reappear in a different light, and in that light how often my parenting was found wanting. Can any mother escape blame? We are fallen gods. — Meryl Natchez

Family & Friends

Being A Mother — The Role of a Lifetime
[From Our Archives]

By Deborah Harkins

Here, chosen from Our Archives, are reflections on how well or disappointingly each of five very different mothers inhabited that “role of a lifetime”—from her daughter’s point of view.

Emotional Health · Family & Friends

Daughters, Mothers, and Grandmothers

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

The paradox of parenthood is that while this overarching connection and investment in your children is essential, being a good mother also requires that you let them become themselves.

Film & Television · Politics

‘Knock Down the House’: Four Women Dare to Run for Congress

By Alexandra MacAaron

As 'Knock Down the House' argues so compellingly, the United States of America cannot be a government by and for the people unless people are willing to step up and make it so.

General Medical · Health

Measles: The Recurrence of a Deadly Disease
and the Importance of Vaccination

By Elena S. Resnick, M.D.

The resurgence of this once eradicated disease means that people who have lost their immunity over time are now at risk of contracting this deadly disease.

Poetry

“Mother,” by Lola Ridge

By Rebecca Foust

Homage to a mother—is a common theme in poetry, but, refreshingly, is presented here without the Hallmark cliché or sentiment that so often mars such poems. Restraint is evident in every line

Emotional Health

When the Past Interferes with the Present

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

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.

Film & Television

Super Tired of Superheroes?
Netflix Serves Up Several New Originals

By Alexandra MacAaron

The streaming services have also provided opportunities for writers, directors, and actors who are often overlooked by mainstream Hollywood. Several of Netflix's current offerings are by, for, and with women.

Health

Spring Complexion Care

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

The arrival of a new season is the perfect time to reassess your skin care and beauty regimen. Spring is the season of new beginnings and regrowth, re-evaluation, and cleansing. Same could be applied to your daily routine.