Women and Politics
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3.1KNot All Gummies are the Same
I am the mother of a 22 month old who loves gummy snacks. His grandmothers know this, and they send him different...
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2.4KOn the Ground at the 2020 DC Women’s March
Yesterday I got my cold and sore self on the metro and made my way into DC for the 4th annual Women’s...
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4.5KReally WWE? It’s 2020, not the Attitude Era
I am a wrestling fan. I watched the WWF (now WWE) and WCW switching back and forth depending on which match was...
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2.7KTalking about Periods
The film Period. End of Sentence won the Oscar last year. Freweini Mebrahtu won the CNN Hero of the Year award for...
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3.1KFreweini Mebrahtu Named CNN Hero of the Year
I began my period when I was fourteen years old. Being born in the United States there was no shame or stigma...
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2.9KRosa Parks Monument in Montgomery, Alabama
December 1, 1955, forty-two-year-old Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama. According to the National Archives, at that time the buses could...
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7.0KTaylor Swift has Learned a Lot
I love the quote from Don Draper, “If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation.” To me, that is quintessentially...
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4.4KKatie Hill’s Resignation
Katie Hill was the former Congressional Representative from California. She resigned after nude photos of herself and a female worker on her...
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3.9KWhy Women’s Reproductive Rights are Important for All Women
I have taken a couple of days to decompress and think before writing about this topic after Alabama’s governor signed the strictest...
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3.8KMarriage and a New Baby
Having a baby within the first year of marriage is hard. Or maybe just having your first child can be hard on...