“Wait! I don’t have my cell phone!” I said in a panic as we stood by the elevator of the parking garage. My friends and I were about to head home when I reached into my coat pocket and realized my phone was not there. We just finished walking in The Women’s March for the second year in a row. We were cold, tired and hungry. The last thing needed was an unwelcome …Read More >
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With Our Heads High & Our Fists Up: Women at the Cannes Film Festival
Every year directors, producers, actors and actresses get all dressed up and show up to the south of France to present their projects to the world at the Cannes Film Festival. And in this year’s festival, along with notable films as BlacKKKlansman and Cold War, women stood up for themselves to be heard, continuing the action began by the Times Up movement in the U.S. at …Read More >
Are You Woman Enough?
Does anyone else think at least once a day, am I woman enough? There is a definite line between what makes women, women and men, men in our society. After reading that statement, some things might have popped into your head. There might have been the stereotypes like the commander of the house, bearer of children, and protector of said child. Forgive me - that is my bias …Read More >
Stepping Over the Line
I stood in a line with sixty other women that were in my community. The room was small and felt rather crowded but none of us minded. It was cozy. This week, one of our members proposed we do an activity that could help bring us closer together. The game was simple. Someone would call out a statement and if it applied to you then you would step forward or “step over the …Read More >
A Distant Embrace from the Inside
When our bus pulled into the lot of State Reformatory for Women, the first thing I noticed was the tall chain linked fence. It was a beautiful morning. The sky looked like a painting and the weather was close to perfect. I looked out towards the front of the bus and saw the guards waiting for us. I was anxious and had no idea what to expect but I knew I was going to …Read More >
Menopause, Potty Training and embracing the gray… sort of
No one was more surprised than my husband and I when the doctor told us I was seven weeks pregnant. Exactly one year to the day before, they said I would never be able to have children. I was almost 43 years old. My frame was too small for the baby which affected the position of her left leg. After she was born she wore a leg harness for several months. We were uncertain …Read More >