Posts Tagged: women
Dizzy Dames
“I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’ Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s you, COVID, makin’ it spin You’re makin’ me dizzy” 2022 Revised lyrics Dizzy 1930 George Burns and Gracie Allen song As a long-time feminist, I’m
Dizzy Dames
“I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’ Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s you, COVID, makin’ it spin You’re makin’ me dizzy” 2022 Revised lyrics Dizzy 1930 George Burns and Gracie Allen song As a long-time feminist, I’m
Happy International Women’s Day 2023
Don’t just accept the card you are dealt. Play your own hand. It’s no mystery- women are powerful Happy International Womens Day
Happy International Women’s Day 2023
Don’t just accept the card you are dealt. Play your own hand. It’s no mystery- women are powerful Happy International Womens Day
When Feminism Was the Woke of Its’ Day
The current war on “wokeness” is reminiscent of the war on feminism waged by conservatives over 50 years ago. Today’s right-wing is scared of woke culture that threatens to change everything beloved about American life. Like “wokeness” the right
When Feminism Was the Woke of Its’ Day
The current war on “wokeness” is reminiscent of the war on feminism waged by conservatives over 50 years ago. Today’s right-wing is scared of woke culture that threatens to change everything beloved about American life. Like “wokeness” the right
Women’s Equality Day
Though often unacknowledged, August 26 is Women’s Equality Day. More than 40 years after the women’s liberation movement stormed onto the scene opening a floodgate of dialogue about women’s rights, its déjà vu all over again. Today women are still
Women’s Equality Day
Though often unacknowledged, August 26 is Women’s Equality Day. More than 40 years after the women’s liberation movement stormed onto the scene opening a floodgate of dialogue about women’s rights, its déjà vu all over again. Today women are still
A Mothers Day for All
Mother’s Day is a complicated day for so many of us. For those like me who no longer have a living mother yet live with their spirit and love every day it can be a difficult day of longing, deeply
A Mothers Day for All
Mother’s Day is a complicated day for so many of us. For those like me who no longer have a living mother yet live with their spirit and love every day it can be a difficult day of longing, deeply
Flying the Friendly Skies Again
Dispatches from JFK Airport …. California, here I come! Although the skies today are not nearly as friendly as they once were, I still think nothing of leaving on a jet plane by myself to head out to California,
Flying the Friendly Skies Again
Dispatches from JFK Airport …. California, here I come! Although the skies today are not nearly as friendly as they once were, I still think nothing of leaving on a jet plane by myself to head out to California,
The Problem With Aging Is the Problem
The real problem with aging is that we consider it a problem We don’t need to defy aging. We need to embrace it and not see it through the lens of decline. Or diminishment The images of “older women” were
The Problem With Aging Is the Problem
The real problem with aging is that we consider it a problem We don’t need to defy aging. We need to embrace it and not see it through the lens of decline. Or diminishment The images of “older women” were
How Old Is Old -Women, Aging and Art
How old is old is, an age-old question and the answer keeps changing especially for women. Forty may be the new thirty and sixty the new fifty, but aging itself continues to be seen as diminishment and decline. Long ascribed
How Old Is Old -Women, Aging and Art
How old is old is, an age-old question and the answer keeps changing especially for women. Forty may be the new thirty and sixty the new fifty, but aging itself continues to be seen as diminishment and decline. Long ascribed
International Women’s Day All Eyes On Ukraine
Today on International Women’s Day I will be thinking of the extraordinary Ukrainian women who are showing the world what courage, resistance, and resiliency looks like. Including the 79-year-old great grandmother Valentyna Konstantynovska who learned how to use an AK-47
International Women’s Day All Eyes On Ukraine
Today on International Women’s Day I will be thinking of the extraordinary Ukrainian women who are showing the world what courage, resistance, and resiliency looks like. Including the 79-year-old great grandmother Valentyna Konstantynovska who learned how to use an AK-47
Women’s March on Washington- Five Years Later
The first Women’s March was five years ago -half a decade of women fighting to defeat Trumpism. It was historical. The largest single-day demonstration in recorded US history. That March felt like democracy at its best. Who could have imagined
Women’s March on Washington- Five Years Later
The first Women’s March was five years ago -half a decade of women fighting to defeat Trumpism. It was historical. The largest single-day demonstration in recorded US history. That March felt like democracy at its best. Who could have imagined
Envisioning The American Dream 