8 Fascinating Instagram Accounts Dedicated to Women in History
Did you know that Instagram can be educational? No, we don’t mean for learning the technique for perfect cat eye eyeliner (though that’s fun, too). These accounts [...]
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What We Love | Empowering Compliments for Girls
“A major task of parenting is communicating your values to children. Don’t let an avoidable linguistic habit send an unintentional message that how little girls look is [...]
She Had Always Known Me: Remembering Poet Ntozake Shange
My children have grown accustomed to my grief. Over the years—from the death of my parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, a beloved cousin, to those of schoolmates [...]
Charm School and Learning to Stand
I’m trying to explain charm school to my daughter. Is this even still a thing? Do mothers still sign their girls up for classes in how to be delightfully alluring? We were [...]
Pumpkin Spice & The Great Divide
People might be over-exposed to pumpkin spice. The promotional campaigns begin in August, when it’s still boiling hot outside, and brands have found a way to insert it into [...]
Sweatpants & Equality | 5 Powerful Women You Should Know
March is Women’s History Month. Founded in 1911 in the United States to coincide with the first International Women’s Day, the annual event commemorates the achievements [...]
Sweatpants & Equality | Women’s March 2018
A conversation with Emily Patton of March Forward Virginia about March to the Polls D.C. [...]
Remembering Carrie Fisher on Her Birthday
On her sixty-first birthday, we remember our shero: Carrie Fisher. [...]
Sweatpants & Equality | The Trouble With Women in Tech
There is a disproportionate representation of women in tech and yes, it is a problem. Devil’s advocates will ask why. If women and girls don’t gravitate towards STEM [...]
Sweatpants & Equality | Activism is a Practice – How to Be Woke
Political activist Kerra Bolton reminds us, "Performing wokeness is not the same as being awake." [...]
