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 [...]
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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." [...]
Sweatpants & Pop Culture | Lynda Carter: Real Life Wonder Woman
Born July 24, 1951 in Phoenix, Arizona, Lynda Carter has been one of the most recognizable faces (and voices) in pop culture since the 1970s. Especially, if you’re into [...]
Sweatpants & Culture | Celebrating the Life of Octavia Butler on Her Seventieth Birthday
Octavia Butler opened up the science fiction genre to a more diverse readership. Today would have been her 70th birthday. [...]
