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Women Could Save $$$ by Not Buying into Beauty

Women Could Save $$$ by Not Buying into Beauty

Stop giving your power away: no mascara, no fancy clothes, no hair appointments . . .
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L. N.
How Beauty, Assault, and Racism Reverberate Through My Life

How Beauty, Assault, and Racism Reverberate Through My Life

The first time a man touched me I was in sixth grade
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Hope Lion
“Mean Girls” —  Revisiting A Classic Film

“Mean Girls” —  Revisiting A Classic Film

How a movie about high school girls has made slow progress in embracing inclusiveness
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Christyl Rivers, Phd.
Schrödinger’s Femme

Schrödinger’s Femme

The quantum truth about rejecting some (not all) men
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Lacie Lou
The Holiday Song Of Hallelujah

The Holiday Song Of Hallelujah

A poem to usher in hope, light, and humanity for the holidays
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Christyl Rivers, Phd.
“There’s Not One Man I’ve Ever Felt Safe With”

“There’s Not One Man I’ve Ever Felt Safe With”

I was struck by her words but not surprised
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Maevyn Frey
Consider Three Women in Mumbai

Consider Three Women in Mumbai

First Indian filmmaker wins the Grand Prix at Cannes for “All We Imagined As Light”
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Patsy Fergusson
Our Demands Aren’t Going Back Into Pandora’s Jar

Our Demands Aren’t Going Back Into Pandora’s Jar

Ideas can’t be unthought
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Lacie Lou
A Social Worker’s Guide on How to (Mostly) End Abortion

A Social Worker’s Guide on How to (Mostly) End Abortion

Limiting women’s reproductive freedom is not the answer
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Hope Rising
I’ve Been Doing 4B for a Decade: This Is What It Feels Like

I’ve Been Doing 4B for a Decade: This Is What It Feels Like

4B = no marriage, no children, no dates, no sex with men, no drama
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Mona Lazar
Is It Mental Illness, Or Is It Simply a Normal Reaction to Abuse?

Is It Mental Illness, Or Is It Simply a Normal Reaction to Abuse?

Be careful you're not being gaslit by those around you before succumbing to the narrative —yet again — that you need "help"
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Selena Routley
We Were Alone in the Hospital When the Goons Walked In

We Were Alone in the Hospital When the Goons Walked In

How four women dealt with a firearm injury in Pakistan
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Damane Zehra
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