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Modern Women November Newsletter
Modern Women November Newsletter
Let’s lean in for a moment
ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
Nov 4
Modern Women Submission Guidelines — New & Revisied for 2024
Modern Women Submission Guidelines — New & Revisied for 2024
How to write for Modern Women
ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
Jan 19
Modern Women: November Writing Prompts & Theme
Modern Women: November Writing Prompts & Theme
Are you ready?
ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
Nov 5
Editors’ Picks: Top Articles in Modern Women for October
Editors’ Picks: Top Articles in Modern Women for October
The pieces that stood out from an incredible month of Modern Women publishing
Brenda Covarrubias
Nov 3
Finding Your Way On Medium & Getting Your Work the Audience It Deserves
Finding Your Way On Medium & Getting Your Work the Audience It Deserves
All the help you’ll need in one place
ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
May 7
Women In The Spotlight
Offering Permission to Embrace Who We Are As Women
Offering Permission to Embrace Who We Are As Women
An Interview with Grace Delphia, the wise woman of the Modern Women Publication
ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
Nov 21
Latest Stories
She Doesn’t Know I Just Said My Final Farewell
She Doesn’t Know I Just Said My Final Farewell
Being a better friend to myself means I must quietly turn away
Grace Delphia
Dec 1
Editors’ Picks: Top Articles in Modern Women for November
Editors’ Picks: Top Articles in Modern Women for November
The pieces that stood out from an incredible month of Modern Women publishing
Brenda Covarrubias
Dec 1
The Reasons Women Don’t Report Sexual Harassment
The Reasons Women Don’t Report Sexual Harassment
It’s a quiet weight many of us carry
Valvour
Dec 1
Brain Fog Self-Hacks
Brain Fog Self-Hacks
Identifying Triggers and Taking Control of Your Mind
Dating Coach + Matchmaker Karla Moore ~ NineGPS
Dec 1
Pregnant Girlfriend Refuses to Accept Dowry
Pregnant Girlfriend Refuses to Accept Dowry
A Story of a Woman Who Was Abandoned by Her Boyfriend After Getting Pregnant
Daphne Laffer
Dec 1
Falling Rain, Rising Heat
Falling Rain, Rising Heat
Forbidden fruit
Suma Narayan
Dec 1
Four Undeniably Stupid Dating Mistakes I Made As a Woman, Due to My Screwed Up Childhood
Four Undeniably Stupid Dating Mistakes I Made As a Woman, Due to My...
I was ignoring red flags while being a red flag myself
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Dec 1
Finding Freedom
Finding Freedom
A poem
Nicole Dake
Dec 1
How Learning German Unveiled the Beauty in Every Moment
How Learning German Unveiled the Beauty in Every Moment
The Language of Life
Ghan
Dec 1
Christmas Bells and Christmas Blues
Christmas Bells and Christmas Blues
When Grief Comes to the Holidays
MA Hannan
Nov 30
When the One You Like Doesn’t Like You Back
When the One You Like Doesn’t Like You Back
Unrequited Love: Accepting When Someone Doesn’t Love You Back
Elaine Ford
Nov 30
Dear Sisters, Can We Cry in Football Stadiums to Stop the Violence?
Dear Sisters, Can We Cry in Football Stadiums to Stop the Violence?
Or should we use counter-drumming?
Desiree Driesenaar
Nov 30
Why Do Women Spill Their Secrets at Night?
Why Do Women Spill Their Secrets at Night?
There’s something about the night that makes us girls let our guard down.
Valvour
Nov 30
Rapes And Cakes
Rapes And Cakes
Poem — A Parallel between Marital Rape and cakes
Umainah sadaf
Nov 30
Have I Become an Influencer?
Have I Become an Influencer?
Yes, one person at a time.
Joan Naidorf
Nov 30
Female Pleasure Is the Witch Burned at the Stake
Female Pleasure Is the Witch Burned at the Stake
Pleasure Isn’t a Dirty Word — Unless You’re a Woman
Diana The Millenial
Nov 30
The Reality of Being a Working Mother
The Reality of Being a Working Mother
Balancing Work, Family, and Sanity in the Age of Flexible Employment
Georgia
Nov 30
God Let Me See How My Marriage Would End A Year Before It Actually Did
God Let Me See How My Marriage Would End A Year Before It Actually Did
I couldn’t have been more grateful
Connie Raley-Rose
Nov 30
Newbery Award Winners Who Are Women
Newbery Award Winners Who Are Women
Great reads for young readers, written by fantastic female minds
Lily C. Fen
Nov 30
The Female Menstrual Mindset Shift
The Female Menstrual Mindset Shift
Age is not just a number it’s a mindset
Rosa CP
Nov 30
The Last Love Letter For My Ex-CEO Boyfriend
The Last Love Letter For My Ex-CEO Boyfriend
I’ll always cherish what we had, even as I let you go.
Justmenad
Nov 30
What Plants Have Taught Me
What Plants Have Taught Me
As a black, millennial, houseplant lady
Brianna Brown
Nov 30
Dear Black Women in Tech: Your Doubt Isn’t The Problem
Dear Black Women in Tech: Your Doubt Isn’t The Problem
Why impostor syndrome hits different and how the Black Genius Academy is changing that
Nzuri Wordsmith
Nov 30
Why She Became Distant and the Strain It Put on Our Relationship
Why She Became Distant and the Strain It Put on Our Relationship
A Journey Through Friendship, Silence, and the Struggle for Answers
Mishi
Nov 30
The Sisterhood of Motherhood: Support and Solidarity
The Sisterhood of Motherhood: Support and Solidarity
Navigating Motherhood with Collective Wisdom
Samreen fatima shah
Nov 30
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