Were you welcomed into Adulthood? Did you receive a ceremony? Had a Mentor? Experienced a sense of belonging to your community as an equal
How does one become an adult? Well, mostly by imitation… I grew up in a household of two (heavy) cigarette-smoking, coffee-drinking parents. For me, this
All indigenous cultures around the world revered women for their ability to birth Life! In order to birth Life, we must first Menstruate! In
In my daughter’s 5th grade class there are three times as many girls with braces on their teeth than there are boys. Though boys are
“First menstruation is welcomed with much celebration and fanfare in Hindu and Buddhist Sri Lankan cultures” writes Audrey Sivasothy in Associated Content on Yahoo (June
How do you like being called a “baby bearer”??? ‘The Times Of India’ refers to you as just that, in an article by Saadia S. Dhailey
Imagine a moment of looking at yourself in the mirror. What is the first image that comes to mind? Are you smiling? Are you satisfied
I first heard of Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) in my late teens. I was still living in Israel, my country of origin, when my
I haven’t shopped for bras in a long time, and a generic department store welcomed me with rows upon rows of them, hanging in all
My daughter, at age 10, knew that her Yoni (Sanskrit for Vagina) means ‘Sacred Space.’ She grew up knowing that her Mom, and all women,