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Women's Wisdom

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Our old and trusty car (1992) was about to go to cars’ heaven, and my in-laws generously offered financial help toward replacing it. My partner

July 3, 2012 No Comments

Coming of Age

How Many Calories In A Slice Of Love?

My Mom first put me on a diet when I was about 8 years old. None of my photos show an overweight girl, though I

June 6, 2012 No Comments

Coming of Age

Celebrate Menstrual Monday!

Everything starts as a Thought! A dissertation, a dress, an airplane, this article, or a national holiday such as Thanksgiving… The thoughts of Sarah

May 2, 2012 2 Comments

Red Tent

Dancing With The Moon

Are your moods predictable? How about your sleepless nights? Fearless moments? Bashful bouts? “I don’t know what came over me!” we often exclaim, and usually

April 12, 2012 5 Comments

Coming of Age

Let Your Daughter Find Her Song!

Sing daughter sing Make a song And sing Beat out your own rhythms The rhythms of your life But make the song soulful And make

March 4, 2012 No Comments

Coming of Age

Coming of Age: It’s Never Too Late…

Were you welcomed into Adulthood? Did you receive a ceremony? Had a Mentor? Experienced a sense of belonging to your community as an equal

February 4, 2012 2 Comments

Coming of Age

Coming of Age: How Does One Become An Adult?

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

January 16, 2012 No Comments

Coming of Age

Why Is Menstruation Powerful?

All indigenous cultures around the world revered women for their ability to birth Life! In order to birth Life, we must first Menstruate! In

December 12, 2011 7 Comments

Coming of Age

Are We Binding Our Girls’ Mouths?

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

November 8, 2011 10 Comments

Coming of Age

Through Alice’s Looking Glass

“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

October 10, 2011 1 Comment