Reading Materials: Gail Galdwell writes, "I had a friend, and we shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too." The author shares with us the importance of her friendship with Caroline Knapp through the book "Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship" (via La Times). Sometimes you have [...]

Reading Materials "Starting from the Scratch," the new book by Susan M. Gilber-Collins will make you laugh at some parts and weep in others. It’s a quick read but definitely worth it (via Feminist Review). Lori Freedman is a sociologist and she wrote the book "Willing and Unable: Doctors’ Constraints in Abortion Care." Through this book, [...]

Reading Materials: Particularly relevant to the times: Eliza Griswold brings us "The Tenth Parallel," a book that describes “where Muslims and Christians drew lines in the sand" (via NY Time). "The Gerbil Farmer’s Daughter" is a true story by Holly Robinson — one she didn’t always want to share. She emphasizes in the best way [...]

Reading Materials: A book full of feminine energy! "Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the heart" The book is a collection of essays edited by Nina Simons with Anneke Campbell (via Feminist Review). How we can bridge the gap between two different worlds: Western students and Eastern teachers? Wise Teacher, Wise Student: Tibetan approaches [...]

Reading Materials Tamara Weinstein introduces us the book "Black Dogs and Blue Words: Depression and Gender in the Age of Self-Care" by Kimberly Emmons. A book that analyzes the rhetoric surrounding depression (via Feminist Review). Summer time and one more book list for your vacation, featuring classic books like "The Old Man and the Sea" [...]

Last week a huge step happened in the right direction for the marriage equality. Courtney writes @ Feministing about that: “Boston judge rules federal gay marriage ban unconstitutional”. Yesterday, a judge in Boston ruled that the federal gay marriage ban is unconstitutional, taking a huge step in the right direction for marriage equality. U.S. District [...]

Reading Materials: Remember those high school summer reading lists? SKM over at  Shakesville gives us her own list for this summer. Some great recommendations, and check out the comments for even more. Melissa Arjona introduces us to the new book "Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry" by Tiffany M. Gill [...]

A new study on gender equality by the Pew Research Center was released last week. Tracy Clark-Flory in "Equality: The global gap between belief, reality" gives us more info about the results (via Salon.com). Oh joy, a new study on gender equality by the Pew Research Center was released today. The good news first: Most [...]

Enjoy the long weekend and Happy fourth of July! Reading Materials The BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction, Britain’s leading nonfiction prize, was awarded Thursday to Barbara Demick for "Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea." (via LA Times). "As a reader I’ve always been interested in dystopian novels like ‘Nineteen Eighty-four,’" she told the [...]

Gertrude Pswarayi informs us that  "Menstruation Remains Taboo, Hinders Education Causes Health Problems" in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE — Growing up in the rural Chibi district of Masvingo in Zimbabwe, Tsitsi Moyo, 16, has never used a sanitary pad. She has never seen a tampon. Other sanitary wear such as keepers and moon cups, small internally [...]