Reading Materials The book "Elizabeth Packard: A noble fight" by Linda Carlisle gives us the opportunity to learn more about the forgotten story of a woman, Elizabeth Packard, who fought for changes that would give both married women and the mentally ill greater rights. The book highlights women’s lives back in the 1860s when it [...]
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Reading Materials: The book, Wait Until Tomorrow by Pat MacEnulty, showcases the relationship between the author and her elderly mom, a drug addict and a small-town idol as a composer, pianist, organist and musical director. Find out how Pat will achieve her two goals, which are to help her mother to find a new life [...]
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Reading Materials: It is always hard to accept that your parents are getting older. How you will take care of them and how you will face the realities of aging. Pat MacEnulty and Tamara Titus in their new book "This is the Way We say Goodbye" are trying to explore how you can keep the [...]
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Reading Materials: The new book "Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History’s Most Notorious Women" by Elizabeth Kerry Mahon presents biographies full of interesting stories, intellect, courage and creativity. There is no doubt that behind every historic event is always a scandalous woman. For more information click here. ’33 Revolutions Per Minute’ by Dorian [...]
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Reading Materials: "The Unruly Girls, Unrepentant Mothers: Redefining Feminism on Screen " by Kathleen Rowe Karlyn is a great book with a lot of information for Third Wave Feminists. What made the author write this book? She wanted to ask whether today’s seemingly materialistic and apolitical girls, inspired by such real and fictional characters as [...]
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Reading Materials: Who doesn’t love NYC? A magic place where everything can happen and "the lights will inspire you". The new book "Heart of the City" by Ariel Savar includes nine stories of love and serendipity on the streets of New York. For more information click here. Elizabeth Taylor died on Wednesday March 23rd at [...]
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Reading Materials The new book "Chick Lit and Postfeminism " by Dr. Stephanie Harzewski examines bestsellers such as Bridget Jones’ Diary, The Devil Wears Prada and Sex and the City though the microscope of gender relations in the modern UK and USA. For more information, click here. Ntozake Shang in her new book "For Colored Girls" is [...]
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Reading Materials: March 8th is International Women’s Day and here’s thirteen books we suggest you read on women’s equality–where real progress is being made and how far we have come. For more information click here. The new book by French-based actor/writer Darina Al-Joundi, is a memoir about her life. She talks about the reality of [...]
“77% of pro-life activists are men. 100% will never be pregnant.”
On Saturday, our dedicated Fem2.0 bloggers Christina Black and Maggie Arden met up at Upper Senate Park for the DC Walk for Choice. Here are their impressions, what they learned and their hopes for the future. Christina Black This was only my second rally, ever. The first was Jon Stewart’s Rally for Sanity last fall. [...]
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Reading Materials The first novel, " A Love Story: Starring My Dead Best Friend " by Emily Horner involves musical theater, road trips and most importantly, a LGBTQ story. And the 2011 Rainbow Project has listed it in the top ten books of the year. For more information about the book, click here. How easy is it [...]