Lady Gaga made news yet again, this time by publicly sharing during the Oscars that she was raped at age 19. Yes, she set off shock waves around the world, not just because she shared something so intimate, but because she challenged each of us to consider how we talk about rape in our own …
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Sixteen and Not Ready to Confront Girly Thoughts
May 22nd, 2015 | Posted by in Adolescents | Adolescents' Issues | Body Image | Family Issues | Girly Thoughts | Health & Wellness | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Sixteen and Not Ready to Confront Girly Thoughts)I met Roseanna recently when I gave a talk at a university. She remembered that I asked women to share their girly thoughts, an obnoxious term I coined to describe that toxic, inner self-talk that plagues and disempowers women. Roseanna’s Contribution Roseanna send me a poem she wrote about her sister, …
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One Billion Rising..By Dancing?
March 12th, 2013 | Posted by in Addiction | Uncategorized - (Comments Off on One Billion Rising..By Dancing?)One billion? and we’re not talking about the Sequestration, which is planning to cut one trillion anyway, or the population of the US that is only about 315 million. No, we are speaking about a global effort involving more than three times the population of the US — we are speaking about women uniting around …
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