Storytime: The Tell-Tale Ring
For the next month or two, I’m going to be contributing weekly pieces to the girl-power website Off Our Chests. Here’s my latest. Snip: So, I have this ex. I dated him for a long time, but we haven’t really talked in ages. I suspect that I hurt him pretty bad when he dated; he [...]
...read moreChildren on Flights
Flying with kids has been the topic of three New York Times articles over the past few weeks (one, two and three), and the responses are predictably polarizing. Because yes, having a screaming kid on your flight absolutely sucks. I would imagine it also sucks to be the parent of a screaming kid on a [...]
...read moreSchools Must Protect Students from Sexual Violence
This is a guest post by Katherine Greenier.
Sexual violence in schools and on campus is a pressing civil rights issue. When students suffer sexual assault and harassment, they are deprived of equal and free access to an education.
Sister Bloggers
A great piece is in Good this month by Nona Willis Aronowitz about the prevalence of Mormon lifestyle bloggers. Read it all, but Nona is trying to answer the question of why so many female lifestyle bloggers are Mormon. She doesn’t come to an exact answer, but it seems to be some combination of: They’re [...]
...read moreThe HPV Vaccine is Coming to Developing Countries
Big news: GAVI announced today that it intends to introduce HPV and rubella vaccines in developing countries. Each year cervical cancer causes 275,000 deaths with 88% taking place in poor countries. It is projected that the number of deaths will rise to 430,000 women each year by 2050 if no action is taken. To reduce [...]
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