click to empower
For every click of the “Click to Empower” button at http://www.clicktoempower.com, The Allstate Foundation will donate $1 (up to $300,000) to the Education and Job Training Fund. This fund expands […]
Calling the Circle
So I have been waiting to actually say these words for a while because I wasn’t sure if it would be possible to make all the details, odds and ends, […]
And yet so far to go…
I am timing myself on this one. Because I could go on way too long if I allowed myself. The hope I felt when I came across the Newsweek article […]
Ideas for Mentoring
A friend recently e-mailed to see what suggestions I had for her as she started a mentoring relationship with a girl in high school. Here were my thoughts. I hope […]
Exporting Body Dissatisfaction
When you think about what Western culture exports, the first thing that comes to mind probably isn’t body dissatisfaction. But a recent study shows that our Western media is playing […]
Boosting your confidence
At book events, I am often asked how women can support one another in boosting confidence. I mentioned a few ideas in my suggestions for 2008 Resolutions (which Fighting Windmills […]
2007 Cheers
In the fall of 2006, I became convinced that we were on the precipe of a beauty and body standard revolution. That the standards were about to be shaken up […]
Five Resolutions to Consider for 2008
I’m a resolver. A lister. A planner. A dreamer. A must do better-er. And I am also a supporter of women, a cheerleader (in the theoretical sense. I tried out for cheerleading […]
A Round Up of 2007
So, I am working on a body image, beauty perception, and identity cheers and jeers list for 2007. Have some suggestions for who or what should make either list? Send […]
Saving the Women of the World
(a history of me and my short skirts) 2008 will mark the 10th anniversary of Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues and the movement it spurred. I had the honor of being […]
