Womanhood

No Folding Chair Required… How Women You Should Know Offers Us All A Seat At The Table

Guest ContributorNovember 8, 2018

By Marie Gardiner - Being a woman in business, being a woman doing something ‘different,’ or heck, sometimes just being a woman, can be a step off a high ledge ...

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I Am Relieved That I Will Never Be A Grandmother

Guest ContributorNovember 3, 2018

By Lori Day - I am the mother of a 26-year-old daughter, my only child. As one of the early IVF pioneers of the late 80’s and early 90’s, I went through many ye...

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The 100 Black Females Project: Shayla Hunter Turns Academic Assignment Into Empowering Platform

wyskNovember 2, 2018

In April 2018, Shayla Hunter was required to complete a 100 Day Project as part of her graduate degree from the School of Visual Arts. She needed to create some...

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What Does It Mean To Say No To Motherhood?

Guest ContributorJune 26, 2018

By Therese Shechter - "Do you have kids?" seems like an innocent question, but the answer may be the most taboo topic of a woman’s life. In this third film of m...

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That Time Breastfeeding Was “Normalized” On Sesame Street… In 1977

wyskMay 7, 2018

Clearly and sadly, when it comes to breastfeeding, things were a lot more progressive back then. ...

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Marisa Jahn and ‘The CareForce One’ Amplifying The Voices Of America’s Caregivers In New Series

wyskMay 1, 2018

CareForce One Travelogues is a film series that features the artist Marisa Morán Jahn, her son, and their friend Anjum Asharia as they travel from NYC to Miami ...

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We May Be In Our 70s And Widows, But We Still Have Full Lives… That Includes Sex

Guest ContributorFebruary 12, 2018

I am writing this anonymously, not to protect me, but to protect my friends. You see, we are widows. I never quite understood why this is a unique designation s...

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Tracee Ellis Ross On Living Her Life Outside Society’s Expectations Of “Womanhood”

wyskNovember 16, 2017

Tracee Ellis Ross is an award-winning actress, entrepreneur and overall badass. But even with huge success, she, like so many of us, is scrutinized for choosing...

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Boyfriend: My Exhaustive Breakdown Of The Word As An English Language Fail

wyskNovember 10, 2017

A 41 year old woman searches tirelessly for a new word to cure her Unmarried-Hetero-Long-Term-Partner-Identifyer-itis....

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