Compelling PSA “Boys Will Be Better” Takes On Climate Of Toxic Masculinity
The new PSA Boys Will Be Better, written and directed by Jennifer Rau, takes on the "current climate of toxic masculinity."In an email to WYSK, Jennifer exp...
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Powerful Chorus Of Individuals Speak Up To Give Women You Should Know A Fighting Chance At Survival
We are currently fighting for our organization’s life. Headed into 2019, Women You Should Know can no longer survive without outside funding as we’ve done for t...
This Dollmaker, Street Artist, And Yarnbomber Has Us Hooked On Her Handiwork
We are big fans of 'yarnbombing', a particularly beautiful and cozy form of street art, also known as yarn graffiti, 'yarnstorming' or yarn activism. So when th...
Chicago Area Illustrator Pamela Seatter Unveils Public Art Mural “Stronger Together”
When now art director and and illustrator Pamela Seatter was in first grade, she won a poster contest, and knew at that moment she wanted to be an artist. Today...
I’m Fighting For The Fading Stories Of Pioneering Women In Science And The Platform That Preserves Them
I am looking at a bookshelf of fading stories. Here are biographies long out of print of women who changed their time (and ours) for the better but whose lives ...
Meet Susie Coston, An Extraordinary Human Who Gives Sanctuary And Love To Rescued Farm Animals
"They’re just like people - every one of them has a past when they come in. Most of them come from a place of loss, like a big place of loss. Once they’re here ...
No Folding Chair Required… How Women You Should Know Offers Us All A Seat At The Table
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 ...
I Am Relieved That I Will Never Be A Grandmother
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...
The 100 Black Females Project: Shayla Hunter Turns Academic Assignment Into Empowering Platform
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...