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“Can You Please Call Us Back”… Why I’m Glad I Forced Myself To Do A Mammogram In The Time Of COVID

Guest ContributorJune 17, 2020

By Cheryl Laughlin - 2020 had a certain symmetry built into it. By January 2, 2020, I was fleeing the soul-suck of a demeaning job for a soul-pump of a bright ...

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We’re Packaging Care For Those Experiencing Homelessness In Ottawa During COVID-19 Crisis

Guest ContributorApril 8, 2020

By Taijah Cox-Armstrong - When the world begins to fall apart, we humans need to stick together. My name is Taijah Cox-Armstrong. I’m in my second year of coll...

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WOMXN: Short Documentary Series Explores What It Means To Be A Woman, Amplifies Lesser Heard Voices

wyskNovember 25, 2019

Through her just-released, 12-part, short documentary series, WOMXN, filmmaker Geneva Peschka spotlights twelve different women whose voices are lesser heard, ...

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U.S. Air Force Veteran Is On Mission To Make Sure Military Women’s Stories Are Told

Guest ContributorNovember 11, 2019

By Amanda Huffman, United States Air Force Veteran - I had a simple idea. I wanted to hear more deployment stories. I had been writing about my deployment expe...

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4-Year-Old Picks Out “Boy Craft”, Proves Toy Maker So Wrong By Building HER Own Monster Truck

wyskJune 19, 2019

Meet 4-year-old Norah. She’s a girl who’s really into trucks, dinosaurs, baseball, superheroes, and all things "cool", as she likes to say. Her mom, Jennifer R...

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You Have the Right To Take Up Space: A Guide To Flying While Fat

Guest ContributorApril 12, 2019

I have a mantra that I say every time I prepare for a flight: "You have the right to take up space." I repeat it over and over like a meditation. I say it in m...

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Stomping Stigmas: My Real Talk On Malignant Divorce, An Opioid Addicted Child, And Depression

Guest ContributorApril 10, 2019

By Timna Zucker - It’s been awhile. A long while…since I have been me. Since I have been writing. Much has gone on…most of which you would not believe if I tol...

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From Syria To Turkey… One Woman’s Story On Rebuilding Her Life And Business

Guest ContributorMarch 21, 2019

By Angela Wells - Like many hopeful new graduates around the world, Dara wanted to take a leap of faith. In 2013, after earning her bachelor’s degree in interi...

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Nkeiruka Obi, Banker Turned Champion Of Children With Clefts And Their Mothers, On How We Can All Be Humanitarians

Guest ContributorMarch 8, 2019

By Nkeiruka Obi - Here’s the story of a woman you should know: Konate Diomande Siami, a mother from Côte d’Ivoire in Africa who gave birth to five children, th...

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