The Difference Between Sex and Gender Roles in My Marriage
by sheloves“Before our marriage, I didn’t think much on how my femaleness colored parts of me in different ways than my husband’s maleness did.” By Danielle Vermeer When my pastor first asked to grab...
View ArticleTaking the Steps
by shelovesBy: Bev Murrill | Twitter: @BevMurrill I was in a shop the other day when a mum came in with a young girl around 11 years old. The fact that the child was clutching an end-of-year trophy was...
View ArticleShe’s Got the Brokedowns
by shelovesBy Sherry Naron | @RescuePink “I made up my mind that day to trust, even though I didn’t have all the answers. I changed my Facebook job to say: Rescuer of Baby Girls in India.” It’s January...
View ArticleGood News for Girls: Stars + Skateboards + Peace Journalism
by Erin Wilson Living With Our Heritage: Folks in Sudbury, Ontario (Canada) had largely forgotten who they were. Sudbury’s long history of mining had convinced its residents (and the rest of the...
View ArticleGood News For Girls: Youth + Knitting + Lipdub
by Erin WilsonKeep paddling, friends. It’s so worth it! Young? No worries, you’ve got this. Tons of developers at this year’s Disrupt SF Hackathon in San Francisco. Including an app developer named...
View ArticleStop The Silence, Start The Healing Initiative
by Amy Rasmussen Buckley Share on Facebook Retweet this Conversations tend to stop when this matter arises. People often fidget, or they change the subject. It’s really no wonder because we aren’t...
View ArticleSix Impossible Things
by sheloves Share on Facebook Retweet this By Sherry Naron | @RescuePink Have you ever met someone with extraordinary faith? I recently worked with a pastor who would make our heads spin with his...
View ArticleGood News For Girls: Valentines + Selfies + Empathy Library
by Erin Wilson Share on Facebook Retweet this Advocates! Maria Keller, 5th grader, reader, has distributed 1 million books to kids who lacked access to reading material. Xiao Meili walks across China...
View ArticleWhen Value and Gender Intertwine
by Rachel Pieh Jones Share on Facebook Retweet this “So that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Because you are sons, God has sent forth the...
View ArticleAuthentic Modesty: Compassion Over Shame
by Saskia Wishart Share on Facebook Retweet this Can I tell you something? It’s rather personal. I rage in the face of summer’s modesty conversations. I hate them. I never, ever respond to any of them...
View ArticleSweet Tea and Sympathy for Invisible Women
by sheloves Share on Facebook Retweet this By Melinda Jackson Lalrinthangi is invisible. I meet her operating her makeshift vegetable stand in the golden rays of Northeast India’s morning sun....
View ArticleA New Heart, Beyond Stereotypical Womanhood
by Amy Rasmussen Buckley Share on Facebook Retweet this We first met, one January morning, during her office hours. Dr. Catherine Kroeger’s eyes sparkled when our discussion turned to women in the...
View ArticleLiving With Disapproval
by Kathy Escobar Share on Facebook Retweet this I hate disapproval. I know we’re not supposed to use the word “hate” but the truth is that “dislike” just isn’t a strong enough word. Maybe “I can’t...
View ArticleFree to Take Up Space
by Bethany Olsen Share on Facebook Retweet this On days I embrace my real authentic self, I’m a “strong personality,” as those around me (mostly) lovingly describe me. When I advocate, strategize, or...
View ArticleLipstick and Seminary
by Amy R. Buckley Share on Facebook Retweet this For a couple years in seminary, I didn’t wear lipstick. I twisted my long hair up tightly, wore dark turtlenecks and covered my eyes with glasses. I...
View ArticleThe Song of the Girls Who Don’t Wear Dresses
by sheloves Share on Facebook Retweet this By Esther Emery | Twitter @estheremery Ask me what I know of beauty, and I’ll tell you about black boots and spiky hair. Ribbed tank tops and belts as thick...
View ArticleSeeing Ourselves: Good News for Girls
by Erin Wilson Share on Facebook Retweet this How We See Ourselves “You don’t have to have pink toys if you’re a girl … That was the olden days. Now it’s 2014. Catch up, people.” How Girls Really Feel...
View ArticleTech, Training and Toast: Good News for Girls
by Erin Wilson Share on Facebook Retweet this Education + Girls = Community Change: DIY Girls—hands-on tech for girls (and women too!) At 16 and 17 years old, they’re tackling breast cancer and a...
View ArticleThe Peacemakers, The Poets + The Pretty Ones: Good News for Girls
by Erin Wilson Share on Facebook Retweet this 26 Women To Watch In Tech in 2015. The Peacemakers Women are a powerful force for peace. Here’s why. Syrian women know how to defeat ISIS. The power of...
View ArticleWhen Generations of Silent Women Speak
by sheloves Share on Facebook Retweet this By Cheryl McGrath | Twitter: @breadforbride The voices moving around me are strong. They are loud, articulate, and powerful. Most of all they are young,...
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