I used to have an attitude. I still do. But I was suppressing it so as to appeal to the vanilla pablum of a broader audience. Screw that. My my niche-y bitchies love me and my old time friends who are gentile know that I am a bit outrageous at times. It has been so […]
Raising our voices for women
Click here to view original web page at www.globalsistersreport.org Speakers and co-sponsors of “Transformative Spirituality: Living in and Through the Spirit,” an event held during the 63rd session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (Margaret Capen) This year the 63rd United Nations conference on women (known as the Commission on the Status […]
Debunking a common myth
Click here to view original web page at gulfnews.com Lego or dolls, sport or chatting: … are male and female brains different? ‘The Gendered Brain’ book cover The Gendered Brain: The new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain By Gina Rippon, Bodley Head, 448 pages, £15 You might recognise Gina Rippon as […]
Scientist Who Helped Take First Black Hole Photo Is Only 29: Meet Katie Bouman
Click here to view original web page at people.com Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first-ever photo taken of a black hole — but one woman played an essential role in capturing the image. According to the Washington Post , Katie Bouman, a 29-year-old computer scientist, created the algorithm that made it possible to assemble the […]
Women must be at ‘centre of peacekeeping decision-making’, UN chief tells Security Council
Click here to view original web page at news.un.org Zambian female peacekeepers provide medical support to the local population in Birao, Central African Republic. Women’s rights, voices and participation must be at “the centre of peacekeeping decision-making”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday, describing them as “central to sustainable solutions” […]
Grounding Grief as Memory
Memory changes its character once death claims a person or people with whom a memory was shared. Grieving individuals or families tell stories about the deceased to solidify and reinforce a narrative of the dying or dead person. As someone is dying, or after someone in the family dies, a consensually created memory emerges. Sometimes […]