Women's Studies
78 Articles & Excerpts
Why Me? Why Now?
Girlology : A Girl's Guide to Stuff that Matters by Trish Hutchison, M.D., Melisa Holmes, M.D. According to Girlology, knowledge is power-or more specifically-Girl Power! Whether you believe it or not, there's a lot more to know about the body and the opposite sex. This book will give you confidence and girl power to build you goals, beliefs
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Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love by Betsy Prioleau, Ph.D. In this road map to restoring feminine sexual power, Betsy Prioleau introduces and analyzes the stories of history's greatest seductresses. These are the women who ravished the world-from such classic figures as Cleopatra and Mae West to such lesser-known
Introducing The Inner Patriarch
The Shadow King: The Invisible Force That Holds Women Back by Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone There were no demands from the outside, so it must have been something within each woman responsible for this loss of herself. Something was operating unconsciously, in the shadows. The air felt almost liquid as everyone leaned forward, riveted by the
Wake Up, Sister. It's Your Turn
A Weekend to Change Your Life by Joan Anderson Recognize That You Are Lost. A full life requires cultivation. The minute we take our hands off the plow, fail to reseed, forget to fertilize, we've lost our crop.
Surround Yourself With Support
Life Lessons For Women: 7 Essential Ingredients for a Balanced Life by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Stephanie Marston Inside this book, you'll not only find extraordinary stories from ordinary women, but practical advice on: pursuing your hopes and dreams, balancing your priorities, pampering yourself without guilt, building strong relationships
Introduction
Out of Her Mind: Women Writing on Madness by Rebecca Shannonhouse A century ago, in a genteel neighborhood of Montgomery, Alabama, a child was born who would eventually embody the freewheeling spirit of the 1920s flapper. Lavish and impulsive, Zelda Fitzgerald offered an alluring mix of privilege and melodrama to comple
Introduction
How to Be Like Women of Influence : Life Lessons from 20 of the Greatest by Pat Williams, Ruth Williams As a twenty-first-century woman, your choices are limitless in how you can make a difference in yourself and the world around you. Discover how twenty amazing women pressed forward the boundaries of race, religion, culture and business to make their own
Snow White: Breaking Away from Mother
Spinning Straw into Gold : What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life by Joan Gould What's your favorite fairy tale? Whether it's 'Cinderella,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Hansel and Gretel,' or another story, your answer reveals something significant about you, your experiences, and your soul.
Getting Ready for the Unstoppable Women Challenge
Unstoppable Women: Achieve Any Breakthrough Goal in 30 Days by Cynthia Kersey Are you ready to join the ranks of hundreds of women who have taken the Unstoppable Women Challenge and successfully achieved a breakthrough goal in just 30 days, making their lives richer and more satisfying in the process? If so, let's get started!
The Many Reflections of Shame
Deceived by Shame, Desired by God by Cynthia Spell Humbert Rape, incest, alcoholism, addiction, divorce, bitterness, gossip, abortion. The list could go on and on with ways sin poisons our lives. Whether the sin is self-imposed or committed by someone else, it always has the potential to cause us a deep-seated
What I've Learned From Julia Child
The Joy of Doing Things Badly by Veronica Chambers On the Saturday following Julia child's death, I was in the bathroom of a restaurant and I overheard the following conversation. The woman in the first stall said, 'I'm so stupid.
The Nervous Housewife by Abraham Myerson, M.D. Did the semi-mythical Cave Man (who is perhaps only a pseudo-scientific creation) on his return from a prehistoric hunt find his leafy spouse all in tears over her staglocythic house-cleaning, or the conduct of the youngest cave child?
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Necessary Targets: A Story of Women and War by Eve Ensler Lights up on a posh living room. A coffee table with plates of food. J.S., a stunning, reserved woman near fifty, sits with Melissa, a young, strong woman who sits awkwardly on the sofa, drinking water.
My Story
Time Off for Good Behavior: How Hardworking Women Can Take a Break and Change Their Lives by Mary Lou Quinlan Sister, Sister, call on me! I can still hear my high-pitched first grade voice, shouting those first Type A good girl words to Sister Thomas Anice. It was the fall of 1959 in St. Helena's School in Philadelphia and I was already in a hurry to succeed.
Drawn To What I Feared The Most
Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World by Eve Ensler Insecure at Last is a timely and urgent look at our security-obsessed world, the drastic measures taken to keep us safe, and how we can truly experience freedom by letting go of the deceptive notion of vigilant 'protection.'
She Who Once Was
Kiss Tomorrow Hello by Kim Barnes, Claire Davis We were standing at the kitchen sink, chopping vegetables for a salad, when Martha announced her plan. She'd thought about it for months, she said. Maybe years. I regretted my response immediately, and to this day still regret it. Just listen to me.
Girls and Women by Harriet E. Paine For the sake of girls who are just beginning life, let me tell the stories of some other girls who are now middle-aged women. Some of them have succeeded and some have failed in their purposes, and often in a surprising way.
The Toolbox
Power Tools for Women by Joni Daniels Do you panic when you discover that you've left the house without your purse? I do. It contains my wallet that holds cash and credit cards, my driver's license, and the required insurance information.
Woman and Womanhood: A Search for Principles by C. W. Saleeby, M.D. We are often and rightly reminded that woman is half the human race. It is truer even than it appears. Not only is woman half of the present generation, but present woman is half of all the generations of men and women to come.
Introduction
Women Circling the Earth: A Guide to Fostering Community, Healing and Empowerment by Beverly Engel I am not the first person to write about circles and I certainly won't be the last. Starhawk wrote about circles in 1982, and Sedonia Cahill and Joshua Halpern introduced many people to circles in their 1990 book The Ceremonial Circle.
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| Advice & Discussions | When women do NOT drop the "My boyfriend" line... For the last two weeks, a new coworker and I have hit it off VERY well. We are very happy to speak to each other about non-work activities, we smile and laugh a lot, and in general, have great conversation.
Another coworker - who is close to her - mentioned "she has a boyfriend. | For women here, what attracts you to a guy (without having talked to him yet)? Just out of curiosity, for women here, if you are regularly in a social situation with a guy, whether a class, workplace (you could both work there, or one of you could be a regular customer and the other works there), etc., what are some things about a guy that would attract you to him, without having met him or talked to him yet?
I can guess, "Because he's handsome," is an obvious answer, but there are different kinds of handsome, so any specifics would be helpful, and what else other than looks might your attraction be based on?
For example, as a guy, I see a lot of attractive women, like in my current classes, but if a girl is just texting throughout the entire class, despite how attractive she may be, I lose interest. | Women with big boobs...do you always turn heads? I was curious to know if women with big boobs turn heads with men everywhere they go. I have been thinking about getting bigger boobs so men will find me more desirable and to walk into a room and have just all eyes on me | When you meet intellectually impressive women who just don't look all that good... Just after about a week in York I have met this very cool smart, well informed and intellectually gifted Japanese girl. We have fascinating conversations about American foreign policy, Japanese/Asian cultural relations, general history, politics, trade and economics and language. | Question for you women: Value! For you to like a man who is interested in you, then you need to see a value in him or you will reject him. (Same for men)
If you have an ex partner, you have left him or moved on because you no longer see a value in him. (Same for men).
So in both circumstances - What are the things that lose value and the things that gain value ? |
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