by Adriene | Feb 15, 2022 | featured article
When my eighth grade teacher asked his class, “What are you going to do when you grow up?”, I told him, “I’m going to be a diplomat and work for the United Nations.” I was a poor kid from the wrong side of the tracks in a tiny town of less than 1,000 people in...
by Adriene | Feb 15, 2022 | featured article
The first time I visited Dr. Cynthia’s clinic, an old man sitting on the front step pinned a bougainvillea flower to my shirt. It was a sign of welcome, permission to cross the threshold into an entirely different world of health care. This cluster of...
by Adriene | Feb 15, 2022 | featured article
The phrase “What’s in a name?” has been uttered by many, most often cynically. The truth is, there’s a lot in a name. It is, at its most basic level, one’s identity. Changing one’s name in marriage can be, for many women, a daunting thing. Name changing...
by Adriene | Feb 15, 2022 | featured article
My mind boggles at America’s tolerance of domestic violence and domestic abuse. What will it take to end the atrocities behind the statistics that tell us that every 9 seconds a woman is attacked by her partner? Every 9 seconds a woman in America is slapped,...
by Adriene | Feb 15, 2022 | featured article
Most men don’t rape. This is what the studies tell us. Why, then, does male culture romanticize rape? Why are images of violence against women in the media intriguing to so many men? Why are woman-bashing radio hosts, such as Tom Leykis and Howard Stern, so...
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