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Read more: Content with silenceI found this short poem by Ansel Adams during the silent retreat I attended recently. When words become unclear, I shall focus on photographs. When…
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Read more: SilenceI went on a six-hour silent retreat at the Blue Spring Retreat Center in Richardson. I didn’t talk for hours—except when I puzzled over the…
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Read more: Equal in politics?Most people see women as equal to men in politics, The Dallas Morning News reported in its March, 30, 2019, issue. An all-time high of…
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Read more: Talk and talk and talkWhat can we do to help rid our own communities of the shame surrounding menstruation? That’s the question that Megan Lierley, managing editor of the…
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Read more: A sign they’re ready to marryAnna Dahlqvist, author of It’s Only Blood, talked to girls in Kenya, and they explained that the first period is seen as a sign that…
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Read more: Cockroaches and other insectsIn Bangladesh, women take a fistful of joot—the small leftover pieces of fabric that end up on the floor of textile factories—and push it down…
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Read more: The shame of menstruationBecause of the shame associated with menstruation, students in Malawi reported that they dry their menstrual protection under their matresses. When they have no water,…
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Read more: The right to educationIn Uganda, we found that around 50 percent of girls are missing school several days every month because of their periods, reports Anna Dahlqvist in…
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Read more: Her role modelKaren Uhlenbeck, a University of Texas at Austin professor emeritus, recently was named the first woman to win the highest prize in mathematics—the Abel Prize.…
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Read more: I go to the sea againIn Moby Dick, Herman Melville wrote, “Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul;…