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I Can Be Bitchy, But Am I A Bitch?
By Laurel HermansonJune 16, 2013
Is it possible to tell your girlfriends the hard, honest truth without being labeled a bitch? Laurel Hermanson explores. Bitch: “An insult propagated into Old English by the Christian rulers of the Dark Age to suppress the idea of femininity as sacred.” —Clare Bayley, “Bitch: A History” My husband and I once had friends over for a dinner party. After a lovely mea...Posted in Life, nfti-home, Womanhood, Laurel Hermanson | (0) Comments »
Bad With Men: Am I Pretty Enough?
By Dana NorrisJune 16, 2013
Dana Norris is the founder of Story Club and she once went on 71 internet dates. I go on two dates in two weeks. I meet both men via Match.com. Both have vaguely amusing profiles and are smiling in their pictures, which is harder to find than you’d think. I meet them both at the Bad Dog Tavern, a restaurant near where I live. In both cases they’re already sitting when I arrive. I a...Posted in Dating, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
I Am A Woman With A Mental Illness
By Traci FoustJune 12, 2013
Author Traci Foust describes her bumpy ride getting off and on pharmaceutical drugs, and dealing with mental illness as a child and as a single mother. My mother was 41 when she stopped taking her Lithium. For years she’d struggled with the side effects: weight gain, chronic dehydration, skin rashes. She chose instead to treat her mental illness with herbal supplements, a decision that w...Posted in Life, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Lesbian Myths, Debunked
By Jodie GummowJune 10, 2013
For a gay woman, it can often be a struggle to determine where exactly she fits in the spectrum of gender identity in both the lesbian and heterosexual communities. Many lesbians are faced with having their sexuality evaluated purely on the basis of their looks, as if sexuality is something that can be “seen” on the body to warrant approval, while others are not “accepted&rdqu...Posted in LGBT, nfti-home, Sex, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
I Don't Want To Be A 'Natural Beauty'
By Kate FridkisJune 04, 2013
It must be nice to be a “natural beauty.” To be gorgeous without effort or even interest. This type of beauty is perhaps the most impressive. It’s like being a piano prodigy, except that you don’t even have to touch the keys. You can just stand around. You can sit. You should probably not eat too much, but otherwise, you’re good, because of God and genes and accide...Posted in Life, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Judy Blume Changed My Life
By Tina BoyerJune 04, 2013
This week, one of Judy Blume's novels will debut as a feature-length film. Tina Boyer discusses how the author helped to shape an entire generation of women. “I’m a part of the women’s movement even if nobody ever knew it but me. It was inside me…I wanted to be out on the streets. I wanted to be protesting…I wanted to be part of what these brave women were part ...Posted in Culture and Politics, Feminism, Movies, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
I'm Tired Of Young Women Downplaying Their Accomplishments
By Emilie AriesMay 28, 2013
Plenty of female characters on TV today have made being a "hot mess" popular, but Emilie Aries wants women to stop pretending to be coy and confused, and start acting like they're in charge. I’ll confess it: I’m a recovering hot mess. In the years after college, I was often self-deprecating and unconfident, minimizing my achievements and playing demure as a means to connect—...Posted in Dating, Gender Roles, Movies, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Reality TV, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood, Workplace | (0) Comments »
Why Everything Is Personal
By Emily RappMay 23, 2013
Emily Rapp says women are often branded “hysterical,” and men are labeled “rageful” when they "take things personally," and that isn't fair. "Personal" by Tony Hoagland Don’t take it personal, they said; but I did, I took it all quite personal— the breeze and the river and the color of the fields; the price of grapefruit and stamps, the wet hair of women ...Posted in Emily Rapp, Life, Manhood, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
I Don’t Know What I Weigh: The Case For Stepping Off The Scale
By Claire MyskoMay 20, 2013
The June issue of Allure has the usual headlines about what beauty products to buy and how to get good hair and better skin. Also thrown into the sexy, sun-kissed mix is this tidbit of information about their cover girl: “Zoe Saldana: 115 Pounds Of Grit And Heartache.” Hey, she’s slight but this gal’s got might! Do the editors of a beauty magazine think of a celebrity&r...Posted in Current Events, Life, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Why I've Turned Down Good Men
By Cynthia KaneMay 19, 2013
We accept the love we think we deserve. I looked out the window to make sure my car was still there. I had parked it in a tow away zone. If he drove past it right now he wouldn't know where I was, because where I parked left options for my whereabouts. Maybe he would think I was grabbing a coffee at the student center, or maybe he would think I was visiting a friend, but what I really wanted h...Posted in Dating, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
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