Just The Way We Are
I’ve been trying to write about just about anything else but the myth of Persephone and how she is haunting and nagging me this week. Full disclosure–I’m taking this great course in female archetypes. We’re in our second week and Persephone/Kore is the goddess manifestation we are thinking about this week. If you aren’t familiar with [...]
Today is International Transgender Day of Remembrance. Why? Did you know that the bulk of the violence towards the LGBTQ community is directed at transgender women? Whether it’s school ground bullying from students and teachers, Republican House of Representative members, employers, the violence perpetrated against this community must end. I’ve invited Helena Anya Zeitgeist who has [...]
By Christine MacDonald Former stripper and magical word wrangler Christine MacDonald is currently penning her memoir, Pour Some Sugar on Me: Tales of an Ex-Stripper and we at Girl Body Pride cannot wait to get our paws on it. Read on for Christine’s take on Other People’s Opinions and an excerpt from her book. You’re [...]
So Sunday is/was the day we females are supposed to go without a bra for the day out of some publicity campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness . I realize we’ve known for quite awhile that underwire bras can contribute to breast cancer–many of us have made the switch, but a piece of metal close to one’s [...]
Once again it is October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the pink is out in full force. Cosmetics feature pink ribbons on their cases and pink energy drinks, yogurt and soda proclaim how much money they will give to the pink ribbon campaign if only you purchase these products. Pink ribbons can be found [...]
by Kelly Wickham Regular contributor Kelly “Mochamomma” Wickhmam is an inspiring force and her manifestos are something to behold. Belated Congrats from the GBP team on your VOTY recognition, Diva! Here is the video of my Voices of the Year 2013 from the BlogHer conference in July. It’s a little hard to watch because I [...]
It’s a weird week for news and not news news (do I sound like a horrible love child of Gertrude Stein and Donald Rumsfield? No? I should…). Syria is still a mess btw, we still have a small portion of our gerrymandered electorate holding the country hostage on our sixth day of government shutdown. But [...]
On Friday night in conservative Orange County, CA in a town where black police helicopters use search lights on the beach goers, where white supremacists once reigned supreme something incredibly cool happened. A transgendered teen named Cassidy Campbell, 16, was crowned homecoming queen of her high school. That’s a major feat no matter how you [...]
By Danika Carter I didn’t watch the VMA’s earlier this week. But while it was on I kept seeing posts on Facebook and Twitter about Miley Cyrus, how shameful she was, people wondering what happened to her, or commenting how her parents let her down. Not having seen her performance, or even knowing she [...]
By Liz Faber I’ve been fighting mini-battles with my weight since I was 12. A year ago, when I was 26, I went through a particularly messy breakup, and the battles suddenly became an all-out war. For two months, every day was the same battle: I got out of bed, weighed myself, ate a protein [...]
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