Reflections: Being a woman 34 Articles

by Michelle Wallace

Modern Day Wonder Woman What is it about superheroes? I watch kids at the supermarket run towards the toy aisle, begging for the Batman or Superman action figures. A friend of mine has a three-year-old son who refuses...read more

by Eboni Manning

I am woman, hear me...snore. Sometimes, it's hard and exhausting work being a woman. That innate tendency to attempt to be everything to everyone in our lives can leave us stressed and weary. Yet we trudge on, believing wh...read more

by Jennifer Godboldt

Being a woman,three little words that hold so much meaning. Mother, wife, homemaker, care-giver, counselor, partner, cook, playmate, and the list could go on and on. Tears and heartache; anger and sadness; joy and laught...read more

by Valentine Logar

I use to think I knew what this really meant. Thought there was some great and dark secret that women had that men were not let in on, you know like the secret Wife Book. Now I realize that it is simply not true; we are ...read more

by Kim Robinson

The Blood & The Power To destroy the vampire, suppress the menstruating woman and to look away from the Medusa, the embodiment of dangerous looking, are all responses to the masculine fear of the female. (Marie Mulvey R...read more

by Stephen Pearmine

A Violent Past. He had served in the Vietnam war and he knew he was scarred for life. The nightmares every-night took there toll on him, as he would flashback to certain events of that bloodbath war. Once he saw a...read more

by Lorena Olguin

Is it just me? I think I was born with a few hundred extra testosterone-laced hormones, but I never fit into the traditional female role. As a girl, I much preferred baseball and climbing trees, with my long hair tied ti...read more

by Vicki Phipps

When I was born, a woman's place was clearly in the home and the baby-boomer I came to be thought Beaver Cleaver's mom was the way a woman should be, until the 60's. That's when Beaver's mom seemed silly. Women were gett...read more

by Janette Merrill

There is a force that lies deep within a woman. A force subdued by culture and the fears of men and society because of the raw instinctual power it holds. A nearly personified force, she can be found in the bowels of the e...read more

by Sherry Singson

Cold sweats accompanies the cramps that grip me right now. I have been in and out of bed within the last six hours, walking back and forth from my bedroom to the kitchen or living room to drink water, circulate my limbs or...read more

by Artemis

It's very lucky to be born as a human being. It's a wonderful thing to be born as a female. I'm glad to get so incredibly lucky, to be born as a human being, and as a female. I simply know, there are so many things that I'...read more

by Sonora

American Woman The Modern Myth of Everything Definition: female Synonyms: Mrs., babe, bird, bride, broad, chick, chicken, companion, dame, debutante, doll, gal, gentlewoman, girl, girlfriend, inamorata, kitten,...read more

by Paula Dailey

At some point in all our lives, and I don't care who you are, we have felt that whatever it is we are, is simply not enough for us anymore. Don't get me wrong, there have been beautiful moments I would never trade for any...read more

by Pragya

Being a mother It is all encompassing. You think like a mother, you dress like a mother, you talk like a mother, you cook like a mother, you dream like a mother. Ever since I had my first child I have not looked back...read more

by Smrithi Shekar

i saw life in a metro.. finally.. and wished i hadn't.. i dint need this reality check.. i really could have done without it..but well.. is that the truth these days? do we accept it? is this what is actually happening aro...read more

by Vicki Helgeland

The women in today's world have made great strides in overcoming our inferior position in the work place and in politics. I honestly don't feel that we will ever completely find equality when it comes to pay and status. ...read more

by Errica Jones

Thoughts of Him Shaped in Messages An orange jumpsuit and shiny forehead is a snap shot that I've owned. Yes, I remember that day of holding the Polaroid camera and managing its bulk and width by allowing my finger...read more

by Rosie Mcallister

Being a women in this day and age is really no difference from any other time. I love being a women because I know what it take to make me happy. I can wear my hair long, short, curly, or straight. I can wear a dres...read more

by Danielle Deneux'

Sensual sen(t)-sh(wl, -shl Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin sensualis, from Latin sensus sense Date: 15th century 1: relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or th...read more

by Gigi Marsten

I've been pretty lucky being born female and growing into womanhood. When I was merely four years old, I was wondering what I would look like when I became "a lady"; I didn't understand the concept of it being a gradual pr...read more