A pledge to hone and honor authentic and genuine sisterhood and community. (This post discusses general aspects regarding women in American and Western cultural traditions but can also include all women on a global basis.) My last two posts have discussed the complications and negative subversive behavior that often plague women's friendships (based on over 30 years worth of research from American sources). My next few posts will address various ways in which we can transcend and ... VIEW POST
Writing Our Own "Title of Liberty"
The Inauthentic Niceness Syndrome
Pretending to be nice? "If you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all," says Thumper rabbit in the movie, Bambi. Sounds nice enough, right? Well, not really. Unfortunately, we as a church and as a society tend to promote this philosophy as the Christian (and now secularist) ideal. "Be kind, always" has become a mantra. However, taken either literally or to extremes, this rule (along with its entire philosophy) can (and is) seeding and sowing another form of ... VIEW POST
The Hardest Thing About Being a Woman is Having Women Friends
(The title of this post comes from the movie, An American Quilt. This post is written in binary terms and focuses more on American and European women in general, but can also apply to women across the globe.) Got frenemies? Ok, I confess. I used to watch "The Real Housewives of New York City." My husband caught me sneaking a peek and sat down to watch with me. Within five minutes he proclaimed, "Oh, c'mon ... this is so fake! Women aren't really that manipulative and catty." My ... VIEW POST
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