The New Zealand Federal Parliament has unanimously passed legislation giving mothers and their partners three days of (paid) bereavement leave following a miscarriage or stillbirth. From Member of Parliament Ginny Anderson: “This is...
Tens of thousands of people have turned out to marches across Australia, protesting against the sexual abuse and harassment of women in the country. See an image gallery here. These rallies were spurred by a...
Intersex isn’t something that is always visible, unlike the church handbook suggests. This look at a Mormon woman with MRKH is important.
Belief / Family / Gender / women
by Spunky · Published January 27, 2021 · Last modified January 19, 2021
In Shakspeare’s MacBeth, Lady MacBeth’s “Unsex me” soliloquy has always intrigued me. As a high school student reading this speech, I wondered if there was something -outside of religion, of course- in my female...
I was born in the US, but haven’t lived there in twenty some-odd years. I’m not an ex-pat, I’m an immigrant to a different country. And like many immigrants, I brought some of my...
book review / Culture / In Memory of / Journeys / women
by Spunky · Published October 17, 2020 · Last modified October 11, 2020
Miracles among the Rubble is sincerely unlike any book I have ever read. Written and edited by women, the book is a lyrical collection of stories from the life of the author, Carol R....
A Podcast of One’s Own, by former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is a great listen. With an eye to our Nursing and Miswifery Series, the the July 24 Anne Marie Rafferty interview is...
“The legislation means religious institutions and their members are no longer able to use the sanctity of confessional as a defence or excuse in child sex abuse matters.” Queensland, in the state of...
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