The Romance You Need on Christmas Eve

It is that magical time of year where multiple holidays stack up against one another and people are feeling festive. In the spirit of holiday-time, the December Her Story Arc Book of the Month we’ve selected is a Christmas short story collection self-published by four women. “Four Fantastical Christmas Romances” features four unique stories, each… Read More

Support Women Across ALL Artistic Mediums through ARTemis

Did you know that for every $1 a man donates in the arts, a woman donates $3? And yet, paid professional artists are NOT three times as likely to be women. ARTemis is going to make that change. Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking with Melissa Heisler, co-founder of ARTemis, via a long and productive Skype session to learn… Read More

Newly Married: How We Chose a New Last Name

Back in April I penned my first blog post on the frustration I felt when people assume a woman will take her husband’s last name after getting married. Articles on this subject pop up regularly, such as this week’s Mary Sue article on Japanese women fighting to keep their surnames after getting married. One of the biggest hurdles for… Read More

“The Martian”: Film’s Women Characters Surpass the Book’s

As you might have gleaned from the title, I have read the The Martian and found it wanting in several areas, the most glaring being the treatment of the women characters in the story. Fortunately, Matt Damon breathed life into the shallow, unemotional persona of Mark Watney, and the directors wisely left out the offensive bits of Watney’s… Read More

Book Review: “How To Knock a Bravebird From Her Perch”

There are many reasons I read books. Sometimes it’s for entertainment and diversion. Sometimes it is to explore the future or come up with a vision of a life beyond ours on earth. Those are the kinds of books that I want to read, but there are also books you and I should read. Books that help you grapple with… Read More