This One’s for the Boys
Sitting in my improv class at the Chicago iO Theater, one of my peers found himself in a scene about manicures. Seeing as how he honestly didn’t know what cuticles …
Self-defense: A False Sense of Confidence?
The following is a guest blog by our good friend, Kate Webster, Ph.D. She is the Director of Violence Prevention Programs at Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self-Defense Center in …
Why Women’s Suffragists Were Total Badasses
Yesterday marked 92 years since the 19th amendment passed, granting women in the United States the right to vote. Yesterday I spent a good amount of time reading about the …
What’s the Buzz? Rihanna
So, Rihanna did an interview with Oprah and the world is all a buzz. One of the chief topics of the interview was Chris Brown, their past (and current?) relationship, …
What’s the Buzz? Todd Akin
Ok, I think by now most folks have heard about Congressman (and Republican Senate nominee in Missouri) Todd Akin’s comments when asked about the legality of abortion in cases of …
Mickey Shunick: A Warrior and A Hero
GFB Megan brought this story to my attention. It brought me to tears, but the words of this brave woman’s family lifted me back up. “My sister, Mickey Shunick, was …
Media Perceptions of Self-Protection: The Newsroom
I’m currently playing catch up on a several different TV shows, one of which is The Newsroom (the HBO/Aaron Sorkin show about a TV Newroom ala CNN/MSNBC). A few of my friends are …
Announcing the B.Y.O.B. Tour
Recently a sexual assault on the campus of University of Montana has shined a light on the reality of rape on campus…that in many cases, the person committing the crime …