BELGRADE, SERBIA—It was early Monday morning just after Easter weekend and I was watching Isidor, the black kitten I rescued from the streets of the Serbian capital a few months…
Read MorePITTSBURG, KANSAS--The story had fallen into our laps. We had a new principal whose credentials boasted foreign experience, a doctorate and experience in school consulting. We were told that she was…
Read MoreLONDON--“Oxfam Are Bandits.” The stark words were daubed on a half-finished housing development surrounded by dirt roads and scrub. I was standing in Lely, on the outskirts of Banda Aceh,…
Read MoreLONDON--Sometime in the mid-to-late Noughties a feminist renaissance started to take place online. Websites such as Jezebel, XO Jane and The Hairpin were trailblazers in this surge of Internet feminism;…
Read MoreDENVER--Fake news is a buzzword right now but its impact is far from fake. I teach at a middle school in Denver, Colorado where students are asked to examine a…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC--They are the words no parents want to ever say: “Please don’t let my baby need a liver transplant!” I couldn’t believe that sentence was even coming out of my…
Read MoreHO, GHANA--Growing up in a small New England (predominantly white) community, I rarely heard people speak about life outside of the United States unless it was my family planning a…
Read MoreDENVER/LONDON VIA EMAIL: After millions of people gathered around the world last weekend in marches supporting women’s rights, a big looming question remains—What now? Understandably, there has been a lot…
Read MoreIn launching she-files, the past month has been a blur of interviews for stories, nose-to-the-grindstone writing, lengthy emails and lively meetings (editorial, legal and website development to name a few).…
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