women supporting women

  • The most dangerous woman at the burning was not the one tied to the stake. It was the woman standing in the crowd. She had arrived early. Before the square filled with bodies. Before the priest climbed the wooden platform. Before the men dragged the accused through the street and explained to everyone why another…

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  • Before they called her dangerous, they called her divine. That is the part of the story they tend to leave out. Before there were warnings whispered about women who knew too much, there were women people traveled miles to find. Women who understood the moon before anyone bothered naming its phases. Women who knew which…

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  • The waitress smiled before she even reached the table. “The usual?” We all laughed. Some places don’t just serve food. They serve history. This little restaurant had watched promotions become celebrations, breakups become therapy sessions, birthdays become excuses to order dessert, and friendships survive decades that marriages sometimes couldn’t. It was my cheat meal for…

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  • The first time someone told Evelyn she was “too masculine,” she almost laughed. Not because it was funny. Because it was absurd. The comment came from a man sitting across from her at a company networking event. The kind of event where everyone wore expensive watches and talked about success as if they had invented…

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  • The First Home

    There has always been something fascinating to me about the way the world talks about women. For thousands of years, people have argued about where women came from. Whose they belonged to. What their role should be. What they should wear. How they should behave. How much space they should take up. How loud they…

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