Watch this fantastic performance by Lily Myers, “Shrinking Women” “I wonder if my lineage is one of women shrinking, making space for the entrance of men into their lives, not knowing how to fill it back up once they leave.” – Lily Myers
Tag Archives: women
Why We Don’t Leave: The Cultural Epidemic of Oppression
posted by Elena Bennett, LCSW
I want to thank Leslie Morgan Steiner for courageously sharing her personal experience from an abusive marriage and for dispelling myths about domestic violence in her TED Talk entitled, “Why Domestic Violence Victims Don’t Leave.” Her public recognition of the hardship and judgment that she and others face when attempting to leave an abusive relationship is […]
We Fight Together
posted by Elena Bennett, LCSW
http://youtu.be/RXIwkg3SXnU Today, especially today, I needed a reminder that I am not alone. It has been a difficult and disheartening few weeks on the civil rights front at home… attacks on women’s health, attacks on women in general, the invalidation of the Voting Rights Act, and case against George Zimmerman for the murder of 17-year-old […]
Susan Sontag on Art
posted by Elena Bennett, LCSW
Monday (late afternoon) Motivation! “Modern aesthetics is crippled by its dependence upon the concept of ‘beauty.’ As if art were ‘about’ beauty—as science is ‘about’ truth!” September 10, 1964 As always, much love to Brain Pickings & Maria Popova for producing conversation and inspiration. This work is for sale on Etsy.com by wendy macnaughton – […]
Stop Stressing! You have permission :)
posted by Elena Bennett, LCSW
Stop Stressing! You have permission 🙂 http://ow.ly/folrC Thank you @ariannahuff
Miss Representation
posted by Elena Bennett, LCSW
Gratuitous cute baby picture of my niece, who will grow up to be a woman before we know it! I see a lot of women in therapy. Most of them come to me with ideas about their bodies, minds, personalities, or other various features that are not true. I usually begin with a discussion of […]