From Conducive Mag- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010Arrested by Haitian authorities for trying to cross illegally into the Dominican Republic with 33 so-called orphaned children, whose parents were later found to be alive, U.S. citizens and Idaho Baptist missionaries Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter remain imprisoned in Port-au-Prince pending investigation of alleged child trafficking. Seeking to save... […]
- Stressed Graduate Student March 8, 2010Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan offers relationship advice to a female law student and highlights the differences in how men and women handle dating in graduate school. […]
- Preserving Relationship with Parents Despite Their Disapproval Over New Job March 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on preserving the relationship with one's parents despite tension over a new do-gooder job. […]
- FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 February 25, 2010ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 […]
- A Bronx Girl Goes Home February 5, 2010The murder of a cousin takes Conducive editor Heather Tirado Gilligan back to her home in the Bronx, and back to the childhood and experiences that continue to shape her. […]
- Using Anger Constructively February 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on using anger constructively. […]
- Looking Back to the Future? January 30, 2010Humankind, both collectively and individually, has a strange little quirk. We ignore the past when it holds valuable lessons that go against what we want to hear or believe. Our insistence in doing this has negatively affected our future many times, both as individuals and as a society. We give... […]
- Campaigns Take Individual Involvement To New Level January 28, 2010The production and consumption of bottled water contributes to waste, pollution, toxins, and the bottled water industry’s interest in controlling our water resources. As a result of these negative impacts, many people have vowed to stop buying bottled water. If you have successfully ditched bottled water, and want to stay... […]
- REDUCING THE SUICIDE STIGMA Suresh Unni's Story January 21, 2010There are many ways of coping with the loss of a loved one. For Suresh Unni, solace is found in sharing his brother's experience with depression and eventual demise from suicide. Through his work as a clinical social worker and therapist and participation on the board of directors of the... […]
- Dating a Separated Person January 18, 2010Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on dating a separated person. […]
- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010
Author Archives: Eryn-Ashlei Bailey
My life was so boring til’ I started whoring-NA
Carol Leigh, better known as the “Scarlot Harlot” is an activist, film-maker, and prostitute. She has worked with the COYOTE organization and coined the phrase “sex work” in the late seventies during the sex workers equal rights movement. I learned about Carol’s work when I read the book Sex Work which is a collection of short [...]
Human Trafficking Domestic and Abroad
Somaly Mam is a Women’s Herstory Heroine who we covered earlier in the series. Yesterday, she spoke at the Levin Institute in New York City at an event hosted by the United Nations Association of New York. The UNA has established human trafficking as the main initiative of their advocacy committee. There is a sense [...]
Women complimenting other women
All women are beautiful in unique and undeniable ways. With the toxic level of homophobia that still exists in our culture, it becomes uncomfortable when a woman wants to compliment another woman on her physical appearance. Unless two women are more than acquainted and have established a friendship, comments on attractiveness are often off-limits. This [...]
Posted in Mind & Body, Uncategorized Tagged affirmations, homophobia, plastic surgery, women's beauty, Women's Herstory Month, Women's History Month, WSW 10 Comments
Is it still the man’s job to approach a woman?
During this Women’s Herstory Series, I want to discuss relevant issues that women face today while also honoring great women of the past and present. As the economy has changed from an agrarian foundation into the industrial sector, more women have left the conventional roles of homemaker, housewife, and other domestic occupations. Now, we see greater numbers [...]
Posted in Gender & Feminism Tagged dating, heterosexuality, men, Relationships, women, Women's Herstory Month 8 Comments
The Herstory of Madame Mao
Madame Mao was on the of the most powerful figures in the People’s Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution from 1966-1976. She held significant influence and political power in Communist China under her husband’s Mao Zedong regime. Before becoming one of China’s “Gang of Four” that would create upheaval during its reign, Madame Mao [...]
The Herstory of the Taj Mahal
The modern woman is most likely jaded by love. The institution of marriage has been defiled by a perverse false commitment in so many instances. How do women reclaim their school girl notions that such a passion can exist for two people? Perhaps, if the story of Arjumand Banu Begum (also known as Mumtaz Mahal) [...]
Posted in Culture & History Tagged Agra, Arjumand Banu Begum, India, marriage, Mughal Empire, Mumtaz Mahal, Prince Khurram, Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal, Women's History Month 1 Comment
The Bonnie Behind Clyde
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker was the Camel chain-smoking, rifle handling evader of the law from West Dallas, TX. Bonnie goes unrecognized if her name is not accompanied by Clyde and the converse is also true. In the history books, she goes down as merely an accomplice of Clyde and an outlaw. But there was more to [...]
What it takes to make a modern woman
a 7 year old girl was allowed to be the drum corps queen at Brazil's infamous Carnival celebration. Most male bachelors that I have met fantasize about hosting their "last night as a single man" in Brazil. Brazilian women are considered incredibly exotic and beautiful and they are. The Carnival celebration in Brazil is often a celebration of debauchery and lawlessness. And yet, we see a 7 year old girl allowed to be the center of attention at this event. The role of drums corps queen as cited by several articles and critics of this issue, is reserved for "sultry actresses and models". It is a traditionally "sexy" role. Men at the carnival are driven there to see the scantily clad gorgeous Brazilian women move their bodies in sensual rhythm. The young Julia Lira was placed in the limelight and absolutely sexualized to an immoral degree.
The Herstory of Somaly Mam
On September 8, 2008 I was fortunate to hear Somaly Mam speak at Fordham University in New York. Somaly is a survivor of rape, forced prostitution, and a forerunner in the fight against human trafficking. She was Glamour Magazine’s Woman of the Year in 2006. She’s been a guest on the Tyra Banks show alongside Susan Sarandon. Somaly Mam has even [...]
Hawaii’s Queen
I begin the Women's Herstory Series with a study of Queen Lili'uokalani. She was the first and only female regent of Hawaii and she was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The Queen was born on September 2, 1838. Her birth name was Lydia Kamaka 'eha Paka. She was one of fifteen children and in line with Hawaiian custom, she was adopted by Abner Paki and Laura Konia. She was educated at Hawaii's Royal School and learned English. The Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center has record that her motto was: " "E onipa‘a...i ka ‘imi na‘auao" which translates to "Be steadfast in the seeking of knowledge." Her Majesty was indeed very intelligent.
Black fraternities present opportunities
Alpha Phi Alpha was the first black fraternal organization in the United States. It was organized by the “Seven Jewels”. These seven individuals were extraordinarily intelligent and were said to present extreme “scholarship, leadership and tenacity”. In Ithaca, New York at Cornell University in 1906, the racial climate was incredibly tense. The “Seven Jewels” originally [...]
Awakening A’Lelia Walker
She traversed the world and gazed her brown eyes on the pyramids of Egypt, saw the coronation of a pope in Rome, and was in the company of the Ethiopian Empress Waizeru. The colorful history of A’Lelia Walker has been graciously shared with me by her great-granddaughter and biographer A’Lelia Bundles. A’Lelia Bundles, who [...]
Branding the Black Woman
Throughout the Black History Month series, I have reviewed historical figures, events of importance, as well as pieces of culture that are distinctly African-American. As the series continues, I plan to uncover the perception of black women in the United States as shown in advertisements, movies, and media etc…Today, I will specifically discuss the vision [...]
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Rewriting Madams back into Herstory