Category: FemFridayVol2

  • When Fem Friday is More Important Than the Election

    When Fem Friday is More Important Than the Election

    What could be more important than the most important election in history according to social media? When a Fem Friday is in the ICU. The last time I saw her we met at a restaurant. We closed out the restaurant that day. We laughed in the parking lot about how 4 hours felt like 20…

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  • Fem Friday to Have a New Home!

    Fem Friday to Have a New Home!

    TLDR Version: Fem Friday will have a new home at Tawnlandia so it can have it’s own identity and grow. It will reach a broader audience of women and offer audio renderings and new voices! This makes books based on the Fem Friday Features possible! Fem Friday is Bigger than Gen X Watch! Fem Friday…

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  • Editor In Chief’s Open Letter to Women

    Editor In Chief’s Open Letter to Women

    Dear Women of Fem Friday, It is with a deep gratitude and concern that I write this. I just finished the first draft of an upcoming novel about one of the most special Fem Friday Women I have written about. As I reflect on the strength and experiences of the woman the main character is…

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  • Stevie Nicks is the White Witch and The Lighthouse

    Stevie Nicks is the White Witch and The Lighthouse

    On September 24th of 2024 Stevie Nicks released The Lighthouse. Nicks wrote the song to encourage women to stand up for abortion rights. It did not get a lot of fanfare despite the full court press of publicity for this important song. On October 12th of 2024 she would perform live on Saturday Night Live.…

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  • The Life of Mia Zapata and Love After Tragedy

    The Life of Mia Zapata and Love After Tragedy

    Are there creatives that most of us will never hear of? Should we check out our local music scene? Is how we lived more important than how we died? Do we need to remember who the person was and their art more than what they endured? In the case of Mia Zapata of the Gits,…

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  • Wednesday Addams is the Hero Fem Friday Needs!

    Wednesday Addams is the Hero Fem Friday Needs!

    Does a fictitious character that inspired countless women mean as much as one that exists? Can inspiration be found in someone we met when she was nine? And do men have to be aware of their reactions to women who refuse to conform? In the case of Wednesday Adams, the answer to all of these…

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  • Women Write Banned Books & What We Must Do Now

    Women Write Banned Books & What We Must Do Now

    What happens six weeks after a First Amendment Activist and members of Amnesty International and the American Library Association have a conversation in the 80’s? What were they fighting for? And who is winning that war over 40 years later? The 80’s gave us Banned Books Week. They were fighting “to teach the importance of…

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  • Iman: A Refugee Who Made the World Better!

    Iman: A Refugee Who Made the World Better!

    Most people know her as a Supermodel and beloved wife of David Bowie. But how many know that she was a refugee, speaks five languages, and changed the world for many? As a victim of genital mutilation at the age of seven, a refugee at 16, and faced racial bias as model in the US…

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  • Avril Lavigne’s Breakaway Makes a Difference

    Avril Lavigne’s Breakaway Makes a Difference

    Is she the pop punk queen or the mother effing princess? Did she open doors? Is she punk? Is she a hub bridging influences and being an influence? It’s…Complicated. But there is no mistaking that she is more and does things that matter. I recently learned that, like me, our music and culture columnist Jeremy…

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  • The Little Earthquakes Of Tori Amos Briefly Enlightened

    The Little Earthquakes Of Tori Amos Briefly Enlightened

    Is Tori Amos powerful? Does her music have something to say that matters? Are Sirens sometimes lighthouses? Yes. She almost got through to me for a season. Tori Amos in Brief Tori Amos was a minister’s kid with a deeply religious mother. At 21 she survived a horrific sexual assault at knife point. She was…

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