International Women’s Day: Wicked (?) Women

When I was younger, I used to get excited about celebrating International Women's Day every year. Receiving bouquets of flowers, hearing enthusiastic discourses on TV and radio praising the achievements of girls and women everwhere made me feel motivated and appreciated. But as I grew older, I started to really experience the difference between that …

Bringing flowers to a forgotten grave: Celia Holloway (1799-1831)

What is something not-so-secret and somewhat strange that you do that gives you purpose? For me, it's bringing flowers to old graves that no one seems to visit anymore. It's not as random as it might seem. Wherever I live, I seem to get attached to old cemeteries, and in particular churchyards. They bring a …

The perfect fit

I grew up with a "perfect fit" approach to career and professional roles. Let me explain what I mean by that. Growing up as an adolescent and as a young adult, I imbibed this idea that each person has one profession, one all-consuming role that they are training for and that they will pursue for …

4 upcoming books by female authors to buy and read over the next 6 months

I've been sitting on this one for a while, mostly because I couldn't think of who would want to take reading suggestions - about upcomings books, no less - from me. But then again, why not? Maybe there's someone out there who didn't know they needed this particular list. You know, I'm one of those …