Topic: Women
Her Body, Her (Beautiful) Self
The three-year-old Body Empowerment Project has helped students in 17 Philadelphia schools accept — and embrace — their physical selves this year. Support their work at their year-end party on April 25
By Natalie PompilioWATCH: Sue Jacobson on Going For It
The businesswoman and former Chamber of Commerce board chair won the Chamber’s prestigious Paradigm Award for women last month. Her speech is a font of leadership wisdom we should all heed
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyListen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club reads Hunger by Roxane Gay
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member talks with Roxane Gay about her memoir Hunger, her raw story about being a Black woman in a big body in America
By Ali VelshiBig Rube’s Philly: Deborah Mayfield of Admirations Hair It Iz
The chef and photographer pays a visit to a longtime friend, a salon owner reestablishing South Street as a Black mecca — one woman at a time
By Reuben Harley12+ Women’s Spaces in Philadelphia
Where to find safe, fun, joyous and healthy activities by and for women on International Women’s Day and beyond
By Monica ConstableErasure and the Fiction of America
What Zora Neale Hurston, Oscar-nominated American Fiction, and the sacrifice of Black women tell us about America on the cusp of Black History and Women’s History months
By James PetersonSeven Local Do-Good Beauty Brands for Valentine’s Day
Show your love to someone special — or to yourself — by showing the love for Philly skin and hair care businesses caring for people, the planet and pets
By Rosamelia Sanchez LaraSaving Women’s Hearts
Heart disease, which kills one in three women every year, is the number one cause of death in the United States. Temple cardiologist Deborah Crabbe is on a mission to change that.
By Jessica Blatt Press