By Pema Chödrön, bell hooks — 2018
Pema Chödrön and bell hooks talk about facing life’s challenges, in this 1997 conversation from the Lion’s Roar archives.
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With her play and her talk, did the soccer star inspire us to redefine the meaning of sports? She tried.
It can’t be about “empowerment” any longer. To make real progress, it has to be about power—using and growing the power we women already have.
When women found themselves “alone or nearly alone” in a sea of men, they came to be seen as “tokens” – a constantly scrutinized stand-in for all women, viewed by others in terms of their gender and gender stereotypes.
Racism. The belief in the inherent superiority of one race over all others and thereby the right to dominance, manifest and implied.
There is this thing that happens, all too often, when a Black woman is being introduced in a professional setting. Her accomplishments tend to be diminished. The introducer might laugh awkwardly, rushing through whatever impoverished remarks they have prepared.
Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here's why, and what to do about it.
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Compassion isn’t always soft and gentle; sometimes it means being forceful and fierce.
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