Angelina Jolie is speaking out about her decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy after learning she carries the BRCA1 gene which increases the likelihood of developing breast cancer. She wrote in a New York Times op-ed: “My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk […]
Colonel Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut and the well-known commander of the International Space Station Mission 35. With the assistance of his son, Evan, he ha become a social media star giving those of us on earth a peek of what it is like to live and work in space through a series of […]
The recent rescue of 3 women in Cleveland by Charles Ramsey is a huge victory over domestic abuse. In many interviews you can now view online with Ramsey, he consistently states that when he observed the victim struggling to get out of the house he assumed that it was a case of domestic abuse but […]
When it comes to your reproductive health, public figures have said a lot of outrageous things—some of them so outrageous they’re laughable. But the threats to your reproductive health are real and no laughing matter. Here’s the bottom line: these issues are personal, and women need to know just how extreme the opponents to reproductive […]
Tidal Wave Girls is a documentary short celebrating the educational and economic advancements women and girls have made in recent years thanks to everyday women. At home. In the classroom. On the playground. The video was released on May 9th, 2013, in time for Mother’s Day to celebrate the women that teach their daughters and […]