Posted by Birute Regine 07 29th, 2010
A recent reviewer of my book questioned whether women have innate feminine qualities and disagreed that there are inherent differences in the sexes. This was in response to my call to action to women to embrace their more feminine qualities, to see themselves as leaders and that feminine skills like empathy, inclusion, collaboration, care are […]
Posted in : IB movement
Posted by Birute Regine 07 21st, 2010
Courage is often associated with the heroes journey–taking enormous physical risks, running into burning houses, slaying the enemy. And indeed, these are courageous acts. But there is a courage that is not as visible. In her book The Chalice and the Blade, Riane Eisler speaks about a different kind of courage: “the courage to risk […]
Posted in : CourageousVulnerability
Posted by Birute Regine 07 13th, 2010
Pardon me, but I just have to get this off my chest. George Rekers, who believes therapy can and needs to turn gays straight and testifies as an expert against gay adoptions, gets caught returning from a trip in Europe with a 20-year-old escort from Rentaboy.com. Why isn’t he in therapy? Ted Haggard, who backed […]
Posted in : Gladiator watch
Posted by Birute Regine 06 27th, 2010
Meg Whitman tapped as the Republican nominee for Governor, Republican Carly Fiorina to challenge Barbara Boxer for her Senate seat, and Republican Nikki Haley possibly becoming the first non-white female governor of South Carolina. All Sarah Palin endorsed mama grizzlies. Or are they grizzly mamas? It’s great to see women running for public office and […]
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Posted by Birute Regine 05 25th, 2010
Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced? sung in Hendrix’s smoky voice, keeps floating around in my head when I think of Elena Kagan. Huh? Well, the old “are you experienced” argument is being flung out there against her. Excuse me? The first female dean of Harvard Law School is inexperienced? So what’s […]
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Posted by Birute Regine 05 18th, 2010
One thing that will be a given in the era of women is not only equal pay for equal work, but that work associated with the feminine like child care, the arts, nursing, education will be properly paid. It is stunning that this is still an issue and women are still paid considerably less than […]
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Posted by Birute Regine 05 8th, 2010
As worthy as the tradition of honoring mothers as childbearers, as nurtures, as the caretakers of the future is, the original intent of Mother’s Day had a higher purpose. In 1870, American poet and women’s leader Julia Ward Howe established Mother’s Day. Her gesture was a call for women to wage a general strike to end war. […]
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Posted by Birute Regine 05 3rd, 2010
Bella Abzug said, “In the 21st century, women will change the nature of power instead of power changing the nature of women.” Like leadership, we associate male posturing with the meaning of power. So when I asked Iron Butterflies about power, many said they didn’t want power, they wanted influence instead, reflecting how gladiator-infused the word […]
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Posted by Birute Regine 04 16th, 2010
While in Richmond, VA we found our “Cheers” where everyone knows your name. Bistro Bouchon, owned by Francis Devilliers and Wendy Kalif, is a welcoming, gracious place with absolutely wonderful French food. We have to tie ourselves down to stop us from going there every night! I quickly befriended Wendy, a transplant from Manhattan and a […]
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