With T&T Pride fast approaching, I can’t help but re-call my pleasant and not so pleasant experiences in July 2010. So here goes … As a lover… Read more “The closeted agenda of the Open Mic”
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Writing is a Political Act
The choice to write, sometimes even about personal issues, that is a political act and it’s symbolic of the refusal to remain silent and the refusal to accept discrimination and injustice. ~Tanya Shirley (Jamaica)
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Destra Garcia
Soca Artiste Destra Garcia talks about women’s empowerment as key to ending violence against women. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Would you consider T&T a developing country when it comes to issues of gender?
“Would you consider T&T a developing country when it comes to issues of gender? Our women do have access to health, education, ownership of resources etc. But… Read more “Would you consider T&T a developing country when it comes to issues of gender?”
Vernice Philip (Trinidad and Tobago) tells why she is excited about The WomenSpeak Project “Writing is at the same time the most selfish and the most generous… Read more
Interview with Debra Providence
WomenSpeak talks to Debra Providence about her poem While Walking Up Back Street WS: It feels like this poem is based on a real incident that happened to you?… Read more “Interview with Debra Providence”
While Walking Up Back Street
While walking up Back Street in green tank, yellow mesh T-shirt and loose blue jeans a copper hails me from the other side of the street, “Ras,… Read more “While Walking Up Back Street”
Are You An Advocate? Yes, You Are!
Anyone can be an advocate. Being an advocate means 1. You feel strongly about an issue 2. You are taking positive actions to help influence change There… Read more “Are You An Advocate? Yes, You Are!”
Bocas Lit Fest 2011
Acclaimed Caribbean Women Writers at the Bocas Lit Fest 2011 in Trinidad and Tobago talk about writing as a tool for personal growth and processing difficult experiences… Read more “Bocas Lit Fest 2011”
Restrictive gender norms, which undermine women’s power, competence, and agency, help account for women’s higher rates of depression, poorer standardized scores, and higher discontent with sex.
Doing Gender in the Bedroom: Investing in Gender Norms and the Sexual Experience by Diana T. Sanchez, Jennifer Crocker, Karlee R. Boike.