Womens Movement

An urgent corrective to the erasure of the female fighter from narratives on gender and power, demanding that we see all women as political actors. “Violence, for me, and for the women I chronicle in this book, is simply a political reality.” Though the female fighter is often seen as an...

As we stand on the brink of a new era in mental health treatment, the question on everyone's mind is: where do we go from here? With the rise of tele-health services, the landscape of therapy is rapidly changing, offering new possibilities and challenges for young men, young women, counselors, psychologists, therapists, and grief-counselors alike.

The message from courageous women who were humiliated is loud and clear: that all people should be respected, protected, and treated with decency. Let us all stand together, and make this world safer and forgivable for those that positively change, and plant seeds of love, so love will grow in every heart from children to adults.

Stadio Lenin, Mosca, 26 luglio 1980. Finale del salto in alto. In pedana due donne: la tedesca dell'Est Rosemarie Ackermann, prima donna al mondo a superare il "muro" dei due metri, già campionessa olimpica a Montrèal 1976 e Sara Simeoni, medaglia d'argento a Montreal, alla quale è "toccato" per ben due volte alzare l'asticella a 2,01 mt. Tutti gli esperti si attendono questo duello, il pallottoliere degli scontri diretti dice 6 a 2 per la Ackermann.

È il 19 agosto del 2008. C'è il sole a Pechino. Nello stadio olimpico a forma di nido si corre la quinta batteria dei 200 metri donne. La prima a tagliare il traguardo è la giamaicana Veronica Campbell Brown in 23"04. L'ultima è una ragazza di 17 anni, alta e magra, con i pantaloncini lunghi fino alle ginocchia, una fascia tergisudore sulla fronte e le scarpe regalatele da un'atleta della squadra sudanese. Chiude in 32"16.

Dealing with women is something that we men have been trying to do since the beginning of time. They play games and these games have no rules except winning at any cost. We cannot expect them to play fair, but what we can do is learn how to recognize their bluffs and show that they are always holding the losing hand. Whether you have been with her for five days or five years the signs will be the same because their playbook is universal. Women will test you. Women will play games with you. Women will push your buttons and do whatever it takes to take control of the relationship. With this books, I hope to teach you guys about one of their most time worn tools. The bluff. When all else fails, they will reach for the chips and threaten to leave or to cry or to cut you off.