REAL STORIES | E. Katherine Bates and the World She Could Not See
In Seen and Unseen, E. Katherine Bates recorded a world of séances, prophetic dreams, psychic phenomena and encounters she believed suggested something existed beyond ordinary perception.
“Summer” by Edith Wharton
Originally published in 1917, Summer is Edith Wharton's only novel centered on the emotional awakening of a young woman. In this featured excerpt, readers are invited into a timeless story of longing, identity, freedom, and the quiet courage it takes to become oneself.
Why Women Need Celebration More Than Self-Improvement
For generations, women have been told there is always another version of themselves waiting to be achieved. As June and the Summer Solstice approach, perhaps the greater lesson is not self-improvement, but self-recognition. A reflection on celebration, femininity, and the ancient wisdom of honoring who we already are.
When the Body Starts Screaming: May, Beltane, and the Female Cost of Ignored Pain
For centuries women have been taught to distrust this connection. Female discomfort has long been trivialized, romanticized, or pathologized. A woman in pain was dramatic. A woman emotionally perceptive was unstable. A woman highly sensitive to her environment was irrational. A woman whose body reacted visibly to stress was hysterical. We know the historical language well because women who listened too closely - to cycles, herbs, dreams, blood, intuition, weather, and the unseen shifts in atmosphere - were often the women pushed to the margins and called witches. Photo by Leo Gilmant
