by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jan 13, 2014
Selfies are everywhere right now. It was the 2013 “Word of the Year.” They fill up your feeds on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook {and probably other social media sites I haven’t even heard of}. Selfies are described as narcissistic, empowering, and...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jan 6, 2014
I love reading and writing about motherhood. I recently finished reading Kate Hopper’s memoir Ready for Air, in which she recounts her difficult pregnancy, her daughter’s premature birth, followed by weeks in the NICU, and her first few months at home as a new mother....
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Dec 9, 2013
The Brilliant Book Club meets today! We are discussing Katrina Alcorn’s Maxed Out: American Moms on the Brink. I hope you’ll join our conversation about the state of motherhood today! ***** In Maxed Out, Alcorn describes her journey as a working mom, with...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Nov 20, 2013
When I taught Women’s Studies, my students and I analyzed advertising and media images of women. I was inspired by Jean Kilbourne’s series Killing Us Softly, which documents the portrayal of women in advertising from the 1970s to today. She describes seeing the ads...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Nov 5, 2013
Ambitious title, no? While I would love to offer you a comprehensive analysis on how to end war and establish peace and proclaim friendship for all, I feel that is a bit beyond the scope of one blog post! In the spirit of “A journey of a thousand miles begins...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Nov 2, 2013
Review of The Mother of All Meltdowns We’ve all had one. A meltdown. It’s such a perfect term to describe not only a nuclear disaster, but what can happen to human beings when our core does not remain stable. If our cooling-off mechanisms break down, dangerous...
