Why I Went to the Women’s March on Washington

by Laura | Jan 26, 2017 | Social-Cultural Issues

I went to the Women’s March in DC last weekend! As I am sure you have read, the March made history! Why did I go?  For a number of reasons, but the two biggies: the current administration’s policy positions seriously stand to worsen climate change and have...

Up Close & Personal with Gloria Steinem: My Life on the Road

by Laura | Jan 12, 2016

Get ready to take a great ride with writer, political activist and social organizer Gloria Steinem in her new memoir, My Life on the Road. In it she gives an up close and personal account of her “lifetime of travel, activism and leadership,” and a profound story of...

Happy Wives Club

by Laura | Feb 10, 2015

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day which is right around the corner, here’s a review of Happy Wives Club: One Woman’s Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage by LiveTrue book reviewer Melanie Davis. It is a book about author Fawn...

The Baby Matrix in College Coursework: Interview with Kimya Dennis, Ph.D. Part II

by Laura | Feb 4, 2015 | Baby Matrix related, Childfree/Parenthood Related, Pronatalism

Last fall, I posted my interview with Kimya Dennis, Assistant Professor at Salem College, who was teaching the sociology course, The Childfree, and using my book, The Baby Matrix, as part of the curriculum. Now that the course is over, I asked her a few more questions...

An End to Suffering

by Laura | Oct 31, 2014

by Rose Parker At moments, An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World by seems to be two books disguised as one. The main thread of the narrative follows the development of Buddhism, with an eye to interactions between East and West. Another thread reveals Pankaj...