re:earlham's new president

My beloved alma mater has a new president. Read about Alan C. Price here.

re:body image and tolerance

Via This American Life.  Tell Me I'm Fat, a show inspired by Lindy West's book, Shrill. This is a difficult but important listen. I'm still thinking about it two weeks after I heard it.

Via NPR's Ted Radio Hour. Beyond Tolerance,  how to move beyond tolerance to a place of deeper understanding.

re:resistance

From Gather_here's IG account today..."Reclaiming handcraft as a force for a movement". Gather Here is a fabulous fabric and yarn shop in Cambridge, MA. Link here.

The Indivisible Movement, a practical guide for resisting the trump agenda. Info here.

re::reading list

Via brainpickings, best 16 books of 2016.
My own top four "must reads" for 2017?
(Having already read Upstream)
Hope in the Dark
Becoming Wise
When Breath Becomes Air
Anger and Forgiveness

and...
The View From the Cheap Seats
The Gutsy Girl

What about you, dear reader?

re::standing rock and our post election nation

Lots of info about the issues surrounding the courage at Standing Rock, via everyday feminism.

An insightful podcast about our post election nation, via On Being.

re:america

Here's a blog post from our eldest, a high school teacher, giving me pause to appreciate our nation in the midst of this challenging election season. Classic example of kid teaching parent. Thanks, Stew. xo

re:transformative love

This video is an antidote to the political quagmire we find ourselves in. It's a dose of compassion, love and hope that I have been desperately (no exaggeration) in need of. "Nothing is impossible".