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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

In May, it's all about What Women Want and "living big." In June, we're celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX. The current question for our readers: What is your Title IX story? Tell us about it. Send your thoughts in a paragraph or two, by May 10, to editor@womenspress.com

Featured Stories

•	What Women Want 2012!

•	Slowed road to equality

•	Mayda!: living big

•	Second-chance gardener

•	Fused glass and African masks

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Live BIG

•	Nursing moms unite

•	Saw a whale. Check.

•	Women needed at the peacemaking table

•	My breasts

Features

What Women Want 2012!

ReadersSurvey: You told us your favorites. We tell all.

Slowed road to equality

Feature: What will it take to jumpstart progress?

Mayda!: living big

Profile: Twin Cities diminutive musician lives big through her "pop-neo-funk" sound

Second-chance gardener

Profile: Red Wing woman, Christine Aquino, uses gardening to inspire incarcerated men

Fused glass and African masks

CoverArtist: Sheila Callander finds artistic inspiration for "living big" from her work in Ghana

GoSeeDo May 2012

Calendar: "The Mothering of our Lives" ... and other women-focused events happening in May

ThinkAboutIt May 2012

ThinkAboutIt: No girls allowed, Hey, Mr. Zuckerberg ... and other things to think about

Commentary

Live BIG

WelcomeWords: Say "yes" to living big

Nursing moms unite

ActNow: Susan Berlien advocates for breast-feeding anywhere

Saw a whale. Check.

SheSaid: Tami Mohamed Brown's living-large moments are unscheduled

Observations of women leaders who LIVE BIG

LeaderVoice: Mary Hanson has interviewed leaders for over 30 years on her cable TV program

Cultural re-invention needed

WelcomeWords: Enough already: We need a cultural sea change

Birthday gift

ActNow: Symbol of a seed for her soul friends

A lynching in Oklahoma

SheSaid: Debra Leigh revisits Laura Nelson, 101 years later

ReadersWrite

Women needed at the peacemaking table

OnYourMind: On Mother's Day, Sandy Pappas encourages us to think about mothers in Afghanistan

My breasts

OnYourMind: She claims them for herself

Small effort, big reward

YourStory: Why Carla Semple loves being a Big Sister

All thrifty states

YourStory: Jenna Isaacson documents America's thrift-store consumption habits on her road trip

YourThoughts May 2012

YourThoughts: Readers share BIG thoughts

YouSaid May 2012

YouSaid: Letters from our readers

A lifetime of home creation

BookShelf: Renee Corbin follows her heart to create home

BookWomen

The power of women's words to help us understand the human condition

Glenda Martin explores the connections between the human interaction in novels and the tragedies occurring in the world.
—from BookWomen, February-March 2011

Readers Write Books: BookWomen subscribers in print

A Longing for Wisdom. Patricia S. Taylor Edmisten writes from her Catholic roots.
—from BookWomen, February-March 2011

Footnotes: Items from and about the book world

Read about women writers dominating National Book Awards; the UNESCO-designated World Book Day; first-time award winning novelist Amy Sackville; Newbery Medal winner, Clare Vanderpool; Sara Paretsky honored, and lists of women on best-books lists for 2010.
—from BookWomen, February-March, 2011

Footnotes: Items from and about the book world

Read about Anne Rice leaving organized religion; Asne Seierstad being sued; J.K. Rowling funding a multiple sclerosis clinic; Clara Breed—the librarian who made a difference, and more.
—from BookWomen, October-November, 2010

Readers Write Books: BookWomen subscribers in print

Rosalie Maggio's latest book is a family affair.
—from BookWomen, August-September 2010

Winning Women Writers: Prizes, awards and recognitions

Barbara Kingsolver takes Orange Prize; Natalie Zemon Davis wins Norway's Holberg Prize, and a look back at Orange Prize favorites.
—from BookWomen, August-September, 2010

Footnotes: Items from and about the book world

Louise Erdrich's play coming to Minneapolis; about overdue books; library champions; must read censored books, and more.
—from BookWomen, June-July, 2010