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Saturday, February 04, 2012

In February, we're sharing stories about myths and fairytales. In March our focus is peace. The current question for our readers: How are you a peacemaker? Tell us about it. Send your thoughts in a paragraph or two, by February 10, to editor@womenspress.com

Featured Stories

•	Story time

•	Love story

•	Memory maps

•	Not exactly human

•	Marriage for all

•	Myths we've been told

•	Little Free Libraries

•	Story to the rescue

•	Heart attack? Who? Me!

•	DIY: Personal mything

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Features

Story time

Myths&FairyTalesFeature: Children's literature expert, Karen Nelson Hoyle, on women's themes in storytelling

Love story

StoryTellingFeature: Young TVbyGIRLS filmmakers explore an age-old topic

Memory maps

Profile: Mona Smith finds stories about the past in order to create a better future

Not exactly human

CoverArtist: Fairies and fanciful creatures fill Meredith Dillman's fantasy artwork

Marriage for all

WordsAndPictures: "My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding"

GoSeeDo February 2012

Calendar: Books and pancakes, "Almost to Freedom" ... and other women-focused events happening in February

ThinkAboutIt: February 2012

ThinkAboutIt: Stuck on marriage, abortion restrictions increasing ... and other things to think about

Commentary

Myths we've been told

WelcomeWords: When they're shared, women's stories can change the universe

Little Free Libraries

ActNow: Free book exchanges encourage neighborly connections

Venus and me

SheSaid: Venus de Milo challenges Tami Mohamed Brown to explore myths surrounding gender

Story to the rescue

LeaderVoice: Christina Baldwin turns story experiences into leadership opportunities

Pink think

WelcomeWords: Our writers and readers have strong opinions about the color pink

The Empty Bowls Project

ActNow: National grassroots effort to end hunger-local potters create bowls

An inward mirror

SheSaid: Debra Leigh's thoughts on understanding internalized racial oppression

ReadersWrite

Heart attack? Who? Me!

OnYourMind: A 37-year-old woman's story to take to heart

Happily ever after reclaimed

BookShelf: Barb Greenberg on finding your hidden voice and reclaiming your own happy ending

Four legs, full heart

YourStory: Brody, the assistance dog, saved Terri Krake

DIY: Personal mything

YourStory: Marcia Hyatt's story starts with "once upon a time"

YourThoughts February 2012

YourThoughts: Readers share their thoughts about stories they've believed ... and changed

YouSaid February 2012

YouSaid: Letters from our readers

There you go-perfect

OnYourMind: Pink's edgy, hip-hop vibe

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; Newberry 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