The new Barbie film has transported me to my childhood. Barbara Millicent Roberts arrived at my house on December 25, 1963. Barbie was gorgeous in her gold and white bathing suit and matching headscarf. The new doll was a grown-up girl, but many of my friends looked like her, All-American little girls with blue eyes, straight part-in-the-middle, yellow-white hair, and Coppertone-tanned […]
February 13 has become an opportunity for women to reflect on their female friendships. Born from a 2010 episode of Parks and Recreation, Galentine’s Day is now a celebration worthy of Pinterest boards and marketing teams. As a general rule, I’m not a lover of holidays because of the busyness and planning that are involved, […]
We at Literary Mama love The HerStories Project: an online community for midlife women who write (or want to write but don’t know where to start.) We’re excited to announce The HerStories Community 30-Day Writing Summit featuring 20 writers, instructors, coaches, and editors, including Literary Mama Profiles Editor, Holly Rizzuto Palker and former Literary Mama […]
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We at Literary Mama are pleased to announce HerStories’ Fall Writing Workshop. Small Steps is a four-week prompt-based workshop designed to help women rediscover (or discover for the first time) the power of their writing. The HerStories Project is an online community for midlife women who write (or want to write but don’t know where […]