Tag: Carrie Goldman

How Girls and Women Can Work Together to Create Something Amazing

Something incredible happened when I began actively fighting my daughter’s school dress code policy. Local women came out of the woodwork. There was the brave journalist who included my letter to the principal in her article, the feminist author who contacted me to ask how she could help, a gender studies professor with her own... Read more »
By Juliet C. Bond,
July 15, 2015 at 7:54 am • 

The Day the Mirror Frowned Back

During Sexual Assault Awareness Month, “Not for Ourselves Alone” is running a special series called 30 Days of Bodyshaming, designed to give a voice to the many different experiences of girls and women. This series will feature guest posts by professors, writers, a cartoonist, young girls, and mothers. Gut wrenching and honest, these stories are... Read more »
By Juliet C. Bond,
April 10, 2015 at 5:42 am • 

Can We Protect Our Girls (Or Ourselves) from Online Mysogyny?

This week, a woman named Anita Sarkeesian was prevented from speaking at Utah State University due to death threats.  Sarkeesian is a media critic.  Her online presence engenders frequent cyberbullying.  Sadly, the vitriol has manifested into real threats to her safety. The bully (that seems too tame a word for this person but it’s the... Read more »
By Juliet C. Bond,
October 16, 2014 at 8:50 am • 
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    Juliet C. Bond

    Juliet C. Bond is a writer and professor at Columbia College in Chicago. Her first book, "Sam’s Sister," was published in 2005, and has sold over 50,000 copies. She went on to collaborate with Newberry winner Joyce Sidman to publish the stage adaptation of "This is Just to Say." Juliet’s shorter works can be found in "The Prairie Wind," at storystudiochicago.com and citymusecountrymuse.com. Juliet serves as the Welcome Coordinator for The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in Illinois, and has had the pleasure of working under the tutelage of award winning authors including; Jane Yolen, Jane Hamilton, Laurie Lawlor and Audrey Niffinegger. She chose the name for this space as an homage to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony whose hard work on gender equality serve as daily motivation to continue fighting for girls and women everywhere.

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