Kate Carey | Women AdvaNCe

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Why My Cells Matter

Buried amidst candidate town halls, presidential tweets, and memorials to the 75th anniversary of D Day in early June, the Trump Administration began a campaign...[Read More]

12 Aug
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General Health and Safety MyBodyNC Reproductive Rights Self Care

Reproductive Justice Includes Sexual Health

I never had an abortion, although those services have always been legally available to me. With two miscarriages behind me, by the time I got...[Read More]

10 Jul
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Self Care Women's Friendships

All’s Well With My Soul

“How was your Ohio friends’ visit,” I was asked at the church picnic. Fun, I said. Great weather and wonderful seafood. Those words were the...[Read More]

26 Jun
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Beauty & Aging General Self Care

When Age Finds Beauty

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then why did I spend so many years listening to media messages about beauty instead of...[Read More]

15 May
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General Leadership

Give Me Liberty…And a Female President!

Riding to the airport after a recent writer’s week, a girlfriend declared that America is not ready for a female president. WHAT? I don’t remember...[Read More]

15 Apr
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General Racial Justice/Equity

Who Is Other?

Reading Michelle Obama’s biography, “Becoming,” I began to think about what the concept of other means to me. The former First Lady writes about how some...[Read More]

13 Mar
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Civic Engagement Current Events Education General LBGTQIA Violence Prevention Welfare Reform

Marching to Move Feet…and Hearts

One of my favorite poets died recently — Mary Oliver. At the end of her poem “Summer Day” she challenges me, “Tell me, what is...[Read More]

4 Feb
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