All posts by Melissa Geil



How to Not Hate the Holidays

  The night before our last annual holiday party 3 years, ago, I collapsed on the floor in hysterical sobs. I was on my way...[Read More]

The New North Carolina Activism

>> By Melissa Geil The phones at Senator Tillis’s offices did not even pick up the day that the Betsy DeVos vote took place. The...[Read More]

Are We Being Gaslighted?

  >>   The term started cropping up during the presidential election cycle: gaslighting.   Melissa Jeltson mentions the “ >>power of gaslighting ” in...[Read More]



Be All In

“Be all in.” >> Janet Mountain recently spoke to a group of businesswomen and men at the Kenan-Flager Business School at UNC-Chapel Hill, offering advice...[Read More]

Birth Control and the Next Four Years

>>“Get an IUD while you still can.” Countless tweets, articles, and social media outlets have been warning women to take control of their reproductive health...[Read More]

Coping with Election Day Anxiety

>>More than half of Americans are reporting high levels of anxiety and stress related to the 2016 election season, according to a >>survey done by...[Read More]