Bahamas’ American Women’s Club joins international federation
The American Women’s Club in the Bahamas (AWC) has named its board of directors for 2016, re-electing Calliope “Cally” Couchell as its president. The organisation also has become a member of the global Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas (FAWCO).
Michelle Miller Motivational: Aren’t you tired of waiting to feel good enough?
The opening lyrics of one of my favourite’s songs by Sarah McLachlan go like this:
Silence
In a late 1980s paper on the oppression of Indian women, “Can the Subaltern Speak’, postcolonial critic Gayatri Spivak declares that the subaltern woman is silent in the Indian context.
BUN IN THE OVEN: Weaning with love
Choosing to breastfeed is giving your baby the best start at health in life, but it is a labour of love as there can be challenges and trying times in the beginning, but sticking to it will come with big rewards in the long run.
Christine Stubbs in operation ‘Save Our Little Darlings’
WITH a mission to take a stand and bring about change, awareness and safety for children who are victims of abuse, a determined Bahamian woman started an organisation called “Operation SOLD: Save Our Little Darlings.”
A fashion trip around the world
Up-and-coming teen designer Navado Dawkins recently took fashionistas on a tour around the world with his first solo showcase.
BUN IN THE OVEN: Take a ‘babymoon’
You may be tired of thinking and hearing about all the things to do before baby arrives.
Expanding your comfort zone
What if I told you I’d give you $1,000 to make an important public speech? Would you take the offer? Or would you, like many individuals, immediately recoil at the idea, even though it could be lucrative for you. Why doesn’t this idea appeal to you?
Damaged men
We are being led by a system of hypermasculine men who see it as their right to steal, plunder, rape, pillage and murder through their class privilege, lies and deceit.
Taking some ‘Me time’
WITH so much going in day-to-day life, many people don’t get the chance to spend quality time just with themselves.
Fashion Beats Cancer
An aspiring Bahamian stylist is joining the fight against breast cancer by using his talents to put together and host a charity fashion show on November 14.
Woman shaming
Given the inability of women in the Bahamas to receive equal rights despite all the legal international obligations the government has committed itself to, society seems to think it OK to treat women worse than they treat Potcakes.
BUN IN THE OVEN: Things overdue pregnant women don’t want to hear
For some being pregnant for 40 weeks is more than enough. By the end of the third trimester a lot of women experience lots of discomfort. They’re feeling heavy, their mobility has slowed, some have very swollen feet, they’re probably finding it very difficult to get comfortable when they sleep or they can’t sleep, and they’re still plagued with the dreaded heartburn.
The royal treatment
IT’S almost that time again when the ladies of Nassau will have the opportunity to pull out their fanciest hats and most elegant gloves, all in the name of helping to repair the hearts of children.
What lives ‘Beneath the Hat’
Second installment of exhibit explores the personal histories of women
IT was while exploring the history of Old Freetown, Grand Bahama, that artist Chantal Bethel and writer Laurie Tuchel first became inspired by the women of that settlement’s church.
