This is a guest post from writer and blogger, Jennifer Landis at Mindfulness Mama.  Today’s tweens have a lot to make them feel anxious. Even when a pandemic doesn’t rage, their hormones do, causing behavioral changes. Many are adjusting to homeschooling, and they miss their friends. They may lament missing their chance to play spring sports […]

Cross-posted with permission; by Dr. Rebecca Hains A comic titled “LEGO Friends” recently went viral, striking a chord with people by humorously pointing out that girls don’t need a separate line of LEGO toys. No, no—girls just need better female representation within existing LEGO sets: I was so taken by how well this cartoon encapsulates so many parents’ and advocates’ […]

Ariell Johnson's dream started out as a simple one. To have a place where she could enjoy her favorite comic books and a cup of coffee with other girls (and boys) in a safe space where they are free to enjoy their Geekiness and embrace who they are with other like-minded people. She is now […]

By Pia Guerrero, Executive Director Today would have been Julia Child’s 102nd birthday and here at SheHero’s we're celebrating. Child was the first woman inducted into the Culinary Institute of America’s Hall of Fame—and, for the record, my grandmother’s cousin. Growing up in my home I learned a lot about Julia, although less about her […]

It was a dark and stormy night. It’s a legendary line that has been used in books since 1830. But for me I associate that line with what was one of my favorite books in childhood. I was in the 4th grade the first time I read those words in the opening paragraph of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time.  It’s […]