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Adventures in Cross-Cultural Love
Alison Singh Gee invites us into her cross-cultural romance with rich details that take us from the heart of Hong Kong to the dusts of Mokimpur.

Trapped In The Wild After A Plane Crash
The book follows the days a young woman spends trapped in the wild after a plane crash, as well as the chaos that ensues within her after she’s rescued.

Traveling to Cuba from the United States
The improved relationship between the United States and Cuba is making travel between the countries more accessible. Traveling to Cuba from the United States is still not easy, but at least it’s legal. How long have you been wanting to go to Cuba? The country holds so much cultural appeal: the unique music, the distinctive […]

Breckenridge Launches First Ever Women’s Ski Week
From Februray 14 – 22, 2015, Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado is hosting its first Women’s Ski Week. Featuring women’s-specific ski and snowboard lessons, equipment demos, happy hours, and special screenings of women’s ski films, the First Annual Women’s Ski Week is the perfect opportunity to get together with your besties or make new friends […]

Yoga Classes On Demand
Busy, active women rejoice. Yoga Download allows you to do any kind of yoga, anytime, anywhere. You can take it with you. Ever go on vacation somewhere remote and wish you could still continue your practice? Ever want to try out a new, difficult pose at home before you go to class? Or maybe you […]

Oil Pulling: The Strangest And Most Awesome Trick For Dental Health
The practice of oil pulling is an ancient Ayurvedic practice that is regaining popularity. And new studies show it actually works. You’ve probably read all about oil pulling on social media. But recent studies are proving what hippies have known for years: swishing coconut oil around in your mouth actually improves your dental health. I […]

Four Women Wear A Hijab To Experience What It’s Like
These four women spent the day wearing a hijab. There’s an old quote, “Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.” These four women did something similar—they spent a day wearing hijabs, and experiencing what it is like for women who wear these traditional headscarves. Some of the reactions they got […]

Why You Should Give A Freak About Climate Change
“Like Tom Brady, the world’s getting hotter and hotter.”

Canada’s Most Beautiful (And Adventure-Inspiring) Travel Guide
If you’re looking for me this weekend, I’ll be curled up with Discover Canada – 100 Inspiring Outdoor Adventures, dreaming about my next adventure.

Kitchen Hack: DIY Almond Milk
Okay, maybe you read the abrasively titled story in Mother Jones (“Lay Off the Almond Milk, You Ignorant Hipsters”) and maybe you didn’t. The premise was that (a) almond milk is ridiculously expensive, and (b) eating almonds is better for you than drinking almond milk. This isn’t exactly groundbreaking investigative journalism—we know it’s expensive, and […]

Five People Are Still Alive Who Were Born in the 1800s. And They’re All Women.
Well, women must be doing something right. The web lit up this week with stories about the last living people who were born in the 1800s—all women. And three of the five live in the United States. It’s remarkable to think about what these women have witnessed in their lives. They were born before the […]