Miriam Levine
By Miriam Levine
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Life Does ‘Just Not Sorry’ Hurt Women?
When I first heard about the Gmail plug-in from Cyrus Innovation aptly named I wanted it for myself. It highlights weak words in emails like “Just”, “I think” and “I’m sorry” to remove in order to better articulate the true meaning of the message. Like many other women, I am guilty of diluting the meaning…
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Life I Finally Got My Body Back – But Who Is this New Woman Who Inhabits It?
Being pregnant for 9.5 months is a monumental transformation. Your body swells. Your hormones pulsate. Your appetite ranges from ravenous to nauseous within minutes. I enjoyed housing another human, but I couldn’t wait for the end. I wanted to meet the specimen I had grown and get my body back. I imagined giving birth and…
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Life Am I That ‘Crazy Neurotic’ Jewish Woman Donald Trump Is Describing?
When Donald Trump called Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee Chairwoman, “crazy” and “a highly neurotic woman” it was one more comment in a long list of politically incorrect statements he has made since joining the presidential race. Unfortunately, it is also a characterization frequently made about Jewish women in general. I’ve noticed two major…
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Life Measuring Love in Ounces
While reading this Sunday’s New York Times article “Overselling Breast-Feeding,” I couldn’t help but reflect on the emotional roller coaster that has been my experience with breastfeeding. Prior to getting pregnant, I was not committed to breastfeeding. I thought I’d play it by ear and see how it went. I understood that not everyone who…
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Life Let’s Keep Cliques in High School and Out of Motherhood
In a recent Jezebel article titled Tracy Moore supports mothers who form tight-knit groups consisting of others just like themselves. “In those early days I wasn’t looking for fellow slobs per se, but it’s unlikely I’d have befriended a Fit Mom, only because I would not have imagined that we’d be in the same headspace—and…
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Life Why Young Women Are Leaning In Between
It seems every week there is another article about women and work-life balance, and last week was no exception. The New York Times’s describing how millennials — nicknamed here “the planning generation” — were more likely to plan pauses in their career trajectories for motherhood that their than Gen Xer or Baby Boomer counterparts. The…
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Life How ‘Inside Out’ Changed My Parenting Philosophy
The new Pixar film “Inside Out,” centers around an eleven-year-old girl named Riley going through a tumultuous time in her life- a big move, a new school, and tension with her parents. As viewers, we get a glimpse into her head, and learn of five key emotions represented by different animated characters— Joy, Sadness, Anger,…
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