Anni Crofut: ‘Motherhood Is’ Poem
Anni Crofut is one of the local writers performing an original monologue in ‘Motherhood Out Loud’ on March 28 + 29 at the Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, presented as a benefit for WAM Theatre and the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers. Below is an honest and heartfelt poem Anni wrote about her own experience with Motherhood. Anni […]
Suzi Banks Baum: Seeing through a clear lens
Suzi Banks Baum is one of the local writers performing an original monologue in ‘Motherhood Out Loud’ on March 28 + 29 at the Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, presented as a benefit for WAM Theatre and the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers. Below is a passionate and thought-provoking blog post Suzi wrote about her own experience with […]
Women of Influence
At Russell Sage College, we like to use the term “Women of Influence” for the students. It describes the kind of women we want to graduate from this small women’s college in Troy, New York. The term gets me thinking about who the women of influence have been in my life, the ones who got […]
The girls of Heroic Girlz-A Guest Blog
The four fabulous young ladies below were all part of ‘Heroic Girlz’, which started as a stage play. It is now a narrative short film. In it, the girls journey to the past to explore their futures by becoming four historical American women heroes: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Louisa May Alcott, and Amelia Earhart. […]
Why WAM now?
Wear the shirt. Use the soap. Burn the candle. These are three rules I came up with for myself over a decade ago and they serve me well. For too long I had watched worthy women receive gifts, and carefully set them aside for the day when the event was important enough or when they […]