By Gina Simmons, Ph.D. Heather wiped her tear-streaked face with tissue. Memories of her father, who abandoned her as a child, still tormented her emotionally, two decades later. As she moved through her home, vacuuming the living room and cleaning the kitchen, the tears ran down her cheeks. Her husband Dan came home from [...]
By Jay Schneider, L.C.S.W. “Good morning! What we have here is breakfast in bed for four hundred thousand.” Hugh Romney (Wavy Gravy). The Woodstock Arts and Music Festival kicked off on August 15, 1969. On a 600 acre dairy farm in the small town of Bethel, New York, attendees came to see 32 of the [...]
By Gina Simmons, Ph.D. Covered from head to toe in modest garments, in the hot Sudanese sun, Lubna Hussein found herself arrested under “indecency” laws. Wearing loose trousers that resembled a long skirt, Lubna, a Press Officer for the United Nations, found herself facing 40 lashes for wearing “indecent clothing.” She sent out 500 invitations [...]
By Gina Simmons, Ph.D. The excited new father gazes in at the hospital nursery with a huge smile of pride and joy. “What will you name him?” asks a friendly nurse. “Something strong, like John”, the father replies. Before the baby boy gets his first diaper change the expectation for him to become strong and [...]
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