In October 2009, I launched Boiling Frogs Post with one purpose in mind: to establish a venue for investigative articles, analyses, and interviews on issues largely blacked out by the media. After four months of […]
I’ve had the privilege of celebrating International Women’s Day in Armenia on five occasions. It might well be one of my favorite holidays, second only to International Children’s Day on June 1 (also my birthday, […]
An Armenian daughter, wittingly or not, learns that as she grows older, she must keep her identity as a modest Armenian woman. There are many occasions that remind her that she is an Armenian daughter. […]
Many years ago, I was asked to speak by our local Armenian Relief Society (ARS) chapter on the occasion of Mother’s Day. I was a young mother myself at the time, raising two young children, […]
Abraham Lincoln once said, “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my mother.” No words better describe the way I feel about my own mother, two grandmothers, and the myriad of […]
“What does it mean to be an Armenian woman living in the diaspora?” This question may have completely different answers in different contexts and in different places. Nonetheless, for me, it is impossible to disregard […]
I like to think we’re a good people. Our greatest poets are humanists, and our greatest heroes did not fight to create empires, they fought to preserve life. We have always been friendly to newcomers, […]
Much has been written about the connection between women and the nation over the course of world history. Symbols, words, and suggestive imagery have been used to equate women to territory, a nation’s future, and […]
I think it is easier to move a mountain in Armenia than talk about female sexuality. How can you talk about something that does not exist in the first place? Yes, women in Armenia are […]
Dear Editor, Howard Zinn was a great defender of the Armenian Cause. Many thanks to the Weekly for sharing his life with the readers, and rounding out our cultural experience with information that impacts all […]
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