Women and Culture

Living as Your True Self

Who are you? Are you defined by your ever-changing body? By fleeting identities and transient relationships? Do your career shifts or the fluctuating balance of your bank account encapsulate your essence? Ancient wisdom suggests that

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Join Us: Stop Sexual Health Censorship 

What is Intimacy Justice? Last fall, many of you joined us at Sensing Woman, our 5-day event to benefit women’s health education and legislation- with 50 visual artists, musicians, and speakers. We discussed censorship, shame,

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This Body, Right Here, Right Now

Dear Rose People, Yesterday, I was standing in the outdoor shower in the sunlight, giving my well-worn body a good scrub and cold rinse, and really enjoying every inch of the experience. I remembered being 18 and

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Happy Mother’s Day 2023

To all the mamas and grannies and fairy stepmothers, the cool aunts, and the nurturing daddies, we see you; we love you and appreciate you. Having babies is beautiful and valuable. Yet just as the

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I’m having one of those weeks where every new fact I learn about female embodiment, sex and reproduction blows my mind. If I had known this stuff as I came of age or when I

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Samantha Sleeper appointed President, Rosebud Woman (not the official announcement, the heart based musing version) When I was starting Rosebud, I sat in Samantha’s Brooklyn kitchen and we debated formulas, need, voice, packaging and design.

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February 3, 2023

Wouldn’t it be interesting if the Pope woke up one day with a download from god, telling him to name an equal female counterpart immediately? He calls her in, an elder abbess. Together they declare

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christine

Systemic Problems Aren’t Personal Defects

Hello Rose People,  I’m around people who are talking about sexuality, women’s health and menopause a lot of the time, and sometimes I begin to think that the work we’re involved in at Rosebud Woman

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