In September 2019, it was my honor to attend the United Nations General Assembly 74 as media on behalf of Ms. As I sat in the meeting for “Gender Equality: from the Biarritz Partnership to the Beijing+25 Generation Equality Forum” with U.N. Women, I kept thinking about the impact that Joannie Parker had on my life. This year she would have turned 90 years old and her teaching inspires me every day to do more and to do better. I wish I could call her to tell her that my memoir, Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty, will be published on Sept. 19, 2023.
Author: Lisa Niver
Lisa Niver is the author of Brave-ish, One Breakup, Six Continents and Feeling Fearless After Fifty and an award-winning travel expert who has explored 101 countries and six continents. She has articles in publications from AARP: The Magazine and AAA Explorer to WIRED and Wharton Magazine, as well as her site We Said Go Travel. For her print, podcast, digital and broadcast segments, she has been awarded three Southern California Journalism Awards and two National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards and been a finalist 22 times. Niver is also the host of the award-nominated podcast Make Your Own Map.
Lessons from the Newest, Youngest Woman Superhero: “Stargirl”
a shockingly low 12 percent of mainstream superhero comics have female leads. The women that do get to grace the pages and screens are often stereotyped tokens—either brutalized or oversexualized. It’s clear, then, that female superhero representation is dramatically lacking—which is why Ms. writer Lisa Niver was excited to speak with Brec Bassinger, the newest and youngest superhero to represent DC Comics on television.
8 Books That Will Transport You
During COVID-19 #SafeAtHome, I have been reading nearly every day. I wanted to share some of the books that have transported me out of quarantine and into the worlds carefully created by the authors.
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In her new memoir, “Untamed,” Glennon Doyle asks us, “Will we be brave enough to unlock ourselves? Will we be brave enough to set ourselves free? Will we finally step out of our cages and say to ourselves, to our people, and to the world: Here I Am!”
We Heart: These Seven Feminist Efforts to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon called SDG 2030 “a roadmap to ending global poverty, building a life of dignity for all and leaving no one behind. It is also a clarion call to work in partnership and intensify efforts to share prosperity, empower people’s livelihoods, ensure peace and heal our planet for the benefit of this and future generations.”
10 Global Travel Adventures To Inspire Global Eco-Activism
Everywhere I go in the world, I look for new things to learn about the animals, transportation, history and the way people live.
How Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is Mixing Business with Feminism
Los Angeles is a city of four million people and 500,000 businesses, and with a budget of $10B, approximately $1B in funds are available for city contracts in Los Angeles—but when Mayor Garcetti took office, only one half of one percent of those contracts where going to women.
25 Years After Beijing, What’s Next for Women Worldwide?
There are 2.5 billion women and girls on this planet who are impacted by discriminating laws and lack any legal protection. In many countries, as much of 75 percent of the rights of women and girls are not protected in law. But 25 years after the historic UN World Conference on Women in Beijing, leaders are intent on making change.
Strength in Stories: The Transformative Power of Talking About Breast Cancer
For the last 25 years, Living Beyond Breast Cancer has changed the narrative for women with breast cancer.
Feminist Fiction Books to Curl Up With for the Holidays
One of the things that makes me the happiest is to have a brand new book in my hands—so, in the spirit of the season, I wanted to share my favorite new reads written by some of my favorite authors (and a few of my friends).