"Through playing her, I was able to get the courage to make the changes that I wanted to make in my life, to really go after the version of my life that I felt like I was meant to live. And when the show came out, I became acutely aware of women all over the world that were feeling very similarly,"
For many Americans, Uzbekistan has long been misunderstood. It was once a closed republic of the Soviet Union isolated, constrained, and overshadowed by the legacy of communism. But the country I visited is something vastly different. Uzbekistan today is charting a bold new path: expanding its economy, protecting workers, empowering women, and embracing modernization without sacrificing cultural or religious identity.
When I step on to the pitch everything else is automatically erased from my mind, says the captain of Afghan Women United, Fatima Haidari, when asked how football helps her cope with the traumas she has suffered. I train, I play, and a fire inside me is lit, not just because of the power that I feel at that moment as a player, but because I feel I have many other girls with me.
Lalitha Krishnan wore a sari on the plane from the south Indian state of Kerala to New York, where she was traveling to study for a Ph.D on a full scholarship. Krishnan would go on to do pioneering work developing pharmaceutical drugs that combat multi-drug resistant infections. When Dr. Krishnan finally received an award for her work in 1991-as a rare woman of color in her field, often witnessing others take credit for her research-once again, she wore a sari.
"Sydney Sweeney's recent participation in an American Eagle commercial sparked a bizarre controversy, connecting her brand partnerships to heated cultural debates and social media frenzy."
Sisters Bea and Leah Koch, owners of The Ripped Bodice, recognized a gap between romance novels and independent bookstores, creating a special community in Park Slope.
