Tears and protests as Taliban shut universities to women - BBC
Why Women Cry (And Should!) Nowadays, many women try not to cry for fear of seeming weak. Here, WH makes a case for reopening the floodgates. Tears and protests as Taliban shut universities to women - BBC On a recent flight from New York to Los Angeles, I had a sudden urge to cry. I'd just said good-bye to my goddaughter after a wonderful weekend visit, and being with her reminded me of just how badly I wanted to be somebody's mom and how that wasn't working out so well. At first I fought the feeling, mostly because I didn't want to alarm the flight attendants. But also because my seatmate was a rather serious-looking man in a suit reading The Wall Street Journal, and I was loathe to make the six hours I had to share an intimate space with him any more awkward than it needed to be. So I pulled out an arsenal of reading material from my bag and willed myself to pull it together. But I just couldn't snuff out the hollow feeling in my...
