The Art of Wintering

Michelli Ramon photo

  By Michelli Ramon  |  Photography by Sara Blanco   The holidays carry a complicated weight. For generations, women have carried the emotional labor of the season. Bake the cookies. Hang the lights. Smile for photos. Send the cards. Wrap the gifts. Make spirits bright. Our calendars and culture demand we go faster, do more […]

Reclaiming Girlhood

Michelli Ramon photo

  By Michelli Ramon   Girlhood is a pilgrimage. For some, cut too short. For others, altogether stolen. For most, by now, it has faded under the weight and demands of adolescence or adulthood. I, however, refuse to relent. A specialist in women’s mental health, I consider myself a broker of the wide-eyed wonder and […]