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The Babblery features conversations with and about women in the 21st century. In each episode, my guests and I explore their experiences as women, discussing how our physical and social gender informs our experiences at work, at home, and in the wider world. Rather than focusing on issues, we focus on lives: working, parenting, playing, voting, advocating, and creating as women. Learn more at www.Babblery.com.
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“Women bring something different”: The intense world of gifted women
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Giftedness touches every area of gifted women's external lives: treatment by parents, teachers, and peers; life options presented to them; sexist assumptions based on their looks and clothing. But giftedness also touches these women's internal lives. In this episode, we explore the many ways that giftedness influences the lived experiences of gifte…
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In this short episode, host Suki Wessling reflects on the experience of having the full glamour treatment at the studio of w Jana Marcus.By Suki Wessling
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Minibabble: Women make an impact with their dollars
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Women’s relationship with money isn’t developed in a vacuum. “It’s historic,” says Janine Firpo. “It’s baked into how we have been acculturated as women.” In this short episode based on....By Suki Wessling
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Women invest their values with Janine Firpo
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Janine Firpo literally went to the other side of the world to learn how her money represented her values. In this episode, listeners learn about impact investing and hear the stories of four women who have transformed the way they view the role of their money in the world.By Suki Wessling
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When there’s something wrong with a young child but there’s no easy diagnosis, where do you turn for an answer? Often, we blame the mom. From professionals to teachers to other parents, when a child’s behavior is baffling, the mom is suspect. Historically, disorders from autism to depression were blamed on mothers. Cold mothers, smothering mothers,…
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Minibabble: The best thing that ever happened to me
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What is it like for mothers raising neuroatypical children? Host Suki Wessling reflects on how creating an episode on that topic led her back down Memory Lane.By Suki Wessling
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Take the scaffolding down: Mothering neuroatypical adults
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"What to Expect"-style books are very popular amongst moms, and for good reason. Most children follow relatively closely to what we expect from them. But some children deviate from the norm in ways that create great struggle: for caregivers, educators, medical professionals, and most of all, the parents raising them. In this episode, Wendy and Rebe…
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What do women see when we look at our culture looking at women? This sounds circular, but it is the way that many mature women see ourselves. When we look in a mirror, we don't see light bouncing off our faces and bodies and reflecting back from a smooth surface. We see the cultural experience of seeing ourselves as women. In this Minibabble, women…
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A deep connection to humanity: Motherhood in the 21st century
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There are many wonderful things about modern communication, including the fact that you could find this text and read it! Social media in particular has been instrumental in creating awareness....By Suki Wessling
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Minibabble: Mothering, the common denominator
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The Babblery has a full episode coming out later this month about the challenges and joys of motherhood, but on Mother's Day, I thought maybe we should stick with the joys. I hope you enjoy this short episode from mothers who will never regret their decision.By Suki Wessling
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