Hi! Thank you for visiting my blog. I would like to take this moment to introduce myself. I am Elsa. By day, I am a nerdy PhD student, aiming to become a scholar and practitioner of international development policy. By night, I am Elsa, the Warrior KQueen. I have created this space in part for…
“Every woman’s success should be an inspiration to another. We’re strongest when we cheer each other on.” – Serena Williams From time to time, I use the hashtag #womensupportingwomen for several of my posts on social media. Currently, on Facebook, approximately 6 million posts have applied this hashtag. Lately, I have been feeling an overwhelming frustration…
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle Dear Fellow Warrior, As I noted in my last post, it was my birthday yesterday, as well as the EID holiday for Muslims. I like to take in these moments to reflect and/or to “hit refresh” on…
Featured photo: NaniSer Village, in District Tharparkar, Sindh, Pakistan. February 7, 2019. Happy July Everyone! I was happy to learn this week, that July is Disability Pride month. I may have missed this all these years. But I am so happy this is the issue that is covered in July. Happy Disability Pride Month! And…
“Birth takes a woman’s deepest fears about herself and shows her that she is stronger than them.” – Unknown “Giving birth should be your greatest achievement not your greatest fear.” – Jane Weideman The Photo featured is a throwback from a little over a year ago, June 4, 2021. The date “my baby” was born. I shared…
“The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her wellbeing and dignity. It’s a decision she must make for herself.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Friday, June 24, 2022, six people, sitting in the United States Supreme Court, stripped away a constitutional right from the American people,…
“Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.” – Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dear Fellow Warrior, Following the previous poem I posted a few weeks earlier, “I wrote a poem on 2020,”in this post I share that specific poem that I wrote in my…
“If light is in your heart you will find your way home.” – Rumi I recall the drive back to Washington, D.C. last September, and the ‘excitement’ of returning after defending my dissertation and finishing my degree during the Pandemic quarantine in Wisconsin. I have shared that experience in some of my previous posts…
Dear Fellow Warrior, I wrote this poem about a poem that I wrote about 2020. 🙂 There might be a moment where I share that poem as well. But here is the poem I wrote about it. 🙂 Here is a quote to inspire you in your courageous act of writing… It is the quote…
