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Women’s Issue 2022

Our annual Womenโ€™s Issue takes a look at some of the issues facing women today, and looks ahead to new frontiers.

From reproductive rights to women in sport, lots has changedโ€”and changed againโ€”in the last 50 years. Our annual Womenโ€™s Issue takes a look at some of the issues facing women today, and looks ahead to new frontiers. Read the stories from this year’s Women’s Issue: Title IX, 50 Years Later:  The landmark civil rights bill […]

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V is for Inclusion

Lessons learned from #MeToo helped shape this year’s “Vagina Monologues” into a more inclusive show

Donning colors of pink, red and purple, women of all backgrounds and appearances acted out Eve Ensler’s riveting writings at this year’s mid-February performances of “The Vagina Monologues“, held in both Bend and Madras. Having a performance in a place beyond Bend is just one way the show producers aimed to make it more inclusive. […]

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Boots and Brews

Pink Boots Society makes special brew for International Women’s Day

The morning following International Women’s Day, a small group of women gathered in a garage at Bridge 99 Brewery in Bend. I was expecting more pink, but I only spied a single pair of pink rubber boots on a tiny blonde lugging around 50-pound bags of malt. “We grow the barleyโ€”we plant it, we grow […]

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