New Web site explores the
diversity of mothers
November 1, 1998
Just because a woman has a child, it doesn't
mean she loses her own identity -- at least that's what the women behind Myria
Magazine (http://myria.com), a new Web site for mothers launching
on November 1, believe.
Created by two mothers who "met" online after
giving birth on the same day in 1996, principals Nancy Price of California and
Betsy Gartrell-Judd of Ohio designed Myria to bridge the gap between web sites
and magazines that focus exclusively on parenting or on womanhood, to instead
address the rich life experience of being a woman who is also a mother.
Says Price, "Our hope is to deliver the best of both worlds: meeting our visitors'
needs as women, but never forgetting we share the joys and responsibilities
of motherhood."
With a polished, user-friendly format, Myria
includes features such as:
- Time for You: Planning a Woman's Retreat,
Empowerment word search
- Women's Health: What Women Should
Know About Depression, After the Baby
- Money/Home/Work: A New Way of Looking
at Organizing, Why You Still Need Life Insurance
- Couple Time: Signs of Love Checklist,
"Date Night" dinner & movie ideas
- Personal Essay: Are We Obligated to
Stop Having Babies?
- Parenting: Choosing a Doctor, Parenting
& Divorce, Evaluating Preschools
- Books: Online bookstore, an excerpt
from The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
- More: Over 75 discussion forums, daily
horoscopes, web cards
Their content is diverse, and Gartrell-Judd explains,
"The goal of Myria is to embrace the multidimensional qualities of women, using
information and validation as tools to help us explore the infinite possibilities
before us." This supportive, informational online community is free and open to
all women who would like to celebrate their myriad interests within the context
of motherhood, at http://myria.com.
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