{"id":338730,"date":"2015-10-08T19:59:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T11:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/potent-messages-empowering-essays-women-read-338730.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T15:25:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T07:25:15","slug":"potent-messages-empowering-essays-women-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/potent-messages-empowering-essays-women-read-338730.html","title":{"rendered":"Potent Messages: Empowering essays all women should read"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>We like to think God made Eve after he figured Adam needed some major improvements. It is a glorious time to be a woman today, where we are free to use our voices. However, we can\u2019t say we don\u2019t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/beauty\/beauty-sos\/beauty-tips-and-tricks\/common-mistakes-5-ways-youre-washing-face-wrong-127252.html\"> face problems <\/a>like prejudice and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/wellbeing-tips\/top-5-tips-love-body-126473.html\">self-image issues<\/a>.<\/p> <p>When we do succumb to such tribulations, we can always look to female writers who have penned thought provoking essays about the ups and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/beauty\/whats-new\/products-and-campaigns\/de-stress-body-shops-new-spa-world-range-121325.html\"> downs <\/a>about being a woman.<\/p> <p>If you do need that pick me up right now, you don\u2019t have to try to sort through all the garbage on the Internet to find these gems. We\u2019ve already done it for you. Here are 7 essays by women <em>(and one honourary woman) <\/em>that we feel every woman should take the time to read and even revisit.<\/p> <p><em><br \/> Amanda Lim<\/em><\/p> <h2> <span>Read More:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/coaching-lifelove\/psychology\/5-ted-talks-will-change-way-view-women-127075.html\">5 TED Talks that will change the way you view women<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/decoding\/habits-behaviour\/decluttering-tidying-can-improve-life-127792.html\">Decluttering: How tidying up can improve your life<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/coaching-lifelove\/career-advice\/male-dominated-workspaces-harmful-women-123584.html\">Are male-dominated workspaces harmful to women?<\/a><\/p>     ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the joys and the difficulties of being a woman by indulging your time reading one of these brilliant essays. 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