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Editor's Letter
My friend Pearl, who is 10, recently told me that she wants to be a writer. You can imagine my excitement—it isn’t every day that we writers have children enthusiastic about what we do! I told her mom to pick up an issue of IdaHome on their way through the airport, and she sent me this photograph of Pearl, beaming. I’m still smiling about it.
Later in this issue, I’m writing more about what the ability to tell your stories means to me, but I want to say this, for Pearl, here: what we do at IdaHome is in service to all the girls and women who are walking through this world with strength, and ambition, and goals of all kinds. And too, the women who don’t get to—women like Mahsa ‘Jina’ Amini, who died in an Iranian hospital under suspicious circumstances after an arrest for not wearing a hijab according to government standards.
This issue exists to spotlight just a few of the ways women are showing up for themselves and for each other—women like Rosalie Fish, a fierce advocate for the missing and murdered indigenous women in her community and across the world, or singer/Songwriter Ashley Campbell, our cover girl, helping in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease to honor her late father.
If you’re looking to get your hands dirty, meet our female mechanic, or some of the women of WWAMI, a five-state medical education program that’s improving Idaho healthcare, one doctor at a time.
Boise State University’s Jen Schneider explores the possibilities and perils of artificial intelligence, which sounds like something out of a movie. And hey, if that’s what you’re looking for, we’ve got an interview with Gracie and Bella Hall, the budding filmmakers who recently won Coca Cola's Refreshing Films competition.
Cherie Buckner-Webb is back with a great article on the double standards females can face in the workplace, and we also talk to three powerhouse women from the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, geared toward curious folks 50 and over. Like Martine Castoro and Delia Dante, who’s work you’ll see, some of them are making spectacular art.
We’re also happy to bring you stories of women who are climbing the mountains they set out to summit—women like Mayor Lauren McLean, soccer star Sofia Huerta, and Lydia Rose Miller, 2023 Miss Rodeo Idaho.
Finally, publisher Karen Day dives into the phenomenon that Barbie has created, which is recontextualizing our relationship with the doll, ourselves, and the world at large.
IdaHome magazines travel the world online and via our Boise airport kiosk. We’re delighted to be here, there, and everywhere. Every issue means a lot to us and this annual Wonder Woman is always a team favorite. Thank you for reading with us!
Live long and Barbie,
Heather
