The Women’s Eye Reflections for the New Year 2012–#1

Yes, another year has come to a rapid end, and it’s time once again for The Women’s Eye to reflect and move forward. We’ve had the opportunity to interview an amazing array of inspiring and thoughtful people both for the site and our radio show, and we thank them all.

They had fascinating observations on their state and the state of the world. We thought we’d share some of their words of wisdom as we begin 2012. And here’s a big thank you to all the folks who visited our site this past year…

Interview: Nikki Hardin On Her Sassy And Spirited Skirt! Magazine

Nikki Hardin is the founder and publisher of a unique monthly women’s magazine put together in Charleston, South Carolina called “skirt!”.   It’s cleverly designed, unpredictable,  full of fascinating essays and articles, and free!   It came, she says, out of the universe of her subconscious.

” The title was something catchy and controversial, something unexpected.”  Nikki Hardin

January Cover of skirt!

Nikki launched it with $400 as a small 16-page black and white handout  in 1994 hoping that women would embrace it, and to make a living.  Seventeen years later it’s alive and doing well with ten local editions throughout the country.

I met Nikki through writer Phyllis Theroux who told me that I just had to meet this women who started an incredibly original magazine “skirt!”.  And where could I find this freebie with the strange name?  “It finds you,”  she said.

That’s all I needed to know.  So I found Nikki at her Charleston office to get her to explain just what “skirt!” was all about…  

The Women’s Eye Reflections for the New Year — 2012

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