Entries Tagged as 'Family'

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants Part Deux!

June 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I am not sure if any of you join me in my obsession with Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (the books and the first movie). I love love love love love love love love it!
I may be an old woman compared to the rest of my GHQ sisters, but I am not going to […]

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Tags: Television · Femininity · Fashion · Your style · Family

Big Love

April 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I have been fascinated by the Fundamentalist LDS for quite a while. I watch “Big Love” via Netflix like its my job. Yesterday, law enforcement officers moved a large group of members from The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints in Eldorado, Texas. 220 women and children were escorted off of the […]

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Tags: Sex · Politics · Randomness · General · Religion · Spirituality · National issues · Love · Ideas · Family

March 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Over the weekend a colleague of mine got engaged (and I thought I had a big weekend when I found out that I had received an A on my Robert Frost analysis). Monday morning she floated into work with an obiouvs glow. It took a matter of minutes before one of my co-workers asked, […]

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Tags: Relationships · Activism · Love · Ideas · Check this out! · Femininity · Family

Sistas on the Rise

January 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Happy MLK Day! In honor of this special day, I am sharing an article I wrote for Teenwire.com about an amazing group of young women in the South Bronx. Sistas on the Rise is a collective and advocacy organization for young mothers working to provide young moms (mostly young women of color) with the resources […]

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Tags: Girl power · Politics · Our girl crushes · Activism · General · Writing · Self-promotion · Family

D.A.R.E. wasn’t enough

December 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Drugs. I’ve never tried them, never been tempted to experiment… but that’s more than I can say for my younger brother. He’s 15 years old and likes to smoke pot, he doesn’t see anything wrong with it. Out of all the drugs, it is probably the least bad, but it still worries me. Last night […]

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Tags: Growing up · Relationships · National issues · Drugs · Family