Last year I read Judith Stone’s book titled, When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race. This text is a true story about Sandra Laing, a light brown skinned woman who visibly appears to be “mixed-race” or “colored” according to South Africa’s former apartheid caste system was born in Piet […]

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I seriously love Cristina Page. She’s a consultant for major pro-choice groups, she’s the author of two books, including How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America (now you get the title of this post), and she’s a really great mentor for young women.
Cristina has a fantastic post up at the Huffington Post today called “Obama: […]

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My good friend and partner in crime Lisa Marie Basile is going to be writing a weekly column for us at GHQ, and I honestly couldn’t be more excited. Lisa is a writing and editing pro who interned at CosmoGIRL! last year, is working on a novel, and will be the editor-in-chief of our […]

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Pope Benedict XVI just completed a historic visit to Washington, D.C. and is now in New York City. I had the unique opportunity to see his Popemobile parade pass through on my lunch break from work on Wednesday. As a Catholic, it was unlike anything I have ever seen before. For those […]

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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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Right now California polls aren’t even fully counted yet, but I just found this amazing video that Amber Tamblyn and America Ferrera (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Joan of Arcadia, The Ring, Real Women Have Curves) they did a video of Hillary, and I believe it shows how kind she is and how much she […]

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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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I still don’t know who I would wish to be the president, but one thing makes me seriously disrespect so many of the candidates especially Edwards and Obama. They have both said such horrible and disgusting things about Hilary, and I don’t see the point. For every candidate who believes in change, who loves this […]

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Even though I am proud to be a supporter of Obama, I support Hillary Clinton’s campaign and want to see her and Obama run as a joint ticket. We need change and action. We need his hope and vision and her experience in order to take our country back.
We need to move way from the […]

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A friend last night asked me why I, a feminist and pro-choice activist was endorsing Obama rather than Hillary Clinton (who I of course admire and support as a highly capable candidate). I explained to her that Mr.Obama has the potential to change the way politics are done in this country. I am hopeful that […]

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