I am thinking of Langston Hughes’ poem “Let America Be America Again” this morning in the context of Obama… and I’m moved to tears…the seedlings of change have been planted.
Let America be America Again, Langston Hughes
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the […]

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NYU AlaAuH2O is hosting a third and final fashion show fundraiser for Obama on Friday, October 24. This show will be at KABIN in the East Village, 92 2nd Avenue, at 10pm. As in the previous AuH2Obama shows, all models will walk the runway in Obama wear. The designer will be selling Obama tops for […]

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There is a growing epidemic that has infected millions in our society. This illness has been termed “affluenza” by psychologists and social critics who argue that spending and consumption has become such a widespread part of social pathology that  the acts of possessing and spending (excessively) has become a national pastime. Moreover, this social pathology […]

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Paris Hilton recently released a response video to John McCain’s controversial “Celebrity Ad,” in which a female narrator refers to Barack Obama as “the biggest celebrity in the world” while alternating between clips of Obama and shots of Hilton and Britney Spears. Hilton’s video starts out with a male narrator speaking in an epic […]

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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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