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Jan.29.2013
I left my husband
Consciously,
subconsciously,
emotionally,
financially...
physically but most of all spiritually
It takes some time and a hell of lot of "you" work to remove yourself from a way of thinking about your life and your marriage. It takes a lot of hurt and a lot of pain to untwist...
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Jan.01.2013
Those who know me sometimes wish they didn't...
I'm hard to read sometimes
and even though I speak honestly, very rarely does anyone truly know who I am.
I've learned to keep things in my life quiet or at least parts of it anyway.
Its a skill you learn as someone who was molested as a child or...
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Nov.23.2012
Jane Austen Adaptation Sense and Sensibility
“Sister and Sistah”
ACT I
“Daddy,” Jamal called out as he rushed into the hospital room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s intensive care unit in Los Angeles, California.
“Jamal, Jamal, Mr. Davis babbled as he...
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Nov.17.2012
Jane Austen. Who is Jane Austen I thought, as my faculty advisor recommended the course with enthusiasm? Her excitement about Jane Austen influenced my decision to register as an English African American female and English major. I knew nothing about Jane Austen; I had never heard of the...
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Sep.24.2012
Almost always, my books get good ratings. However, every now and then I’ll get some criticism. When I get criticized it’s, we want more out of the characters and more of their feelings. So I decided to write a blog to tell more about me and my feels. Who could understand my...
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Aug.17.2012
After Spain and Portugal's Inquisitions, Jews who forcibly became “New Christians” and "Crypto-Jews, formed themselves into tightly-knit groups of “friends” and family, making it understandable that once you get to your family tree you should see other Jewish names. Watch for the point when they...
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Aug.13.2012
Judging by the number of Christians throughout the world, not only were the Catholic Monarchy's Inquisitions successful in "converting" Jews but Medieval Protestants were also quite competent in their ambitions to convert Jews to Christianity. So this means that there were thousands of Jews who for...
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Aug.09.2012
It was Tom Wolfe who called me at my home in Bergen County, New Jersey, and said, “Go get the story, Luce!” In his journalistic mind, I was the perfect person to cover the race riots in New Haven since it was my hometown and I had jammed and gigged on piano in the black jazz clubs around Yale...
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Jul.31.2012
With the London 2102 Olympics in full swing, we are asking, is your Black-owned business benefiting from the Olympics?
Big sponsors like McDonald's are profiting from the Olympic games, but what impact are the games having on small and medium-sized businesses?
Please join us on Saturday at 7...
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Jun.20.2012
Ok granted…compared to some of my counterparts
I’m the geek in the room who the “dumb blond” jokes are directed at
I get it and to be honest… it’s ok
I’m the one in the room that doesn’t instantly get offended by terminologies, jokes or articles that incite calls of stereotypes and racial...
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