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Jan.16.2012
PLUS Model Magazine, according to an article by Tamara Abraham for the United Kingdom-based online blog Daily Mail, has sparked controversy. See if you can guess what the controversy is from the accompanying photograph. Then check out my Living in the Heartland blog to find out more.
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Jan.14.2012
As a young teenager Lateefah seemed to be going nowhere. She dropped out of school and was on probation for shoplifting. Then someone offered her a different path. She changed directions and at 19 she took over a women's center helped women and girls find hope. Read this MacArthur Foundation Genus...
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Jan.06.2012
I overheard a woman say, “Girls can be SO catty.”
The woman she was talking to responded, “They ARE, aren’t they!”
It was a lesson my mother taught me. Her point was: “Don’t trust girls, they’re out to hurt you.”
This year I discovered how important other women are to each other. Read more on my...
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Dec.12.2011
In order to break the cycle of girls growing into women who see their worth in terms of image, we need to talk to them about what really makes them beautiful. Read more about author Lisa Bloom’s advice to women about talking to girls on my Living in the Heartland blog.
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Nov.24.2011
Relatives have special knowledge about us, and a way of touching our inner core.
Sometimes that means being reminded about our strengths and values; sometimes it means being reminded about how hard we've worked to change.
If you spent Thanksgiving with relatives, tell me what truths they reflected...
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Nov.14.2011
Erin Curtiss is a midwife in Seattle. Haiti has a desperate for midwives. Women in Haiti are fifty times more likely to die during childbirth than women in America. Erin volunteered to go to Haiti to lend a hand. She was unprepared for what she discovered. Read her story on my Living in the...
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Nov.10.2011
ANGER
Listening to Audio book The Cow In The Parking Lot: A Zen Approach To Overcoming Anger.
Filled with good reminders about how easy it is to stray from realizing we are alive right NOW in this moment. So a few thoughts so far:
Good Dog, Silly Monkey.
Next time you get angry with someone, say...
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Oct.01.2011
Today is October 1st, the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is also the month in which my mother died of breast cancer 11 years ago, and undoubtedly marks the anniversary for countless others --- wives, sisters, mothers and friends --- who were lost to the disease.
I wrote...
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Aug.11.2011
Civil disobedience is on the rise. This can be a good thing, as is the case in Israel this summer. Israeli women are risking criminal prosecution by going to the beach. They are taking Palestinian women along to protest decades of dehumanization. Read the full story on my Living in the Heartland...
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Jul.20.2011
Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel doesn’t want to drive men mad. She does, however, want to be able to drive a car. No Saudi Arabia woman has the legal right to drive a car. Princess Ammerah is a vocal proponent of women’s rights. Saudi women’s rights are severely restricted by American terms. Read Read...
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