girls | girls
Jan.12.2011
I recently read a book, The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence, by Rachel Simmons. I recommend this book to everyone, especially to all women. This book first explores how girls are pressured to embrace a version of selfhood which makes them weak and...
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Dec.01.2010
In my last post I discussed one of America’s dirty little secrets. Human trafficking, a form of human slavery, occurs daily across our country. Our nation’s highway system makes it easy to transport girls as young as 12 just about anywhere for sex. It’s the reason why a city like Toledo located...
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Nov.22.2010
Slavery is not dead in America. Human trafficking – forcing people to work against their will – is the second-largest criminal industry in the world; illegal sale of drugs is first. The money raised by trafficking girls for sex is used to purchase illegal drugs and guns, two commodities...
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Nov.18.2010
My guest today, Shaun David Hutchinson wanted to be a superhero when he was young, but as he could not be one of those he began to tell stories instead. One day when his mother had been taken to hospital with some heart problems, he was thinking about how he was so far away from her and what would...
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Nov.05.2010
My second novel Just Being Friendly will be published within the next couple of weeks. I am so excited.....
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Sep.22.2010
A recent NYT article "When Boys Are Prized, Girls Live the Part" written by Jenny Nordberg, described the Afghani tradition of ‘bacha posh' which translates as ‘dressed up as a boy.' Since boys are so valued over girls, families with girls often dress one of their girls in boy's clothes...
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Jun.23.2010
She didn’t blame anyone, you know. She didn’t even complain. In the midst of a violent storm, she was pretty much helpless. And she handled it. Abby Sunderland. Sixteen years old. Alone in the Indian Ocean; mast broken; thirty-foot waves; activated her distress beacons and waited.
Her parents...
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Jun.03.2010
I’m just back from a visit to my 4 grand daughters. Due to their father’s work they live in densely populated, tropical country on the other side of the world from our home in Palm Heights (elevation 14 feet). Dropping in on them isn’t an option. Flying across 12 time zones takes 20 hours each way...
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Apr.17.2010
Equinox
The street buckles under her feet. Her purse
swings like the sun on fast-forward. The glitter
of dimes in the gutter, on her knees.The German
shepherd charging, restrained. Apologies whispered,
shouted. Restrained twice. Hot breath builds
its own atmosphere on her cheek. A high tin...
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Mar.17.2010
Once upon a time there was a father with daughters and these baby girls would joyously eat anything their father laid before them. Food, after all, was a bridge that passed joy between them, something the father saw as the strongest of their physical bonds, and these girls’ appetites were...
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