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You Don’t Have to Be Pretty.
“You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it … Continue reading
Poetry
Even now lover as we lay in amazement and if baby as you say my skin is the color of sun warmed sand then you’re my moonless night as we the beach wet tidal all that good shhhhhh
Decisions
I almost always make bad decisions when it comes to choosing men. Ok mostly bad. But whatever, at least I had the sense to turn down an offer from Dewey. Hobbled Dewey & LeBoeuf loses last top manager | Reuters
My mom is better than yours!
My Mom is Better Than Yours. Why? Because she didn’t know how to knit, but taught herself how to make me this awesome blanket because the winter cold kills me. Isn’t it beautiful? Her name is Donna, but they call … Continue reading
Khalil Gibran, The Man Behind the Prophet
My Dad tells me that my grandmother kept a copy of The Prophet or just picked up at the bookstore one day. I imagine that for her and others of her generation, it was a tie or a link to … Continue reading
High Speed Rail in Italy
I’m really looking forward to riding this train. I’ve taken all sorts of trains throughout Italy, regional and high speed, and they were all fine. My sister and I even took a somewhat silly one-car train from Pisa to Lucca. … Continue reading
Frackery
Fracking: Pennsylvania Gags Physicians | Truthout
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Disenfranchised My Grandmother
My grandmother has recently been hospitalized, and during this hospitalization, her doctor decided that it’s time for her to quit driving. Her driver’s license was her only state-issued photo ID. “Senate State Government Committee Chairman Charles McIlhinney said he has … Continue reading
Ni santas, ni putas, solo mujeres
Seems very appropriate. Ciudad de Mexico – 8 de Marzo 1991 “Ni Santas, Ni Putas, Solo Mujeres” Imágenes del Movimiento Feminista en la Ciudad de Mexico http://nisantasniputas.blogspot.com/
Happy International Women’s Day! Time to rise up ladies!
“We have fallen into what I call the 16 percent ghetto, which is that if you look at any sector, be it aerospace engineering, Hollywood films, higher education, or Fortune 500 leading positions, women max out at roughly 16 percent,” … Continue reading