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Just Calling Yourself a Male Feminist Does Not Make You One

November 7, 2014 Uncategorized

This is the maddening and unnerving circle conversation that just keeps going when, AGAIN, there’s always a clear path from A to B. The reality is, we’re never going to live in a society or...

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Why Meghan Trainor Did NOT Write an Empowering Anthem for Healthy Body Image…

November 6, 2014 Uncategorized

I wrote something recently about this song on my personal page. I was making more of a joke, but the discussion got started about how I feel about the song “All About That Bass”. I...

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Catcalling: This Does Not Affect Those Who Do Not Want to Change Their Behavior

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I know this video has gone viral (see posted link below) and so many of you have probably already viewed it, but if you have not, it is a must. I think there are still...

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Get Bigger with Wisdom, But Never Grow Old!

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I could NOT love this more! There’s a time and a place for seriousness, and there is most certainly a time and a place to be responsible, BUT there is never a time in our...

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Reproductive Justice: Learn What It’s REALLY About

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As a former single mother, this is so very important. A society that puts a child’s wellbeing behind the importance of the workplace is simply saying that a parent’s job is not the #1 priority,...

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Let them be children. Let them be young. Let them alone.

October 30, 2014 Uncategorized

I have never even THOUGHT about dragooning my daughter into “fixing” her already-perfect self. Yes, my daughter has very (gorgeous) bushy eyebrows. She also doesn’t like to brush her hair thoroughly. She also doesn’t always...

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Don’t Use Your Children as a Weapon

October 22, 2014 Uncategorized

No matter what happens in your adult life — no matter what hardships you suffer, what wrongs have been done onto you, or if someone disappoints and becomes an absent or deadbeat parent — don’t...

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Emotional Abuse is Just as Damaging as Physical Abuse

October 21, 2014 Uncategorized

Too often people are taught that abuse is physical, and only physical. I’ve heard so many people say, “They’d never hurt me, though.” This directly after telling me s/he told them something was wrong with...

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Being Nice to Someone You Dislike Doesn’t Mean You’re Fake

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You can turn your dislike for someone into indifference. This makes it much more simple to cast aside the behavior, actions, or words of others. It does *not* mean you are fake, as this image...

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9/10/2013 – Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood:

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9/10/2013 Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood: 1. Travel! It’s not always easy to travel because travel takes both money and time, and often times, we have...

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