Reproductive Justice: Learn What It’s REALLY About
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,...
Posts Tagged ‘Gallant Girls’
Let them be children. Let them be young. Let them alone.
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...
Emotional Abuse is Just as Damaging as Physical Abuse
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...
Being Nice to Someone You Dislike Doesn’t Mean You’re Fake
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...
9/10/2013 – Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood:
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...
Don’t Waste Words on People Who Deserve Your Silence (Mandy Hale)
Understandably so, this is not always the easiest thing to do, but very many times it is so very worth it in the end. 1) You don’t end up wasting your very valuable time on...
A Gallant Girl: The Early Days of Heather Angelika :)
I previously mentioned how I was the president of my 2nd grade class and how I hung a poster from my desk that said, “Girls can do anything!” Well, last week my mother sent me...
We have another contestant for the Official Gallant Girl Icon Contest! Gallant Girls & Guys, meet Kyleigh (age 10)!
We have another contestant for the Official Gallant Girl Icon Contest! Gallant Girls & Guys, meet Kyleigh (age 10)! I don’t know about you, but I love that her character stands up for what and...
8/31/13 – Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood:
8/31/13 Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood: 1. Don’t be confused about what it means to be a “Lady”. You will read completely contrasting ideals, ideas, and...
People don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Simultaneously, people who are delusional hear only what they want to hear, twist the words of others, put words in other people’s mouths, and lie to more than themselves. Anything to not threaten the reality...