International Women’s Day: Connect and Celebrate!

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Who inspires you to be a phenomenal woman?  I hope it is the person you see in the mirror.  You are phenomenal. We R-E-S-P-E-C-T ourselves and love the men who cherish and respect us.  Sexy. I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman. – Helen Reddy The grumpy old men in the Republican party … Read more

Happy V-Day, 2012!

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Eve Ensler in Australia, 2012 Photo Credit: Paula Allen Valentine’s Day is on February 14.  V-Day is a global daily celebration of love founded by Eve Ensler.  She believes we should be creating and thriving rather than surviving and recovering.  The V-Day movement is Ms. Ensler on a global scale:  fierce, wild, unstoppable. Today Ms. … Read more

Sally Field: Award-Winning Actress and Vital Voice for Women

  If the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place! – Sally Field   Sally Field seems to perpetually be one of the first celebrities who shows up to prevent domestic violence.  She doesn’t, however, say much about her own experiences.  She was one of 100 celebrities in … Read more

Happy V-Day: Navigating Uncharted Waters Celebrates Its Second Anniversary

Thank you for believing with me in this vision that women can be free and empowered and safe. – Eve Ensler Two years ago today I launched Navigating Uncharted Waters and dedicated this site to Eve Ensler.  I’m thrilled to report that over 96,000 people have visited.  Thank you!  Bless you! In her message to … Read more

Happy Birthday, Jane Fonda: 73 and Fabulous!

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 Jane Fonda is celebrating her 73rd birthday today (December 21).  Her parents named her Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda after an ancestor who was the third wife of Henry VIII. She’s just finished filming a movie, is releasing several fitness DVDs, is finishing up a new book, and is getting ready to star on Broadway.  Whew!  You can follow … Read more

Please Vote: Jimmie Briggs for GQ’s Better Men Better World Search

    V-Day’s Eve Ensler is asking us to vote for V-Men’s Jimmie Briggs in GQ’s The Better Men Better World search.  Mr. Briggs is a gentle giant, shy, award-winning journalist who co-founded The Man Up Campaign, a global movement to end violence against women and girls:  Most men don’t rape women, they don’t hurt women … Read more

Famous People & Celebrities Who Have Survived Abuse: Whose Inspiring Story Do You Want to Read?

     My library is full of the stories of famous people and celebrities who have survived abuse and gone on to thrive and find joy.  To celebrate my 200th post, I’m asking for feedback from my readers about which inspiring survivor stories you would most like to read.  Some of these people ~ Maya … Read more

V-Day 2010: Celebrating My Blog’s First Anniversary

Happy V-Day!       A year ago I embarked on a grand adventure.  In my wildest dreams, I never thought I would have 17,890 visitors my first year.  My humble little web site is about as obscure as it can get, and I write about an issue most folks would prefer to see swept under the carpet.       … Read more

V-Girls: I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE by Eve Ensler

  Eve Ensler has launched her V-Girls Movement with publication today of I am an Emotional Creature:  The Secret Life of Girls Around the World.  A V-Girls Advisory Circle is creating a curriculum to accompany the book.  In the meantime, the V-Girl web site provides social networking opportunities for teenage girls searching to find their authentic … Read more

PUSH/Precious: Nominated for Six Oscars!

  2009 will be remembered as the year the walls came tumbling down.  Rihanna’s story put cracks in the wall.  Tyler Perry broke down the walls of silence surrounding child abuse, incest, and domestic violence.  He persuaded Oprah to join him in backing the movie Precious based on the book PUSH by Sapphire.  Oprah funded investigative journalism … Read more

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