Book Review: All That Is Bitter & Sweet by Ashley Judd
“Stay home!” is the message I wanted to deliver to Ashley Judd when I finished reading her memoir, All That Is Bitter & Sweet, yesterday morning. I wanted her to stay […]
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Broken China and Big Dreams: Sophie Littlefield’s Inspiration
It’s like I’ve got my dream date to the prom and I just want to go moon and sigh a little. But I promise you this. After I take a […]
Do You Feel Sometimes Like Your Head Just Wants to Explode?
This cartoon aptly summarizes my week. The issues are different, but the shizza makes my head just want to explode. Hope y’all had a better week. If not, I hope […]
Mark Twain: Explore. Dream. Discover.
V-Day was Navigating Uncharted Waters’ 4th anniversary. This inspirational Mark Twain quote which was posted on my Facebook timeline by Julie Owens seems like a great way to celebrate how […]
#1BillionRising
It’s like a huge feminist tsunami. – Eve Ensler One Billion Rising will start today in Samoa and spread around the world to all 200 countries! One Billion Rising is […]
“Still I Rise” Poem by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset […]
Anti-Bullying Lessons from the Fiscal Cliff
We the People took our country back on election night, and the Democrats discovered they have a pair [of balls] after all. Over the New Year’s holiday, they out-Republicaned the […]
Happy Holidays!
Wishing us all peace on earth and very happy holidays! Since my mother’s passing in October, I have been a white hot mess and in one heck of a funk. […]
My Mother Passed Away Yesterday
My godmother called a few moments ago to inform me that my mother passed away yesterday afternoon. Given our history, I was surprised that I immediately started crying and can’t […]
Celebrating Purple in October: Half the Sky Documentary on PBS Tonight
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Pulitzer Prize-winning Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn is a best-selling, critically-acclaimed book that has become a PBS documentary and worldwide human […]
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