Rights for Mothers Blog Has a New Address
Rights for Mothers was a Top 100 blog. I cannot fathom why WordPress decided to “toss” it. The force behind the blog is extraordinarily well-informed on the issue of litigation abuse […]
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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 […]
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, […]
V-Day, 2010: Building The City of Joy
Joy in the DRC (Congo) sounds impossible. Yet, that’s exactly what Eve Ensler, founder of the V-Day Movement, intends to achieve. She dreams big and makes it happen. She […]
Bravo, RightsforMothers!
You want justice? Pack the court room with people wearing purple ribbons. Vernetta Cockerham and RitaAnita Linger proved this strategy worked in North Carolina. PETA proved it worked when a couple […]
Bravo: Wynona Ward, 2010 CNN Hero
Wynona Ward Wynona Ward is an unlikely hero. She grew up in poverty and abuse in rural West Fairlee, Vermont. Her alcoholic father first sexually assaulted her when she was […]
Review: Tyler Perry’s MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY in Seattle
Tyler Perry’s new play, Madea’s Big Happy Family, is a loving tribute to his mother Willie Maxine Perry, who passed away on December 8, 2009: A few months ago, I […]
Movie Review: It’s Complicated
The BEST date movie EVER! Dozens of belly laughs throughout the movie. If you’ve loved and lost or never loved at all, It’s Complicated will make your heart sing. […]
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence: Mary J. Blige
I’m Mary J. Blige and I’m telling you you don’t have to be ashamed. – Mary J. Blige Mary J. Blige is empowering women with this message in her music, her […]
Leaving an Abusive Partner or Spouse: What All Women Need
“Why doesn’t she just leave?” There’s no question that will infuriate a survivor of domestic violence more than this one. Most domestic violence murders take place when she leaves. This […]
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