Originally Published By: Women’s eNews on December 13, 2010 A book-banning effort against “Speak,” a young-adult novel about date rape, is creating an uproar. A campus group is making a documentary, a Twitter feed is discussing censorship and a library group expects the controversy to attract teen readers. (WOMENSENEWS)–A Missouri State University professor’s bid to… [Read more…]
November 29, 2010
A Remedy in Writing Originally Published by InterviewHer.com on November 1, 2010 “Talking about things is what helps us heal and recover from challenging times in life,” explains Daisy Whitney, host of New Media Minute and author of The Mockingbirds. Yet, many women feel silenced about sexual abuse – especially teens who have been date raped. Daisy… [Read more…]
August 19, 2010
I first read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert during my own four-month stint in India. I was riveted by the story she told, but for some reason, some sections felt self-indulgent and disingenuous — I’m not sure why. This was not the case when I watched the film on Tuesday. Like the book, Gilbert… [Read more…]
August 12, 2010
There are many celebrity moms who are taking the media by storm as “pregnancy pundits,” touting parenting tips, fitness advice and more. Stars like Angelina Jolie, Bryce Dallas Howard and celebrity bloggers Kourtney Kardashian and Bethenny Frankel, dazzle audiences with their openness and cute photos. And people are reading it. Now, the list of pregnancy… [Read more…]
May 28, 2010
When Candace Bushnell published the Carrie Diaries, I bought the book and read it in an effort to get excited about the upcoming movie and get a glimpse into what she imagined her famed character, Carrie Bradshaw, was like as a teenager. Dear Diary, it was a mistake. Not only did it seem like the… [Read more…]
December 8, 2009
Over the last few weeks I’ve gone through old photos, started reading journals I wrote when I was younger and writing my memories down when I can. It’s tough to reflect on the past, when there are so many different perspectives depending how who you talk to about it. After reminiscing with relatives and helping… [Read more…]
October 26, 2009
Are you one of those people who thinks a lot? The kind who will be standing in line for a coffee, thinking, what does it all mean? Well, let me tell you, everything means something if you want it to — and — most of time if you are thinking about it, there’s a biological… [Read more…]
September 13, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Over the last couple weeks I read two very interesting books centered on the future of humankind and concerns of population control. Both proposed these extremist views of birth, life and death in the wake of a post-apocalyptic Earth. In the Handmaid’s Tale, by Maragaret Atwood, the United States has become a… [Read more…]
March 20, 2011
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