Greed vs. Inner Peace
( Picture from www.ademus.com) Today has been a very interesting day. I was able to wake up on time and even woke up early enough to eat breakfast. For those of you who currently do not eat breakfast,...
View ArticleBrown Skin Lady’s State of the State
My dear peers, fellow leaders in trainings, current and past public servants, entertainers, philanthropists, students, teachers, muses, interns, administrative assistants, best friends, ex-friends and...
View ArticleThe Brown Skin Lady’s Guide to Fabulosity
Warning: The following material is not suited for those who are unwilling to be fabulous, joyful, confident, brilliant, and above all else. FIERCE! *Fabulosity- a term coined by Kimora Lee Simmons was...
View ArticleCraigslist Junkie
::sound of timidly clacking heels hit the permanantly dirty lineloum in the church basement:: a young woman flush with nervous energy sits down and in a voice barely more audible than a whisper says::...
View ArticleIgnorant Quote of the Day
So on Wednesday I went to the Gloria Steinem (and other community members) panel discussion on Immigration, Politics, Work, and Pay Equity (or something to that effect). I was not all that impressed....
View Article24 years locked in a basement?!?!?
This story is absolutely horrifying and curiously intriguing at the same time. If you aren’t sure what I’m talking about please visit this link:...
View ArticleHannford how I love thee, let me count the ways…
(http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/m/T/Chef_singingincafeteria_400.jpg) I grew up on Price Chopper brand food. If you want to get really specific I grew up on Price Chopper food from the PC behind...
View ArticleVHI presents Sex: The Revolution
Ok so tonight after working on a project and hanging out with a couple of friends on Madison Avenue I came and laid on my broken futon across from my new pink velvet plastic wrapped chairs from my...
View ArticleManifest YOUR Destiny!
The first time I heard the phrase “Manifest Destiny” was in my 7th or 8th grade social studies class with Ms.Donahue. That class sticks out in my memory probably because of Ms. Donahue and the phrase...
View ArticleMy First Recession
” A lady never reveals her age.” I’m a lady, a lady who was born in 1984 and grew up during the dot.com boom and times of societal affluence. When I was young, I never knew if things were hard, I...
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