Immigrant Women Needed for Research Study
Just received this call for participants & thought I would share. Feel free to pass it along to others. Study: Self-Starvation: Qualitative exploration of narratives amongst eating disordered immigrant women of […]
A Body Warrior to Meet: Crystal
What I love about myself: Externally: my skin, my feet, my pug nose, the dimples on my face and my heart. Internally: my brain, my curiosity, my zest for […]
Love a child that's not your own.
So, I finished my blog rant (see below) and then did some chores around the house. Finally, game time rolled around and I settled on the couch to watch my Panthers and […]
Falling between two worlds
So, my first really serious activism started when I discovered that a young man I was tutoring was in a gang. I was in college, maybe 20, and he was […]
34 Things to Do Before Turning 35 Part 1
So, I wrote the annual birthday list. And I tell you– it’s looking like this might be the year that I actually get at least 50% of it accomplished. Heck, I […]
A M'ija to Meet: Priscilla, Mexican-American
What I love about being Latina: mi cultura is tan rico with tradition, values, and diversity. I love that mi familia is so close and when we get together we […]
Looking for a gift for the woman who has it all?
Buy her a beauty tee and support Girls on the Run International! There are two styles of this way cozy, sweatshop free shirt and you can pick either up […]
Three rules for living
I just read Seinfeld’s Three Rules for Living in the November issue of O. First, bust your ass. Next, pay attention. Learn from everything and everyone all the time. Finally, fall […]
A Body Warrior to Meet: Jenny
What I love about myself: My contagious laugh. My biggest challenge in accepting my body and beauty: That the female body images I see on TV and in magazines are […]
Neglect of Hispanics is the media's dirty little secret
“One of the areas we experience the greatest shortfall in the mainstream media is the concept of ‘mainstreaming,’” Rafael Olmeda told me the other day. He is the assistant city […]
