A book for your teenage daughter
Last week, a comment on the blog led me to a new book out that’s getting an incredible amount of buzz. Written by Nancy Amanda Redd, a former Miss Virginia, […]
Revolution Brewing Down Under?
Just came across this article about a movement down under to change the images that young women see in the media. Cheers to another great step in the revolution to celebrate the beauty […]
A Body Warrior to Meet: Eleanor
What I love about myself: My imagination – it is very entertaining. My family. My food. My biggest challenge in accepting my body and beauty: I was very, very thin naturally for […]
34 Things to Do Before Turning 35 Part 2
I bet most of you have heard of the new Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman movie, The Bucket List. In it, Nicholson and Freeman play terminal cancer patients who […]
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I am not all that web/ tech savvy, but today I learned how to create an RSS feed and how to allow you to subscribe to the Hijas Americanas blog […]
I am not one of those people
who personifies her pet to the point that it might make other people nauseous. I love our little dog. I fought for her tooth and nail three years ago when […]
A M'ija to Meet: Angela, Mexican-American
What I love about being Latina: I love being able to experience more than one dimension of culture. Everything is more complex when you are exposed to boundaries outside of […]
Writing Contest for Latinas between 14-21
AUSTIN, Texas – Following a reverse trend in publishing, Latinitas magazine (www.latinitasmagazine.org), the first digital magazine made for and by Latina youth, is augmenting its successful online publications with the […]
A Body Warrior to Meet: Lynn
What I love about myself: When I was in college, a mentor of mine picked one word to describe me: tenacious. Recently, a girl I mentor said that when she […]
Boosting your confidence
At book events, I am often asked how women can support one another in boosting confidence. I mentioned a few ideas in my suggestions for 2008 Resolutions (which Fighting Windmills […]
