Bikini is a State of Mind
The Bikini Team is a group of women in my town, who are now over 50, who have been friends for decades and meet throughout the summer at the local swimming […]
For Charlotte area readers
I met a dynamic photographer last month who is working on an interesting project in our area. Consider it an artsy, local version of learning how to look good naked! Here is what […]
I bet you're worried.
I was worried. I was worried about vaginas. So begins Eve Ensler’s battle cry for women in The Vagina Monologues. And so begins her talk at TED. I’ve talked about […]
Can't Buy My Love
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa0iivtTclM] Jean Kilbourne has been a media literacy activist for decades. Can’t Buy My Love was orignally published as Deadly Persuasion and is one of the books that I am […]
Made In LA
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/Nr1ABz65hXI&hl=en] I watched Bordertown a few weeks ago and was heartbroken at so many things in it, including the way that faculty laborers are treated. It has been on my […]
Black is beautiful.
Bravo to Vogue Italia for creating an issue– July 2008– that features black models exclusively (and let’s hope that the ripple effect is that it and other magazines abroad and […]
15 and a sex educator
I just came across this article in the LA Times about a 15 year old girl who feels her mission in life is to educate her peers about making wise […]
how do you define byoo-tee?
byoo-tee: the quality in a person that deeply satisfies mind, body, and soul. How do you define beauty? It is a question I asked every single participant in the research […]
I am an activist because…
Last fall, a friend from high school e-mailed me to say that he was now the principal of an alternative high school in the Bronx and he […]
What is truer than truth?
One of my new treats is visiting www.ted.com to listen to speeches. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and the organization holds an annual conference where the world’s best thinkers […]
