Revolution

Oldies but Goodies

By Rosie Molinary on May 18, 2008

A blog that I enjoy is Fighting Windmills. She has creative posts and unique, refreshing viewpoints, and has a great wit about her. She recently had a MEME about her […]

Posted in Food for Thought, Raising Our Voices, Revolution, Tangents, What We Must Do | Tagged body image, confidence, friendship, life lessons | 4 Responses

Fierce Women Dish: An Announcement

By Rosie Molinary on April 6, 2008

I am excited to announce a blogging adventure that I am going on with some women that I have had the good fortune to meet because we all work on […]

Posted in Food for Thought, Raising Our Voices, Revolution, Tangents | Tagged beauty, body image, Fierce Women Dish, standards, Women's Issues | Leave a response

Women Rule! and so does bell hooks

By Rosie Molinary on March 30, 2008

In Congress, women only make up 16% of the membership. Only 3% of Fortune 500 CEOS are women. Now, we all know that women are capable of doing both. But […]

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Laugh, Cry, Think, Sing

By Rosie Molinary on March 27, 2008

So, my battle against resistance is going well. I’ve worked out for 6 days in a row. I’ve had home cooked dinners 5 times in 7 days. I am not working […]

Posted in Food for Thought, Giving Up Beauty, Revolution, What We Must Do | Tagged beautiful, beauty perception, body image, cupcake, identity, Latina, self-image, Women's Issues | Leave a response

Make Peace with Your Body

By Rosie Molinary on February 28, 2008

Check out the Body Warrior Pledge below to win a free, signed copy of Hijas. Just a few more days to get your name into the drawing. And, now, a […]

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The Body Warrior Pledge

By Rosie Molinary on February 25, 2008

Since I don’t have A Body Warrior to Meet for the week (want to be a Body Warrior?), we’ll all have to be today’s Body Warrior(s)! Below I’ve started a Body Warrior […]

Posted in Body Warriors, Note to Self, Raising Our Voices, Revolution | Tagged body image, confidence, Pledge, Revolution, self-esteem, self-image, strength | 10 Responses

Note to Self

By Rosie Molinary on February 22, 2008

On Wednesday, I traveled to Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina to give a talk on some of the things that I learned while writing Hijas Americanas. It is always good to be back […]

Posted in Food for Thought, Note to Self, On the Road, Raising Our Voices, Revolution | Tagged body image, college, poem, poetry, Revolution | Leave a response

Calling the Circle

By Rosie Molinary on February 7, 2008

So I have been waiting to actually say these words for a while because I wasn’t sure if it would be possible to make all the details, odds and ends, […]

Posted in Revolution, Think, Speak, Act, What We Must Do | Tagged activism, giving circles, Latinas, philanthropy, scholarships, social justice, teens, women | 5 Responses

I’ve talked a bit on here and in interviews and workshops about the issue of body image in women of color including the realities of eating disorders and the implications of Hollywood’s portrayal of women. I just came […]

Posted in Giving Up Beauty, Note to Self, Revolution | Tagged body image, eating disorders, minority women, women of color, Women's Issues | 1 Response

And yet so far to go…

By Rosie Molinary on January 30, 2008

I am timing myself on this one. Because I could go on way too long if I allowed myself. The hope I felt when I came across the Newsweek article […]

Posted in Raising Our Voices, Revolution, What We Must Do | Tagged beauty, body image, Keely Shaye Smith, photo, Pierce Brosnan, weight | 2 Responses