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As some of you know, in 2007, my first book, Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina, was published. While researching, writing, and touring for it, I was […]
Parenting after the earthquake in Haiti
For the last week, I, like all of you, have just been heartbroken over the earthquake and the resulting devastation – the further devastation of a country where many people already […]
36 Things to Do Before Turning 37
It is that time of year… Birthday List Time! I didn’t do so great with last year’s list: just 9 things out of 35 completed; so I am putting lots […]
Run Big, Dream Big I
So, this started with my birthday list. For those of you who don’t know, I write an annual list of things to do each year as part of my birthday […]
Why I'm Rosie Molinary even though he put a ring on it
So, I figured that one day I would get around to telling you all why I kept my last name when I married but had no idea when that one […]
Please consider being a M'ija
In the first four days after we launched our efforts to get at least 75 women to support at least 8 girls in the Circle de Luz Class of 2015, […]
of shoes and basketball
Today’s Inspired story spans two continents– North America and Africa. It is the story of an African basketball player going to college in the United States while remembering his homeland and […]
I owe you the end of the world
One of my dear friends has an art exhibition opening on Saturday, May 2 in Miami. I hope you’ll check out her work sometime this month if you live in […]
Read Green
In honor of Earth Day and Inspired Tuesday, I want to recommend two books to you by a colleague and friend, Jodi Helmer. Go green one day at a time. […]
An activist's autobiography, part 1
For a project that I have been developing, I wrote a list of questions to serve as an activist’s autobiography. Here I answer the first five […]
