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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Queer Sisters Keep Saving Me: The Brilliantly Selfish Act of Being an Ally

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Today is the first St. Valentine’s Day in three years in which I write a new blog about what this day means to me. In 2009 I wrote one...
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Friday, January 06, 2012

My 2012 Curriculum for the School of Life

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At the start of every New Year, I develop my curriculum for the School of Life. After I have reflecting on my previous year and setting goal...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

They're Going to Laugh at You: White Women, Betrayal and the N-Word

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Who spiked the Evian? Lately, there’s been a rash of White women using the n-word – including self-professed liberals and progressives. As...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

All I Still Have

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Friday, September 02, 2011

Funny Women Are Dangerous: Rape Culture and American Comedy

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Sometimes I miss doing standup. Women who are funny are powerful, and therefore dangerous. But this is the first time I ever regr...
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Thursday, June 09, 2011

The Tragic Irony of the Feminist Revenge Fantasy

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Feminist revenge fantasies are aptly named because they are indeed fantasies. While rapists and batterers have a good probability of evading...
Monday, June 06, 2011

Woman Up: 5 Revenge Films to Watch and Discuss

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Because Rihanna’s Man Down is only the latest depiction in popular media of a victim turning vigilante, I find the controversy it has gener...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

One More Thing, Ashley...

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This week actress Ashley Judd took some heat for describing hip-hop as rape culture. There have been many nuanced responses and conversation...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Better Than Shoes: A New "Chica Lit" Writing Workshop

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Love novels like Dirty Girls Social Club , B ridget Jones’ Diary , The Devil Wears Prada and Waiting to Exhale ? Have an idea for a novel ...
Tuesday, February 08, 2011

My Finish Your Writing Project Teleseminar with Felicia Pride of the Backlist

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Last Thursday evening I had a wonderful (at least it was for me!) teleseminar on how to finish your writing project. If you missed it, you ...
Monday, January 17, 2011

Our Heroes and Their Shadows

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Today would have been the 81st birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He would have been the same age as my own mother, and I attempt to i...
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