Unsought Leadership: How Anita Hill Called Out Workplace Harassment and Changed Everything | 9 Ways. BlogHer publishing network has some enlightening writing from some enlightened writers. I recommend some reading.
No More Striving – DivineCaroline. My first article has been posted on Divine Caroline. I am exploring the readership and response there as well as via this blog and my Writing blog, also on WordPress. As the article says, I am a high school language arts teacher who used to be a “high-powered” public relations … Continue reading
@Geaux Pink: This is important activism by a woman-owned business, owned by a woman who has never been the type to do nothing about the things in this world that need changing. Geaux Sandy. On Facebook, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center says, “Thank you to the Looking Glass Salon and Spa for partnering with The Cancer … Continue reading
I am done trying to “make it.” I am finished striving. No more climbing. I prefer to expand my life outward, in circles of curiosity, love and communication. I have finally figured out that the whole phallic “onward and upward” American model of success doesn’t serve me. The conventional model of success presupposes that where … Continue reading
(10) Looking Glass Salon and Spa. @Geaux Pink: This is important activism by a woman-owned business, owned by a woman who has never been the type to do nothing about the things in this world that need changing. Geaux Sandra Vasquez.
Moms Clean Air Force | Fighting for Our Kids’ Health. Another Citizen Journalist voice to listen to: Dominique Browning is the co-founder and leading blogger of Moms Clean Air Force, a community of moms, dads and others fighting for clean air and the health of future generations. Follow them on Twitter @ MomsCAF. Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/why-i-risked-getting-arrested-for-my-child.html#ixzz1ay8dopUD
“Just the act of writing is a form of resistance.” via Author Connie May Fowler often writes about the abuse of women – St. Petersburg Times.
Because “women writers are severely underrepresented in literary publications today, and we here at Broad! think, well… that sucks.” Here’s their manifesto, in case it helps make the point: A manifesto because we say it is, because stories by women are printed in other magazines less often than men’s, because in the past women have … Continue reading
“But after Katrina, when many New Orleanians grew tired of the way the government and national media were ignoring them, new media got a boost. Citizens turned to blogs to rant, inform, and otherwise take ownership of the city’s rebuilding process. The impact has been tremendous. Blog reporting has spawned FBI investigations of city programs, … Continue reading
