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America’s Worst Charities
SMH. From CNN: The worst charity in America operates from a metal warehouse behind a gas station in Holiday, Florida. Every year, Kids Wish Network raises millions of dollars in…
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Their stories.
Soher Ebrahim This week, I watched and read about three teenage girls who do to their gender and culture, have suffered greatly, one to the point of death. First, from…
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The Windowfarms Project
This is so cool! My friend Maria passes along this video:
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“life isn’t always a fairytale.”
Me and Jos all decked out at church as girls. I posted a quote from Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” this morning on Facebook. It led to a long string…
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“Do you trust me?”
Still, twenty years later, my favorite Disney movie. Any wonder why? “Do you trust me?… Do you trust me?,” K asked me earnestly. “Y-yes,” I said, fighting back…
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“Long Hair”
Leila Noelliste, creator and editor-in-chief of Black Girl with Long Hair, is a lot of things: daughter, wife, mother, journalist and Chicogoan. She is also incredibly busy. How she manages…
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Some Saturday Stuff- June 8th
Good Saturday morning! The remnants of Andrea have passed, and the sun is out shining brightly here in Dirty Jerz. I’m in a mess of pain- back, legs, particularly my left thigh,…
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This is my confession: I’m a Preacher’s Kid, too.
I read with interest my fellow BOLD writer Carmen Fletcher’s “Confessions of a Preacher Kid: Chelsea Stanton”. I can relate. Me, too. I actually come from a long ministerial line; my…
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11 AM, Tropicana, 6/6/08
Five years ago today, K and I had our first date. I asked him out with help from a mini-green Post-It. I chose a local diner right down the street…
