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Princesses Revisted

June 9, 2009

One of my most wonderful and amazing friends, and the mother of two equally phenomenal little girls, sent me an article written by Monique Fields for The Root, entitled “The Trouble with Disney’s Princess Tiana.”  This is an article that not only targets Disney’s newest princess, which had already been critiqued by the New York [...]

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Towelhead

May 22, 2009

Typically I have an uncanny ability to zone in on the most heart wrenching movie on the wrack. This week’s pick was Towelhead, completely zoning in on my favorite issues: inappropriate romantic entanglements, perversity, coming of age female dramas, and uncomfortable humor. And, completely worth watching. And (!) Alan ball wrote the screenplay and directed [...]

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learning to apologize (excerpt)

March 1, 2009

I told you that I was sorry and I wanted to mean it. I wanted to mean it in the real way, the I know what I did was fucked up and I won’t do it again way. Won’t.  Not in the way that I had always known it to mean, the way in which [...]

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romance and cigarettes

October 22, 2008

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei57e5s3YWI] while i can hardly believe that this movie came out and passed under my radar… it has been discovered. and i am so happy.  and for obvious reasons, i felt the need to share this clip.

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because today i love my body

October 15, 2008

And not because I promised to. Or because it’s October 15th.  Or because I want to be a good feminist. Or because I want you to, though I do.   Today I love my body because it walks me down the street. It lifts the cup of coffee to my lips in the morning and [...]

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