Category: Women Being Awesome

• Global Citizen

  Very heartfelt speech focused on connecting with women around the world. Jolie plainly says that she doesn’t know why she was chosen for the life she leads, but she acknowledges how privileged it is and how we need to see how connected we are. Moving speech by Jolie who recently was appointed as visiting professor at…

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  June 7, 2016

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Women Being Awesome

• No podcast again. Holiday Hours in effect

  Which basically means my real life is taking over due to holiday madness and travel plan-age. I do have an intriguing interview with a professional in Restorative Justice, who cut her teeth on working with primarily youth in the NY court system, local communities, and public school system. We explore the benefits of rehabilitative and restorative justice to…

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  December 1, 2015

  Social Justice Activism, Women Being Awesome

  pod re-cast, podcast_hiatus

• Elle Cast 14: Privilege- Living Outside the Box

  My recent posts have been highlighting that this site is not about pointing a finger at someone else, as much as looking within yourself for your own contribution to the goodness in the world, the badness in the world and the ravages of indifference. This week’s podcast talks about privilege–we all have it to some…

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  July 20, 2015

  Podcast, Social Justice Activism, Women Being Awesome

  activism, civil rights, Podcasts, racism_exists, social_justice

• Still, nonwhite Americans were about as likely as white Americans to say they hadn’t taken any of the above actions against racism.

  Check out this amazing article. You can send the link to the others out there like Bill O’Reilly  who claim we live in a post racial America:   Majority Of White People Say There’s Racism Everywhere, But Not Around Them.

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  July 18, 2015

  Around the Web, Podcast, Social Justice Activism, to protect and serve, Women Being Awesome

  activism, civil rights, howmanymore, Podcasts, racism_exists, social_justice

• Alert! I love this quote. She hits the nail on head of the way I feel.- A Beautiful Synchronicity

  There is something in me that feels that it must work to change things about myself and about the world, even as there is something more profound that knows that nothing needs me to change anything at all — rather, there are simply changes taking place, changes that are changing me, changes that must take…

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  May 25, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Stress Less, Women Being Awesome

• Filming the History of Police Brutality in One City | Bitch Media

  Very Interesting article from B*tch  magazine:   Filming the History of Police Brutality in One City | Bitch Media.

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  February 5, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Social Justice Activism, to protect and serve, Women Being Awesome

  activism, civil rights, social_justice, to protect and serve, Women Being Awesome

• Actress Amanda Seyfried Reminds Us Again of Hollywood’s View On Body Image – PLUS Model Mag

  Actress Amanda Seyfried Reminds Us Again of Hollywood’s View On Body Image – PLUS Model Mag.

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  January 20, 2015

  Women Being Awesome

• Live With Kelly & Michael: Jennifer Lopez Interview (The Boy Next Door) – Videos – MetaTube

  Found this on the web. It’s an interview with Jennifer Lopez on what she learned about loving herself, imperfection and perseverance after her divorce and decision to leave American Idol her supposed career revival) to pursue her dream of her first world tour. I also watched Dance Again, her special on HBO. I think it…

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  January 19, 2015

  Around the Web, Women Being Awesome

  Women Being Awesome