#BeBoldForChange on International Women’s Day– TODAY

Today is International Women's Day. A day I have always considered, but never taken any real action to get involved--not because I felt particularly safe or beyond the glass ceiling, but because I relied on other women to fight my battles for me. It seemed easier to let "them" do it, so I could focus on …

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Essay: Sad French Movies

Publicly sharing my non-fiction is literally what my nightmares are made up of. But in my constant fight to open myself to new possibilities and to grow as a writer I have to actually let me writing be read. I am starting a writing class next week on Narrative, taught by one of my favorite …

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Being An Ally Means You are Sometimes Wrong; How Accepting Criticism Makes You Brave

In the past I have shied away from writing about politics because I never feel that I know "enough" to be someone who should be putting information out there. That seems sort of silly now given the amount of news outlets that write whatever they want, ignoring truths for their own agendas. I've always wanted …

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