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I recently graduated with a Psychology and English degree. I write stories, which empower women. In the last three years I've been awarded the Jonis Angee award in fiction and the Diane Glancy award in poetry.

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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Life lessons: 141 of 360
Bethel, New York -1969Everybody's naked.This cat resembling Jim Morrison asks me to fool around. His curly, brown hair streams over one side of his face beautifully, artfully. He passes me a joint the size of Montana."This is good stuff, baby," he says, inhaling deeply. His eyes are insidious pools, glistening and shining fro... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms America's obsession with youth explored: 10 of 25

THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACESIn our country, youth is everything. Women, predominantly, are brainwashed into believing she must preserve herself by anyway possible. Whether by scraping, cutting, plumping, slicing, rubbing, or sticking needles into her cheeks, she will do so in order to endure in a youth-driven-pretentious society.... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Layers: 4 of 10
VIDALIA ONIONSEvery Sunday, before she prayed,My mother peeled three Vidalia onionsFor dinner, chopping them into prettyWhite teeth. I curled beneath her feetAt first, rubbing my small fingers overHer beige legs, smooth as an onion.Later, I sat Zen on a plastic chair, bareThighs sticky against pink petunias.Layer by layer, s... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, by Lisa See: 2 of 5

A BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORYLush, sensual writing style-this is the first thing I must convey about "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan." Reading this book was a truly luxuriant experience, sort of like soaking in warm oiled bath. It is a dramatic book about two Chinese women whom become "Old Sames," which means "As One." Snow Flower a... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: High school: 13 of 32

MAKING LOVE TO PRINCEShe resembled a glossy piece of white chocolate. That's the first thing I recall about Nikki. She was severely gorgeous, head cheerleader, homecoming queen, first state champion for girl's soccer team at Denfeld High, and on top of all of that, she happened to be going out with my boyfriend, Mike Lamobori... More..
Travel > Europe Travel experiences: A trip to London: 10 of 24

THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSEMy husband, David, is from Great Britain, so I've had the marvelous opportunity to travel there several times. Since he's from Liverpool, we usually travel north first to visit family and friends, and although, Liverpool has its distinct charms, you know, the Beatles and all, nothing, absolutely noth... More..
Style & Beauty > Shoes Obsession with shoes: 6 of 14

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHOOSMy hands sweat, my heart races, I get a tingling in the center of my stomach, and my head gets light as a feather. This is how shoes affect me. I'm not talking about any shoe; I'm talking about shoes in the window of Saks or Jimmy Choo; I'm talking about Prada and Louis Vuitton; the shoes simply standi... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Suicide: 63 of 146
A Lovely But Deplorable SightShe killed herself at 5:30 AM. At least that's what the coroner alleged.When the neighbors found her, her head was resting beautifully and comfortably upon a powdered blue pillow in the oven. She didn't look dead, but as if she were sleeping; her long, yellow hair spilling over the metal door like... More..
Entertainment > TV Networks & Industry Television for women? Evaluating the Lifetime network: 7 of 16
FLUFFY FEMALE FORMULASLonely girl meets boy. Girl falls madly in love with boy. Girl and boy get married. Girl and boy are outrageously blissful for one year and purchase a lovely house with a white picket fence. Boy's cuteness becomes ugly. Boy begins beating the hell out of girl. Girl finds her inner chickness, which of cou... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Feminism & Women's Rights Beauty contests are sexist: 9 of 20
NOTHING BUT A BARBIE DOLLDespicable. This is the word, which comes to mind when I think of beauty contests. No matter how they {whoever they are} try to disguise these pretentious, pompous proceedings, beauty contests are mere mockeries of the female gender. It is hard to believe in the twenty first century this flaunting and... More..