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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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Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Does poetry matter in the 21st century?: 59 of 121

THE DEATH OF POETRY It saddens me to admit this, but poetry is dying a slow death. Once upon a time, poets like Walt Whitman, Jack Kerouac, and Sylvia Plath were look upon like movie stars, inspirers, encouragers, and intellectuals. Today, poets are the forgotten population, the individuals standing at the microphone at Barn... More..
Entertainment > TV Networks & Industry Television for women? Evaluating the Lifetime network: 8 of 16
FLUFFY FEMALE FORMULAS Lonely 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 c... More..
Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Book reviews: Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi: 3 of 6
Reading Lolita in Tehran "If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order to survive, to protect some aspect of myself that was now in constant retreat." -AZAR NAFISI "Reading Lolita in Tehran" is about one woman's journey to find sanctuary and refuge in the midst of burka... More..
Sports & Recreation > Soccer (Other) Defending with a flat back four: 1 of 1
FLAT BACK FOUR To play soccer having the defense arranged with four players in a straight line You know the way endorphins surge through your body as you jog-that cool rush of adrenaline rising? I experience the same feeling as I watch my husband, David, coach soccer. There's something sexy about his lanky six-foot frame dem... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: Seducing the Demon, by Erica Jong: 1 of 1
ITCHING THE SCAR "The notion of God brings us to the musethe male writer's form of the demon. The muse also embodies creativity. She's fickle. She appears and disappears at will. We can't control her. And because we can't control her, we hate her as much as we love her. We try to summon her with sex, with falling in love, wi... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Damage: 1 of 1
Damage- "Damage" is packed with so much sin, the viewer will find it difficult to feel empathy for the sinners. Jeremy Irons is sexually attracted to his son's fiance (Juliett Binoche), but he does not hold this passion inside, rather he unleashes this sexual tension and obsession, which is so dramatic and animalistic, that ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Is 40 really the new 30?: 60 of 115
FORTY IS HOT! Women in her forties are experienced, intelligent, uninhibited, and hot. That's all there is to it. They are not cougars. This term pisses me off, as a cougar refers to a wild cat hunting its prey, its meat, a victim. No, we can let the so-called-prey approach us, and they will. Not because they are being entic... More..
Style & Beauty > Body Image Body image: Mirror as an enemy: 11 of 21

UNTIL YOU, I THOUGHT I WAS PRETTY One of my all-time favorite films, "The Mirror Has Two Faces" is a prime example of how others (society, culture, parents, and mere strangers) dictate and define how we ultimately perceive ourselves. In one of the scenes, Barbra Streisand asks her mother, played by Lauren Bacall, why she rep... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dreams: 345 of 653

DREAMING OF TED HUGHES The last thing I remember about last Night was dancing on the table to Amy Winehouse. Everything else is fragmented Like a Picasso painting, a hand here, a Breast there, an eye gaping, presumably At my stupid sins after drinking five or Was it six Margaritas? I remember a man Standing in the corner, a ... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Lifestyles & Trends Is society being ruined by following Hollywood: 13 of 24
W. A. T. B. The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off-Gloria Steinem In my twenties, I wanted to be thin. I'm talkin' Brittany Spears thin; I'm talkin' Paris Hilton thin; I'm talkin' skinny. For some reason, it appears these anorexia-looking women, even though they're dumb as rocks, live glamorous, rich, un... More..