Category: Women
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Discussion of Henry David Thoreau’s Life Without Principle
“An efficient and valuable man does what he can, whether the community pay him for it or not (Thoreau, 380)” What if one day the only jobs left were those that did not get any pay? What if the most important jobs were those that never got any pay? Mothers do not get paid but…
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Crowns
I looked for a crown to match mine Maybe I was confused all the time I didn’t see the whole thing I only asked for simple string I should have asked for everything I can now see that there are things I have that you cannot get anywhere else so I should ask for things…
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Best Friend
I love you because you are my best friend I can talk to you time and again You are like me but what you’ll be we will see You are smart and kind You are thoughtful all the time You make me a better me You are the reason why I can’t think of a…
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Discussion of Wild Seed By Octavia Butler
Doro searches for Anyanwu. He needs someone immortal. He gives her to his son Isaac, but she loves him. Anyanwu marries Isaac, but she hates Doro for it. Later Doro takes Anyanwu as his wife. She wants to die because Doro is a killer. Love is out there looking for us while we look for…
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Discussion of Jonah’s Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston
Jonah has a gift to preach, with that gift comes idolizing. Women are falling at his feet and Jonah picks them up even though his wife Lucy is at home. Lucy dies from heartbreak at 47. Before she dies she tells her daughter “Don’t you love nobody better ‘n you do yo’self. Do you’ll be…
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Discussion of Lost Daughters by Mary Monroe
Lost Daughters is about Maureen and her daughter Loretta. Maureen is trying to escape the tight grip of Mama Ruby and she loses the grip on her daughter. Loretta runs off with Maureen’s husband, Mel but she allows her to come home after Mel leaves her. How many times do we forgive women? Do we…
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Discussion of the Hand I Fan With by Tina McElroy Ansa
Lena was different and so was her man. She had been fanning everyone else all her life and now it was time for her to find someone to fan with. What if a ghost was the love of your life? Could you live with a spirit or do you need the real thing? Is it…
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Discussion of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
In The Handmaid’s Tale the women cannot “work”, which really means they cannot leave the house. They can still bear children for another woman. Someone also takes care of these children. Moira never follows the direction of Gilead. She tries to escape twice. In her second attempt she is successful, but she becomes a prostitute.…
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Diamonds or Light Episode 1
Are you Diamonds or the light? Some may think diamonds are the best but in order to test diamonds you need the light. You cannot see a diamond without the light Check out my podcast !
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Fierce Female Illustrators Wanted! — Girls’ Globe
https://docs.google.com/a/girlsglobe.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-DMsE8_CKWy7tgJGxGTT50Jkq1n18_mEDXgUv6xzILkJNqg/viewform?embedded=true Cover illustration for Girls’ Globe by Sofia Neto (www.sofianeto.com). Girls’ Globe is now looking for fierce female illustrators to join our global crew and support our work in amplifying the voices of women and girls worldwide. Help us in our fight to create a sustainable world shaped by peace and solidarity, free from any…
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