cultural & subcultural

What Carrie Bradshaw (& Friends) Taught Me About Age

July 11, 2011

I saw a close girl friend (we’ll call her Bean) of mine at a Fourth of July party.  It’d been the first we’d seen of each other in a few weeks (or maybe even months).  She relayed to me this story of being at a bar seeing her ex-beau and close friend play with his [...]

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“We Are Women…” at Beautifully Invisible.

July 1, 2011

When Beautifully Invisible asked me to participate in her We are Women. We are Beautiful. We are Real. post, I was hopeful that my schedule would allow it (and thankfully, it did!). On Wednesday she shared part 1 and part 2 went live today.  Please stop by and see what 28 women have to say [...]

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Fashion, Fantasy & the Met Ball

May 23, 2011

It’s not often I write about celebrity events, the red carpet, and who is wearing what.  Most of the time I can’t be bothered to really care.  With the rise of Joan Rivers, Best & Worst Dressed lists, you began to see an influx of the same at the Emmy’s, Grammy’s, and Golden Globes.  Black [...]

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Viewpoints: Our Partners vs Ourselves

April 13, 2011

Images from The Daily Mail ItsJoelle linked to an interesting discussion on an article from The Daily Mail, “Would YOU Let Your Man Give You a Makeover?” After reading it, there were a few points that came to my mind: Women at a Certain Point of Their Life: As we women age, motherhood kicks in, [...]

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Mardi Gras Sneak Peek

March 1, 2011

Fat Tuesday is 1 week away, and my Mardi Gras costume is complete!  I can’t be the one to give it all away before the grand day, so here are some sneak peeks… I’m so excited to start celebrating the parades and season tomorrow with all of my friends! It’s been a busy semester at [...]

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