April 2012
35 posts
20 years after it ended.. Where are they now? →
The Cosby Show left a long lasting impression on television and in Black America. I loved watching this show growing up and enjoy being able to see where the stars are now.
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USA.gov: 5 Steps to Help You Improve Your Credit... →
usagov:
Having a good credit score can make your life easier. You could qualify for loans with better interest rates, rent a house or apartment, and get service from telephone and utility companies. On the other hand, having a bad credit score can make getting all of this much harder.
So what should you…
thenationmagazine:
Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare
Laura Flanders delivers a much-needed reality check:
Do we need to state the obvious? Women of different classes are beaten with different rhetorical bats. For the college-educated and upwardly aspiring, there’s the “danger” of career ambitions. Ever since women started aspiring to have men’s jobs, backlashers have told...
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Why some parts of the 'War on women' debate annoy... →
It might be because I am a Political Science Major, or it might be because I am taking a Women, Politics, Public Policy course, or maybe because I am a woman. But this backlash on women’s roles in the United States is really frustrating. For some of us certain benefits afforded to women who choose them are not options. When looking at policy that impacts women we have to look at ALL sides of...
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This is why WOMEN ROCK!!! →
Actress Ashely Judd was recently the target of the media’s obsession with looks. Judd chose to challenge these obsessions in an eloquent and pointed op-ed
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KNOW BETTER: Leadership and Credibility →
fddsknowbetter:
How has your active participation in FDDS program added to your leadership skills and abilities?
FDDS has helped to add to my leadership skills and abilities through both our readings, such as Credibility or 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and through the projects we do as a…
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U.S. Department of State: Final Four-Focused Youth... →
statedept:
About the Author: Ann Stock serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.
In the midst of the NCAA’s March Madness, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton welcomed 18 teenage girl athletes and six female coaches from all corners of the globe to the…
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@Toure on the role of Journalists →
In the wake of the Trayvon Martin case and the media out our Toure and Piers Morgan have had a public argument about the role of journalists when covering this case. Toure explains in this well written blog why he chooses to take the stands that he does.
Colleges are not looking for the well-rounded kid; they want the well-rounded...
– A college test-preparation and admissions expert tells us you average, well-rounded white girls may have an especially tough time getting into college this year. Sorry about that! (via newsweek)
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YES! Women Rock!!! →
Found this article on a blog I follow and was like, yes! What happened to the Sisterhood? Where we built each other up instead of tearing each other down. It seems that reality TV promotes a distorted relationship that women have of each other, I want to return to what was simple.
tumblrbot asked: WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?