Tag: women
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Eat Lunch Alone
Over several decades, I spent time in Hollywood learning how to look and sound and be everything that the entertainment industry compelled me to be, in order to be successful. It turned out to be a total crock of sh*t! There was a book that became popular which compelled people to never dine alone. Its…
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So I Left
Photo Credit: Jim Towns Today marks fifteen years since I began my crawl to freedom from an eighteen-year abusive relationship. People who know me, have heard me mention this before but most people don’t know why I left or what led up to me leaving. I have never told this story before. Every time I…
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I Choose to Yield
Some petty asshole in a sports car arrived at a stop light a couple of minutes after me, pulling into the lane next to me. Both lanes were turning into an on-ramp to the interstate, with a merging lane (two lanes become one in a very short distance). Had I been the one who arrived…
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Clothes Make the Whoa-Man
“These jeans make my butt look too big, but this sweater makes me look pregnant…if I wore this top with this skirt…oh, but then I’d need different shoes…this is sexy, but do I really want to ‘give away the farm’?” These and so many other questions are the reason women are often caught saying, ‘You…
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The “D” Word
“Strap in, kids. This is a long one…”Nobody really talks about what a stigma a woman carries after divorce. I’m not suggesting men don’t experience fallout and prejudice, but I am convinced women have it worse. When a woman has the courage to leave a detrimental relationship, even if leaving will pose new challenges and…
