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Poverty in America – Guest Post
The author of this essay, a woman in the GNO, has agreed to allow the below to be published on the condition of anonymity. I’m what poverty in America looks like. While I am fortunate enough to have...
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dinner conversation
Last night I was at dinner in someone’s home and the following is the abridged version of a portion of dinner conversation. I say abridged because I was so mad that one, the guest had the audacity to...
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Tom Dent Literary Festival
Filed under: Community Events & Forums, Creativity, Culture, Festivals, New Orleans Women, Women, Writers and Poets Tagged: Literary Events, New Orleans, Poetry, Women, Women in Letters and...
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NOLAFemmes and How She Grows
I recently received my yearly report from WordPress on the progress NOLAFemmes made in 2012 and thought I’d share some of it with y’all. It was all good and some of the stats included in the report...
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Downton Abbey – week 4
If you do not wish to read any spoilers from this week’s episode, then please stop reading now!!! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SPOILER ALERT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* I knew this was coming. You see, Downton Abbey finished...
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Downton Abbey – week 6 synopsis
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SPOILER ALERT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Please don’t read anymore if you haven’t seen this week’s installment. This week’s episode turned out to be a 2 hour movie – it was a pleasant surprise to...
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V-Day Pileup: On Silence and Violence
There are two links in this post I urge you to contribute to, one being the fund for the recovery of the Garden District robbery and rape victim, the other for the Metropolitan Center for Women and...
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Downton Abbey – week 7 finale
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SPOILER ALERT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Please don’t read further if you have not seen Season 3 finale yet I knew this was coming. I read that another character wanted to leave the series several...
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PSA for NOLA Women: Free Wellness Program
“This Tuesday’s Women’s Wellness Program session is our monthly cooking class, held down the street at Algiers United Methodist Church on Opelousas. All women are welcome! This month we’re focusing on...
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Pussyfooter’s Team F*ck Cancer Walk & Block Party
Click below for a clear, printable copy: PF FundraiserPUBLIC(1) Filed under: Community Events & Forums, Health, Healthcare, New Orleans Women, Women Tagged: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Health, Women,...
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Guest Blogger: Theo Eliezer of Momma Tried Magazine
For the past year my partner Micah and I have been working on creating a new conceptual magazine called Momma Tried. Both long term New Orleanians (he was born in Opelousas LA, I moved here in 1998),...
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Thank You, Lindy Boggs
Photo by Sen. Mary Landrieu Forty years after her election, Lindy Boggs’ leadership and grace are still inspiring via Senator Mary Landrieu on NOLA.com We couldn’t agree more! Filed under: New Orleans...
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Angela: “A Jewel in New Orleans”
Photo by Chad Bower / Eyewitness News I cannot lie. I teared up Thursday evening during the “Good-bye” broadcast of Angela Hill’s last day on WWL TV. When I moved to New Orleans in 1978, Angela (and...
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Adventures In Sexism
Perhaps it may just be me and the particular people I follow via Twitter, but my obsessive tweeting has unearthed far too many misogynistic postings lately, stuff that we were supposed to have left...
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Those Who Came Before Us
Marilyn Monroe, Isak Dinesen, Carson McCullers I came across this photo of three women I admire, all together, and had to share it with you. Isn’t it fabulous? “On this day in 1959, Carson McCullers...
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Thought for the Day
“You may not agree with a woman, but to criticize her appearance — as opposed to her ideas or actions — isn’t doing anyone any favors, least of all you. Insulting a woman’s looks when they have...
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Her James
Nearly four years ago, a young boy by the name of Jeremy Galmon was shot and killed after a second line had passed by, a casualty of people using bullets to settle arguments. The fundraising for...
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Woman of the Hour: Wendy Davis
Well, I was a little late to the Twitter-Wendy love fest last night but I certainly enjoyed it while I was there! The great thing about social media is the power it gives all of us to unite behind a...
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Wednesday Wonders From Around the Web
Strange-beautiful-cool things I’ve found on the internet. Photos of girls and women, known as Ama, harvesting seaweed, oysters and abalone in 1950′s coastal Japan. They dove for up to 4 minutes on a...
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New Orleans Ladies Share Holiday Gift Picks
New Orleans is blessed with an abundance of culture from our artists, musicians, small businesses and many other venues. We have so many options to choose from at holiday time it can be mind-boggling!...
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