If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!By: Heather Jabusch The International Spa Association defines spas as “places devoted to enhancing overall well-being through a variety of professional services that encourage the renewal of mind, body and spirit.” Some strive on the importance of the use of […]
September 10, 2012 4 Comments
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The War on Women: Personhood and Birth Control
By: Amanda K. Fox When discussions concerning the War on women arise, the first thing most people think of is abortion. A real and pressing concern in it all, however, is contraception. As misunderstood as personhood laws are regarding abortion, they are potentially even more misunderstood regarding birth control. We’ll save what this means for […]
September 3, 2012 Leave a Comment
Don’t Pity The Single Mom
By: Anise Smith I was totally prepared to write about my experience as a single mom and how my son is just an angel. Then he ripped his head back and started acting like Marcia Cross when she played Kimberly, in that old episode of Melrose Place (Google it!). So, needless to say that post […]
September 3, 2012 1 Comment
Female Celebs You’d Never Guess Were Geniuses
By: Grace Alexander, Guest Columnist Women, and specifically women who are celebrities, are usually objectified for their beauty, not their brains. For centuries a woman’s only real power was thought to lie in her sexuality, presented with disingenuous charm and batting lashes. Today women still struggle against stereotyping – she’s blonde, she’s a bombshell, she’s […]
September 3, 2012 2 Comments
8 Actions that have filled my life with peace and joy
By: Adriana Contreras Life is love, relationships, unity and much more. Life is brief. It’s difficult and complex. Most of our days are not the latter. However, we tend to focus on life as if they were. I did not have an easy life, as you may not have either. Most of us do not […]
September 3, 2012 5 Comments
Personhood: Reproductive “rights” devoid of science and logic
By: Amanda K. Fox The personhood bills are among the most potentially frightening pieces of legislation that lawmakers have brought to the floor in many years. What makes them frightening is not just the language they use, but how radically misunderstood what exactly personhood is. No woman, on either side of the political divide, can […]
August 27, 2012 10 Comments
Thinking Outside of “School in a Box”
By: Tracy Madlener What do you think of when you hear the words alternative education? Do you visualize zombie type children being taught in a cold, dark cave by alien lizard creatures? Or is it the perception of those who can’t fit in with the rest of the norm? Does the word alternative leave you […]
August 27, 2012 5 Comments
Hotel Hell: What to do if you end up in one
By: Heather Jabusch Most people realize that hotel pictures on the web are photo shopped, even if it is replacing the window view with a more aspiring scene. The point is what you see is not always what you get. Hotels will not update that they now have stains on the carpet, old and worn […]
August 27, 2012 4 Comments
Redefining rape: A timeline
By: Carrie Eckles Rape has made headlines recently due to the inane remarks made by Rep. Todd Akin regarding rape and pregnancy. According to Akin, “It seems to be, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, it’s really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut […]
August 27, 2012 5 Comments
My mother deserved the option to abort me
By: Amanda K. Fox Rape is a topic that is at the forefront of our news. It isn’t a pleasant topic nor is it one we can ignore. Like it or not, the current debate on reproductive rights has gone off on this tangent and once Pandora’s box is open, you cannot ignore what comes […]