Entries by Tracee

Mother-Daughter Relationship

Is there a more complicated relationship than the mother-daughter relationship? Criss-crossing between generations, clashing over the drastically-changing cultural expectations taking place over the last three generations, and always battling the temptation to strive for and expect perfection the mother-daughter relationship bares examination. Several new books are attempting the feat and they are reviewed at Women’s […]

Michael Jackson 8th Birthday Party

Ainsley fell in love with Michael Jackson – his dance moves, his music, his celebrity and fame – when she was mass-exposed to his art on television, print and radio media when he passed away. Please see Michael Jackson & Plastic Surgery. We’ve been watching Cake Boss, Cake Off and Ace of Cakes as a […]

Be Perfect

Be, perfect. Matt. 5:20 A little coma in one’s life changes everything.

Dare Girls

I got giddy watching this video.

Man Up And Mean Girl On Pepsi?

Did you know that Pepsi products like Amp Up are the leading cause of death in young men, causing cancer and early onset impotence? Just trying to think up an appropriate response to their foul and disgusting new iPhone App, “Before You Score.” The App allows men to identify the “type” of girl he’s trying […]

Girl Effect

It’s payday: Save a Slave, Save a Girl, Free a Woman – CHANGE THE WORLD!

How Will Health Care Reform Impact Women and Children?

Want to ask questions and talk about health care reform? As in how will this really impact women and children? There’s a phone call tomorrow and you’re all invited. It’s just another amazing thing Momsrising.org is doing to make sure mothers are represented in Washington. From a recent email: Simply sign up to join Momsrising.org on […]

These Naked Ladies Look Just Like YOU! (You're HOT!)

Remember when Glamour Magazine ran a photo of Lizzy Miller? Glamour got such a positive response they are running an entire feature story on “plus-sized” women, These Bodies are Beautiful at Every Size. (Yeah, yeah, how dare they call a size 8 “plus-sized” – but in modeleeze, we’re all a plus size and you gotta start […]

Ms. Tracee, Substitute Teacher

I’m substitute teaching this year. I need to make money. My three-and-a-half-year-old son Zack is watching too much TV and playing too many video games when he’s not in preschool. I think he’ll do very well in preschool five days a week. He even gets swim lessons. I, am not giving up on The Girl […]

Save a Slave

I love the types of activism advocated in Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide featured on Oprah last week. Watching the show and researching the many ways to help women it really helped me internalized this world-wide historical fact: Economic Independence is the key to Freedom, Rights, and Liberty. If girls are […]

Sex God on That

The writer of Genesis makes it clear that in all of creation there is something different about humans. . . in some distinct, intentional way, something of God has been placed in them. . . a divine spark resides in every single human being. Everybody, everywhere. Bearers of the divine image. Picture a group of […]