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Cries of a Broken Soul

First of all, I am  not too sure what this post will be about. When I blog it is usually about issues that piss me off, videos that make me laugh or to share my art. There are several thoughts floating in my head but none seem executed enough for a full blog post. I can inform you that in the next couple of weeks I will post my first video log, my second installment in the War on Women series and my spring TV wrap up. Now lets see what will happen if I just write as a process of healing. What wonders will I discover? Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. Lanston Hughes The older I get the more I realize how much I know and how much more I have yet to learn. This fact does not bother me anymore because I know that besides life being one daring adventure it is also a test, a live performance, the final event. You get no dress rehearsals, no practice exams and absolutely no warm ups. This life is all that you get an...

Some Really Good Stuff: Song of the Week

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Here is a beautiful song  by an underrated band Hurts . I hope you enjoy because I am mesmerized by this song.

Writer's Block

Emptiness No words, no thoughts, no pain There is nothing left of me on this page What will it take for these buried words to bleed upon this page? Will I have to lie? Emptiness That is all that remains on this surface Hours go by but no brush strokes Frustration  Floods my soul As I try to rectify the mistakes from yesterday Broken promises Are all that I am good for Is that why the words fail to assemble? Panic Consumes me As I fear they may never form What if The damage is never revealed Will I always be broken? Breathe These thoughts have bleed before They will flow once more Emptiness That is all the remains on this surface No words, no thoughts, no pain What will it take for these buried words to bleed upon this page? Will I have to die?

Skittles and Iced Tea

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"  Martin Luther King Jr  On February 26, a 17 year old boy by name of Trayvon Martin was shot in the chest on his way home from buying a bag of skittles and iced tea for his younger brother. He was killed by a neighborhood watch member by the name of George Zimmerman who was twice his size,convinced that Trayvon was up to no good or on drugs.  When the police arrived Zimmerman told them that he acted in self defense. The police took his word and no arrest was made nor did they administer drug and alcohol test to Zimmerman. Over a month later it appears that not all was what it seemed on that fateful February night. The more information that was released the more that the pieces did not fit anymore. There is evidence that suggest at least one witness statements was altered. This has lead people to question the conduct of the Sanford police in the shooting investigation. It is learned that Zimmerman ...

25 Women Who Rock!

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I was reading a recent article in Glamour Magazine about 25 incredible women and I thought to myself that would be a great blog post, especially with this month being Women's History Month. Here is my list of  25 women whom I l absolutely adore in  no particular order. 1. Coco Rocha 2.K ate Winslet 3.Michelle Obama 4.Lara Stone 5.Viola Davis 6.Jennifer Lawrence 7.Emma Stone 8.Drew Barrymore 9. Chloe Grace Moretz 10.Beyonce 11.Michelle Rodriguez 12.Adele 13.Lady Gaga 14.Christina Ricci 15.Amanda Seyfried 16.Emily Blunt 17.M.I.A 18.Noomi Rapace 19.Sandra Bullock 20.Meryl Streep 21.Rachel Maddow 22.The Women of SNL-(Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Kirsten Wiig, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer) 23. P!nk 24.Mandy Moore 25.Angelina Jolie

Kony 2012

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Earlier this week there has been a viral video about Joseph Kony  done by Invisible Children . I have seen it exploding all over Tumblr and Twitter. I decided to watch the video and I recommend that you watch it as well. Here is the link for the video  http://youtu.be/Y4MnpzG5Sqc . I appreciate the effort because it is bringing attention to an important issue however, it is flawed because it does not give the full picture of what has happened and is happening on the ground. One of the major issues of the video is that it uses footage from when the war was still going on in Northern Uganda. I understand why the footage was used because it tags at your emotions and it forces you to act. When I watched The Invisible Children movie seven years ago( the first documentary) I was driven to act. I purchased the DVD and showed it anyone who would watch it. Now there are actual initiative to rebuild the community that was devastated by the war. The trut...

Uterus We Have A Problem: War on Women Part 1

This week marks the beginning of Women's History Month . Which is an opportune time to discuss the ongoing war on women across the globe. So all of my posts this month will be relating to different facets in the war against women. As you can tell by my post title, I want to discuss the reproductive rights of women first, actually more the lack of rights. Being a feminist during an election year it becomes harder and harder to find a woman's candidate. There are too many people who are in office who do not have women's best interest in mind. The fact that the Blunt amendment was up for a vote this week is an extremely alarming reality. Under this legislation any corporation can deny coverage to any type of health service based on religious or moral objections.The chances of anyone objecting to Viagra will be slim. The chances of objections to birth control pills will be high. As you know the aspirin between the legs technique is making a comeback...