This piece was cross-posted from Blog For Choice, NARAL Pro-Choice America Last night, NARAL Pro-Choice America hosted our Roe v. Wade 39th anniversary dinner. The event brought together pro-choice stars from the political, activist, and entertainment worlds. The theme for this year’s event was “It’s Politics. It’s Personal. It’s Choice.” Our brilliant speakers weaved this [...]

Reading Materials Robert Massie has written another fascinating book, Catherine the Great. I bought it two days ago, and since then, I haven’t put it down. The story is about Sophia Augusta Fredrika von Anhalt Zerbst, a relatively unknown princess of minor German nobility, who traveled to Moscow to marry her second cousin, Peter, and [...]

Check out this infographic to get a sense of what America’s obsession with beauty is costing us!  One has to ask – is this really healthy? Via: Online MBA Blog

Reading Materials I Love Myself When I Am Laughing…And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean and Impressive, a unique anthology with 14 examples of Hurston’s work on fiction, journalism, folklore and autobiography will be released in the beginning of November from Feminist Press. This unique publication establishes Zora Neale Hurston as the intellectual and [...]

Reading Materials In her latest book, If This Is Paradise, I Want My Money Back, author Claudia Carroll’s gives us another great and entertainment book with her cheeky writing style. Because every character is strong, self-supporting and interesting, it allows the reader to remain engaged in every single scene. The main character is Charlotte Grey. [...]

Reading Materials In his new novel The Marriage Plot, author Jeffrey Eugenides takes a closer look at the life of three characters, as they try to find their way through college and the risks of the real world after graduating from college.  The main heroine of the book is Madeleine. An English major student at [...]

Read our recommendations for this week and send us yours! Reading Materials In the novel Zipper Mouth, author Laurie Weeks takes a closer look at the way of living on the edge in New York City.  She describes stories from crazy nights, morning hangovers and in general the chaos of everyday life. For more information [...]

Reading Materials Some of us have connected with someone who was so different from us, and who enjoyed things that we didn’t.  In the book Daughter of Smoke and Bone, author Laini Taylor explores the attraction between to contraire characters and gives us a story full of fantastic flairs and humor. For more information, click [...]

Fall is officially here… Reading materials Coco Channel, unlike other designers, continues to hold a fascination decades of her death. Many books have been written about her life, and a new one has just been released.  In Sleeping With the Enemy: Coco Channel’s Secret War, Hal Vaughan cites declassified documents in declaring that fashion designer [...]

Reading materials The signs that fall has arrived:  It doesn’t stop raining, people start wearing their boots, and most importantly, we are ready to create our book list for the season.  There are many good choices from both old classic books and new releases. A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Wolf, is one of [...]