Category Archives: Current Events

90 DAYS, 90 REASONS

This post is adapted from an email I sent to a lucky few yesterday and thought was worth posting for more people to see: “The elections are coming soon and I know not everyone’s been overwhelmed by Obama, but I found a cool campaign called 90 Days, 90 Reasons that reviews what he’s done over [...]

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Let’s Dance!

Loovveeee this mashup! Definitely helped me get through my 13 hour workday on Sunday! (P.S. I’m now working a few days a week at the Mulberry Project – stop by and say hi!)

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Ashley Judd on women in the media: “That women are joining in the ongoing disassembling of my appearance is salient. Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter alia, the interests of boys and men over the bodily integrity, autonomy, and dignity of girls and [...]

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L’Odyssée de Cartier

So imaginative, beautiful, and perfectly executed. Bravo Cartier!

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Advanced Style

“I am dressed up for the theater, of my life, everyday.” I cannot express through this post how inspiring and fantastic these women are. They are so confident and wise and within this 4 minute video I wanted to list at least a dozen quotes from the various women! And the greatest compliment that I’ve [...]

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Don’t Buy This Jacket

I’m a few days late here after Black Friday, but I love this ad by Patagonia. Buy better, not more! (click for full size)

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Halloween Pictures

Halloween this year was a bit odd – not only because my Halloween partner-in-crime Sybil is on a different continent, but because it SNOWED in New York all day and into the night. I doubt I was alone in being totally unprepared to deal with the rain-slush-snow that fell non-stop all day. That being said, [...]

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BurdaStyle Post: An Entrepreneurial Path

Hello everyone! Hope you had a fabulous Halloween weekend as I did – and Happy Halloween! If you missed it last Thursday, my second guest blogger post for BurdaStyle came out. Read the entry with images here, or see the text below! As always, comments, suggestions, and your stories are always welcomed and encouraged!   [...]

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Orphan Elephants

It is probably too late to pick up this National Geographic from September 2011, but not too late to enjoy the incredible story of orphaned elephants in Kenya and the people dedicated to ending poaching and integrating these amazing animals back into the wild. I find it too easy to get lost and disconnected from [...]

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Miss Representation

Over the past few weeks I’ve been noticing an overwhelming number of people posting the trailer for the documentary “Miss Representation” to Facebook and other social media outlets. I was lucky enough to be able to see the film this past summer in New York and this evening you have an opportunity to put your [...]

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