Humanity: Raw & Unfiltered
Clubs are a lot of things: a place to socialize, relax or luncheon with friends; occasionally some are set up for business meetings (while others frown upon it). What clubs are not, however, are places to bring a date. Ever.
Being “nice” has gotten a bad rap lately. The blogosphere is filled with anti-nice themes as if that is a concept we should eschew because it means we lack the attitude or aptitude to get ahead in this competitive world. But what is “nice” anyway? Is it treating people with Read more
A lot of women dread turning 50. There are all kinds of images that come to mind when we think of the big 5-0. We are no longer full-time mothers, we are no longer attractive, we are no longer viable, we are no longer thin, we are no longer fashion Read more
I went online to check out guys I had been canvassing via the dating sites. I needed one ripe to meet me at the last minute.
“No thank you, we’re atheists,” I respond with a smile to yet another invitation to church. It happens a lot here in southeastern Missouri. I wasn’t always an atheist. For many years I was what you might call a hyper-fundamentalist, but I wasn’t always that, either. My parents did the Read more
I often wonder, at what point did society suddenly deem women’s bodies no longer publicly acceptable? At what point did girls get told that their breast tissue was something they should hide? At what point did my boobs become so provocative, so prude, so heinously offensive that the law enforces Read more
You may have heard that recently the beloved Harry Potter actress, Emma Watson, has been advocating the rights of women as the recently appointed U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador. In her recent speech, given at a special event for the HeForShe campaign, she addresses the topic of feminism and what it Read more
A question for animal lovers and dog owners everywhere: How many times have you left your dog’s defecation on the grass or on the sidewalk or in front of someone’s house and walked away not picking it up? Days or nights when you are walking down the street with your dog and suddenly he/she Read more