What My Mother Doesn't Know and More!

Monday, July 21, 2014

Things Moms Want Their Daughters To Know

"Being beautiful doesn't necessarily mean you like what you see when you look in the mirror."

Sunday, July 20, 2014

CNA - Speaking Exchange

FCB Brasil and the CNA language school network are launching the Speaking Exchange project, which connects CNA students in Brazil with Americans living in retirement homes. This meeting is carried out via an exclusive digital tool that uses video chat technology to bring the students face to face with Americans.

Duncan's Bar Mitzvah - A Call for Freedom to Marry

On
November 9, 2013, Duncan McAlpine Sennett became a Bar Mitzvah at Congregation
Beth Israel in Portland, Oregon. During
this important rite of passage for a Jewish 13 year old, the Bar Mitzvah gives
a speech or "D'var Torah" relating the biblical text to their own
lives and passions. Duncan used this time to speak about an issue he cares
deeply about. . .after hearing his message, you will, too

Friday, July 18, 2014

#YouOKSis?: Ending Street Harassment

The frustrating stories in this video (including the one involving a woman walking her baby in a stroller, which you can hear at the 2:15 mark) are familiar to many of us women. It has nothing to do with how we look or what we wear or where we live. Ten years ago, I didn't know what it was called. I just knew that I felt uncomfortable walking past men on the street and that no matter how many times I rolled my eyes, ignored it, or furiously responded, it wouldn't stop. Now, thanks to women like the ones featured in this video, I know that this sexist behavior has a name. And that my sisters have my back.

Venessa Marco - "Patriarchy" (WoWPS 2014)

When a man asked Venessa Marco if she could "deep throat," her response was *totally* clever. But what I like even more is that it inspired the performance in the video below.

And just to preemptively throw it out there ... the message in this video is *not* directed at all men. Hear it clarified, too, around 1:17.