INSPIRATION
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Venus Williams offers girls advice on tennis and life
Tennis legend Venus Williams returned home to Los Angeles Monday to offer an incredible tennis experience to girls from her hometown while helping to launch new POWERADE PLAY™, a sports drink geared for the young athlete with less sugar and more vita...more
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Five writing exercises to get the creative juices flowing
Looking for a way to kill time on your lunch break? Need something occupy your time on a long car, train or plane ride? Want to do something that will stimulate your mind and be fun at the same time? Tap into your creative side and try your hand at writin...more
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Spotlight on Lauren Berger: Intern Queen Helping Dreamers
Lauren Berger is the self-proclaimed Intern Queen, so called because in her four years of college, she completed a record 15 internships!
“My mom called me and said, ‘Well, you better get into this interning thing,’” shares Berger in a 2009 Pomon...more
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Giving Victims a Voice: The Miss Landmine Pageant
Morten Traavik wasn’t expecting much from his trip to Angola in 2003, but what he found there would change the future for women across the world.
During his time in Angola with his then girlfriend, Traavik immediately recognized two very important thin...more
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From the Editor’s Desk: How to beat confidence busters
There are some days when opportunity is constantly knocking, our hearts are filled with so much hope we can barely stand it, and life seems to be falling into place exactly as we wished it would.
And then some days, we break our heel, the coffee shop is ...more
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ChickSpeak remembers Rue McClanahan
A southern belle to the core, Blanche Devereaux lit up television screens around the world for nearly a decade with her beauty, fiery sexuality, and attitude. As one of the four original Golden Girls, Blanche embodied qualities, which were clearly lacking...more
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How to Love the Skin You’re In
I can still remember the day when I looked in the mirror and told myself if I wasn’t happy with the way I looked. I’d beaten myself up several times before but never as I had done on that day. I poked here, squeezed there and scrutinized everywhere. I...more
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Little tips to better your mojo
Although today’s society is more open to female assertiveness, there seems to be more times when men dominate than when women do.
In other words, a chick can have an entire room wrapped around her finger thanks to her beauty, charm, and witty banter wh...more
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Go spoil your beautiful self
Us single chicks know the feeling - the one when you see your best friend basking in all her glory because her boyfriend treated her to yet another night out. It’s a pinch of jealousy with a definite desire to achieve the same level of satisfaction.
Yo...more
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Mountains and mounds
After the Easter trip to Mississippi, I ended up first in Sarasota, FL, at the Hermitage, then home to NYC for a minute, then back to Montalvo to retrieve my car and kayak and bike, and then I drove to northeastern Wyoming, where I am spending May at an...more
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Help Pass IVAWA and Help to End Violence Against Women
From the time we are old enough to face bullies, have cooties and be pushed down for being a girl -we are told to stand up for ourselves.
I’m sure little boys are instructed to “be tough” as well, but as little girls, it’s always stressed to not ...more
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Yeardley Love: An Angel Remembered
Yeardley Reynolds Love, 22, of Cockeysville, Md. and a member of the University of Virginia women’s lacrosse team was found dead in her apartment in Charlottesville, Virginia, early Monday morning, the apparent victim of a homicide. In custody and charg...more
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From Harm to Home: The Perfect Mother’s Day Present
A bouquet of flowers. A box of chocolates. A one-day gift certificate to the spa. These are the Mother’s Day presents we are accustomed to seeing advertised in glossy catalogues and in shop windows.
As commercialized as this holiday has become, few wou...more
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Give Back: A Chick’s Guide to Community Service
College is the time in your life when you’re allowed to be selfish in a sense. It’s your time to figure out who you are, what you want, and to start paving the way to make your future goals a reality. Because of that mentality, it’s easy to become w...more
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Celebrating Earth Day: Celebrities, Authors & Supporters
It seems celebrities support everything nowadays, from classy New York restaurant openings to their hometown baseball teams. But perhaps the most significant celebrity-approved concept is the green movement.
After all, the staggering facts regarding glob...more
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