INSPIRATION
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FIFA calls on young females to “Live Your Goals”
As the Women’s World Cup is about to begin, the international governing organization for soccer launched a new initiative aimed at inspiring women and girls all over the world to participate in the game.
Featuring some of the stars of this summer’s...more
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Dear So and So: My Blog
Dear Tipsyreader.com,
I haven’t had my morning cup o’ joe yet, so this could get ugly.
Sometimes I wish this were one of those blogs where I could write about my life at least a little bit. But there are two things wrong with this picture. One is ...more
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Dr. King's vision of how we can all be great
A moving part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.s "The Drum Major Instinct" speech talks about servanthood. It is something that Coach Don Meyer speaks of often at his clinics and academies. it is something that was spoken to our team and staff at LSU by ...more
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Lessons Chicks Should Unlearn
Our whole lives center around one thing - lessons. In our childhood, we learn how to grow into mature and able adults. In school, we learn reading, writing, and arithmetic. In our social lives, we learn how to function with other people in a civil and pr...more
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Thinking about Lombardi on Broadway
I have had a lot of coaches in my life. I have only recently begun to understand why they matter so much.
Or, not why they matter. Everyone knows why coaches matter – they tell you what to do, they organize teams, teach plays, make judgment calls and a...more
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Iranian woman chasing her racing dream
Noora Naraghi recently traveled 1500 miles from Iran all the way to Tallahassee, Florida to learn motocross from Stefy Bau, former two-time women world motocross champion and owner of 211 MX school, the elite world wide motocross academy for women.
Narag...more
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Female athletes who paved the way for women in sports
Male athletes usually take the sports spotlight, for both their looks and their athletic abilities. But they’re not the only ones competing.
Even before Title IX became law in 1972 and helped women gain access to equal opportunities in sports, women w...more
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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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