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Relentless Cheerleading

10 Apr

No, this is not a new reality show. Forever ago recently, I read an article on one of my favorite blogs Hello Giggles (if you don’t read this regularly, you should) titled We Are Our Cheerleaders. This article brought me back to the days of high school sports where we would mentor and encourage younger teammates with small signs of support like locker posters and little gifts before important competitions. She brought up the great point that since those days, life has gotten much more stressful but no one is handing out locker signs and the like. She says:

Let’s keep being relentless cheerleaders for each other in this adult life. Continue reading 

Women of Legend « Hello Giggles

3 Mar

Women of Legend.

WOMEN OF LEGEND

O my child, the heart is a perilous thing.

The heart crowns all paradoxes of God;
made of muscle and steel and fire, but frail as the sparrow’s wing.

Women of Legend are not born– they are grown
out of spit and dirt and fire and sweat;
they are not a glamorous flock.

They have grease underneath their fingernails
and wrinkles around their eyes.
They have bruises from too-hard pounding upon their breasts.
They have lines from laughter and their feet are callused
from barefooted adventures and sojourns.

Women of Legend are grown out of the spit and dirt and fire and sweat;
their significance is secured in their steadfast response
to unimaginable pain.

HERstory

27 Feb

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This Thursday begins Women’s History month. Admittedly, I’m not a history buff. Not even a little bit. This is horrible since both my dad and brother were/are history majors. When I try and think about important women in history, I can only come up with a short list and that’s not cool.  In part this is because of my own apathy toward history, but also because the history of women is often glossed over in history books. Continue reading 

Never Let ‘Em See You Cry

17 Jun

This is advice I’ve heard many, many times in my life.  The first time I remember hearing it is in the dance studio regarding never letting your guard down in front of master teachers who might be critiquing you harshly (the dance world can get a little ugly).  I heard it a few times in college and several more since entering the professional world.  The recurring thread of when I heard this advice is that whenever it was given I was in the company of women.  It makes me wonder two things:

  1. Is this an actual problem? I mean, do people really DO this on a regular basis?
  2. (This is the important one) Do people EVER say this to men? Continue reading 
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