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LIVING IN BOOTSTRAP AMERICA
This is a book just out that I just finished reading and needed to blog about. I’ve read many books about people living at or below the poverty line, subsisting on tips or minimum wage when they...
“BEING A TEEN”: MY NEW BOOK ON ADOLESCENCE
My new book, “Being A Teen: Everything Teen Girls & Boys Should Know About Relationships, Sex, Love, Health, Identity & More,” is officially coming out Tomorrow! Though people are already bu...
BEING A TEEN
This is a photo of me with the leaders of a program called PEER UP (Peer Education & Encouragement to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy Program) developed by The Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power &...
A Day at Home With Oprah
Mary Williams has been part of my family since she was 16. She came to our children’s camp from Oakland at age 13 and I fell in love with her. Both her parents were members of the Black Panther ...
BRAZIL PART 1 – SAO PAOLO
I arrived in Sao Paolo on Monday morning. It is 6 hours later than in Los Angeles and it is summer down here (although not as hot as I had expected). The purpose of the trip was two-fold: to give the ...
SUZANNE BRAUN LEVINE’S “HOW WE LOVE NOW”
Over the Labor Day weekend I read my friend, Suzanne Braun Levine’s, new book about women, love, intimacy and sex in what she calls our Second Adulthood. I enjoyed it and benefitted from it. I wrote a...
Jane Fonda’s Tips for Healthy Eating
Don’t skip breakfast! Feed yourself regularly throughout the day. Ideally, you should have one-third of your daily calories in the morning, one-third at midday, and no more than one-third in the...
New Book “Hanoi Jane: War, Sex, and Fantasies of Betrayal”
Hanoi Jane War, Sex, and Fantasies of Betrayal By Jerry Lembcke A provocative analysis of how and why Jane Fonda the person became Hanoi Jane the myth From Aristophanes’ Lysistrata to the notorious Ma...