No. 100: For Everyone Who Ever Accused Me of “Acting White”: Thank You.

"I believe you need to figure out where that negativity came from. What is the root of it? That's where you start," she said. "I'm not sure I've thought of it that way before. I always think of the 'why' but not from that angle." I said. "Exactly my point," was her response. I took …

Saturday Upsides: The Beauty of Strong

"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." -Leo Tolstoy "Give us that grand word 'woman' once again, and let's have done with 'lady'; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys." -Ella Wheeler Wilcox …