What I’ve Learned
This past July, I did something that I am extremely proud of – I produced and created my web series Speaking of Beauty. The series is based on the belief that every woman has a story. I wanted to open...
View ArticleCan You Describe Yourself In One Word?
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” Rudyard Kipling Have you ever given any thought to the significance of a word? Words express us. They are powerful and they impact our...
View ArticleOn Random Thoughts & Raising Girls
I once worked in a strip club as a (fully clothed) waitress. While there, I learned that most of the dancers making the big bucks only pretended to get drunk on the $12 mocktail containing only...
View ArticleRestless Leg Envy Syndrome
My whole world changed the day I noticed Tiffany D’Amore’s legs. It was a brisk afternoon in the fall of freshman year. We were changing classes, ambling in pairs down the narrow path that led from...
View ArticleSo Just What Is Beauty Anyway?
So just what is beautiful, anyway? Being thin / having curves / pregnancy. Blonde / brunette / redhead / salt and pepper. Youth / aging gracefully. Strength / vulnerability. Femininity / androgeny....
View ArticleI Am Not My Photograph
It was my next-to-the-last-day of my week long vacation, and I went out to dinner with a bunch of my high school girlfriends. Before I met them, I had made sure I looked cute, wore great clothes, had...
View ArticleKissed By a Hot Dog
My mother was Polish. Her mother had come to this country as a child and landed in Lorain, Ohio – a suburb of Cleveland. For as long as I can remember my mom would pack up me, my sister and … Continue...
View ArticleTales of a Sixth Grade Golden Retriever
In my last post, I wrote about the time two boys in my 5th grade class, Billy and Matt, told me that I was pretty. It was the first time I’d been called pretty by someone other than my mother, …...
View ArticleChoose Your Word
I recently had the chance to hang out with Holly Fulger and friends (and fellow Speaking of Beauty contributing writers) in Holly’s home in L.A. Don’t freak out if you happen to be aware of The Cali...
View ArticleI Want You In My Next Episode!!!!!
Yes, I do!!! Please send me a selfie to speakingofbeauty@gmail.com, writing “pic” in the subject line. I will use your picture to illustrate just how beautiful we all are. I want to show that beauty...
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