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I spent the last couple of days researching the life and times of La Toya Jackson and finally purchased her latest memoir, Starting Over. I didin't even realize it was a New York Times best-seller, plus within my budget. I read some of this book online already and am prepared with some tissues, my Bible, orange juice, and my Jimmy Neutron DVD. I recently took on an additional role to my life as a domestic violence volunteer and Jackson's story really lingered in my inner-being. In my July post, I wrote about my curiousity about her and my article, Sexual Schizophrenia , where I compare and contrast sexuality between genders and race in society. The point in my paper (which I will post when I find it) was that women of color suffer the most from negative stigma. Jackson suffered the most from what I have searched out and I'm hoping that people will start having a little more respect for her efforts, career, and the control that she has for herself once again. In her book...

For the economically deranged freelance hustlers... After examining the in-between gigs of sites like Demand Studios , Freelance Writing Gigs and Yahoo! , I'm starting to realize that it may be time for me to put the ice cream carton down and [wo]man up! I came across a post I saw on my old professor's page that said, "WHENEVER YOU THINK ABOUT QUITTING, THINK ABOUT WHY YOU STARTED." So I sat in the middle of my small, roomy space and began contemplating what it was that drove me into the business of the wordplay. Writing has always calmed me down when I feel I could talk to my human counterparts (family, friends, etc) I appreciate the power of the tongue, pen, and paper I admit, I watched more than a necessary amount of TV growing up, but some of my inspiration had to come from somewhere It takes me out of the ever-changing normal anomalies in the world I get to have just a smidge of power and control over what I want to happen in this greedy, loveless worl...