This week Music Choice added Kanye West’s Graduation to their playlist. Kanye’s personal life has overshadowed his music for quite some time but we have to give credit where it’s due – the man makes good music. Collectively, as a society, we had a hard time forgiving him for ruining Taylor Swift’s moment during the 2009 MTV VMA’s. Then we were magnetically drawn during the Amber Rose days. Now, we’re critical about the Kim Kardashian choice.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
The Night Circus | Book Review
The Night Circus | Book Review – The 2011 fantasy novel by Erin Morgenstern is one of those books that will pull you in and keep you locked in a land of magical make-believe…at least until you manage to put down the book.
LIFESTYLE > Interview with a Homeschooling Mom
LIFESTYLE > Interview with a Homeschooling Mom:
My thanks to Kim, who sat with me over a coffee and discussed her life: raising and teaching her children.
Q: What is it that you do?
A: I am a writer, and I homeschool my three children.
The house that Sahar built
The house that Sahar built: Amid the senseless killing, one girl’s life is celebrated by the first Internet café for Afghan women.
Though some progress has been achieved, women in Afghanistan continue to be victimized by tribal ethnocentrism, the politics of war and a patriarchal society that openly embraces misogyny as a tool of repression. One group of daring women has defied the suicide bombers, encroaching military and centuries-old traditions by opening an Internet café, in honor of a girl who tried to stand up for her rights, only to be murdered.
JOPPA: Silence Speaks | by Shereen Collington
JOPPA, COMIC STRIP | by Shereen Collingtons: Shereen Collington is a self-taught cartoonist and filmmaker in Phoenix AZ. Shereen created Joppa as she was inspired to while praying and meditating one morning. Joppa is inspired by Tabitha of Joppa in the Book of Acts. Tabitha was well known in her community and was an asset to her community. Shereen wanted her cartoon character to emulate this bible model. When Shereen discovered that Joppa means Beautiful, she adopted the name. Joppa is every woman. Joppa pokes fun at the ups and downs of everyday life. The comic is meant to encourage and uplift.
H&M Plans for expansion in 2013
Details are still very limited but H&M chief executive officer Karl-Johan Persson did reveal, “We are making these long-term investments in order to build an even stronger H&M, so that we can give our customers an even broader offering going forward…