Interact!! Dance Partyyyyy!

Open up!  Be you!  What better way than dance?  I love how these people let loose.  

Great idea, Brooklyn team!

Holy Powerful Woman, Batman!

...or should I say batwoman?!

Prepare yourself.  It is not about whether each statement is wrong or right, it's about women having the power to make those choices for themselves.  It is a reminder to men that we ALL can make these choices.  It is a reminder to elders that we are not all traditional, but we can choose to be if we'd like to.  It's a reminder to young women that their choices are their power and that they can use them to do good or to do harm; choose wisely.  It is also a reminder to all that we are each our own person.  Being a woman means having the choice to be an individual.

Making the choices that make us unique.

Choosing.

That Hero is You

In case you:

were wondering,
were upset,
are sad,
feel hopeless,
want change,
have something,
need something,
want something,
see something that isn't right,
know something is right and needs attention,
are reading this right now...

This is for you. 

-from Kid President (and me)

 You're a hero. Act like it.

On a lighter, more rebellious, note...

We all have a little rebel in us...

some of us more than others...

and some of us better at documenting it!

Here's mine (double trouble):

photo credit: ML                                

Is your little rebel photogenic??

Share it in the comments!!

Little Polka Dot Bikinis...and the cultural norm

I couldn't have said it better! I just saw this incredible blog post by a girl named Jenny Trout basically taking on whatever came her way as a heavy woman who wanted to (and DID) wear a bikini to the beach (albeit freezing cold at a lake)! She's to the point, hilarious, and completely honest. I love it because it translates beyond the "fat vs. skinny" societal crazy and really attacks the cultural norms that we've come to accept and even uphold despite the fact that the "cultural norm" actually isn't quite normal at all! As she mentions, we have begun upholding this idea of "this is perfect, and everything else is not" when the reality is most of us don't fit those "standards" that we have been accepting and projecting.

 So, good on you, Jenny Trout! Thanks for reminding us that what's culturally normal is exactly what we are and that being ourselves, and being comfortable in our own skin (and whatever clothes we choose to wear) is of the utmost importance! 

Get inspired, people! Believe in you!

Love Has No Labels

#Lovehasnolabels.  

Love thy neighbor.  

We were given three great gifts: faith hope and love...

and the greatest is LOVE.

Love above all.

Love is blind.

Love is love.