Sometimes I worry about the young girls of the coming generations. My fear is that they will forget the fights their foremothers fought for them in terms of equality and inner strength persevering, something that I at times have to remind myself of … and I write for a feminist blog.
That’s why I love stories like this, where a girl used intense inner strength, grit, and determination to overcome seemingly …
Teacher Valerie Burd is being hailed as a hero following her actions at Marinette High School, where she remained calm after one of her students, Samuel Hengel, held her and over 20 students hostage before ultimately taking his own life.
Hengel, who was considered a nice kid and a …
I guess it should come as no surprise to anyone that Facebook, like AIM and MySpace before it, has become something of a tool for pedophiles to stalk their prey. What is a bit shocking, though, is the very public presence on the social networking site that the nebulous NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) has achieved.
In fact, I give mad props to Fox News (hard as it is to believe) for bringing this extremely serious issue into the limelight, resulting in action by Facebook, a day late and a dollar short thought it may be, to rid itself of the presence of these dangerous people.
Natalee Holloway’s mother, Beth Holloway Twitty, has been living a nightmare that few of us can even imagine for the past five years. Her vibrant daughter was suddenly gone, and she didn’t even have the closure of being able to bury Natalee—she technically doesn’t even know for sure that she’s dead, although that’s sadly a pretty clear conclusion.
Perhaps the worst thing for Twitty is that the authorities know who is responsible for Natalee’s disappearance (and assumed death) while on a vacation to Aruba.
Think about how horrible it must have been for Natalee Holloway’s family to see Joran van der Sloot all over the television screen (including a Lifetime original movie) for the past five years, usually in some state of alcohol-fueled and gambling-centered pursuit. It must have been like getting flipped a gigantic bird at every turn.
Like most sociopaths, though, van der Sloot finally pushed the envelope a little too far. He was essentially caught red-handed in the violent murder of Stephanie Flores and is currently in a Peruvian prison.
A Peruvian prison that Beth Holloway Twitty snuck into so she …
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