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In Her Shoes Now has moved! The majority of these posts were moved over to Wordpress where I’ll continue writing, collecting, commenting, and sharing more regularly. Thanks! New address: http://inhershoesnow.wordpress.com/
Blogger Hides 200 “Magic Wands” Across Richmond
Magic wands, hidden around Richmond by Patience Salgado, invite kids to create GOOD in RVA. I just came across Style Weekly’s article about it. I love this idea. Just absolutely love it! For kids and for everyone. Living life is awesome. And creating more good around our home, our cities, our country, and our world is amazing. Every effort and action truly DOES count and make a difference. It’s things like this that make me stop and remember to get out and “do” more in my own community. My husband and I were just talking about things we can do around Richmond, for RVA and for the RVA community. But that’s just it, we need to stop talking about it and get out there! Thanks for the awesome and positive reminder, Patience. I’ll be thinking about what GOOD I can help create in RVA!
Here is my favorite except on her blog, kindness girl, about why she started The Magic Wand Project:
For me, I want to be part of art and kindness changing the place I love and connecting people. I want to make stuff and do lots of guerrilla kindness that let strangers and my community know there is joy and love in the world and that they are cared for and not alone…and invite them to pass it on if they feel called.
So now maybe your head and heart are filling with ideas, or you have no idea and need to think more about it or maybe you need to go take a nap, but either way, it all counts and thanks for being part of this project. Thanks for thinking about what you love and the city you live in. It’s all MAGIC.
Kotex: Making Tampons a Laughing Matter
“Conventional wisdom long held that you don’t joke in feminine-care ads. But Kimberly-Clark has been laughing all the way to the bank with successful spots for U by Kotex in recent years and is now enlisting female standup comics for a new round of ads behind the base Kotex brand.”
Kotex is still nailing it. Love the new commercial! #Kotexforreal
Creativity is not an “add-on” but calls for radical change in our schools
Sir Ken Robinson explains how creativity is a transformative principle that can guide a re-imagining of schools in America. The current dropout crisis is an indictment of the status quo and leads to enormous social costs. He calls for a more balanced curriculum, where learning is personalized, and all kids can find out “what they are good at.”
Some favorite snippits:
“When you have a 50% dropout rate, you can’t blame the kids.”
“Creativity - how to engage the real talents of people in school.”
I never tire of listening or reading what Sir Ken Robinson has to say. My goal is to step up and try to make a difference this year (in some way) because I have long agreed with this thinking.
Overconsumption is costing us the earth and human happiness
Too often the environment is seen as one small piece of the economy. But it’s not just one little thing, it’s what every single thing in our life depends upon.” -Annie Leonard
A Brief Oral History of Melissa McCarthy's Huge Bridesmaids Performance
Here is a great article about Melissa McCarthy’s character in Bridesmaids. I was hysterically laughing through this whole movie! And the entire theatre of women AND MEN were hysterically laughing as well. Nothing beats being in a theatre full of laughter. And nothing beats great comedy from women. I loved seeing comedy that was dead on and a 3-D depiction of women. Awesome. Even the “cattiness” - I was kind of impressed that cattiness could be present and it wasn’t stereotypical. It was a real depiction and laced with humor. Well done Kristin Wiig for bringing Bridesmaids to the screen! Hopefully Hollywood will get the hint and bring more comedy like this to big screen!
Women + Humor = Change.
”Because women are on the ground floor and we know traditions so well, we can bring a different voice to the table.” -Liza Donnellyhttp://on.ted.com/8sdw
(reposting from January because this just fantastic)
