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Redefining the American Dream

Published on August 31, 2010 By Tirika

The ulti­mate mea­sure of a man or woman is not where he stands in moments of com­fort and con­ve­nience, but where he stands at times of chal­lenge and con­tro­versy.” ~ Mar­tin Luther King It’s time to stop look­ing to Wash­ing­ton for answers. We won’t get them from a new pol­icy or a new law or […]

The Third Ear

Published on July 7, 2010 By Tirika

What if the ear was our pri­mary sen­sory organ? What if it is? What if we, as humans, were not bun­dles of elec­tri­cal impulses but, instead, vibra­tional beings? She stood in the kitchen, hear­ing the espresso machine’s hiss, the buzz of a fran­tic fly try­ing to escape out the closed win­dow, the tick­ing of the […]

Questioning the Paradigm

Published on June 21, 2010 By Tirika

What Writ­ers Do Best Are you won­der­ing why writ­ing for Sin­gle Writ­ers is a good idea? Because your writ­ing could change the world! In 1962, two writ­ers trans­formed soci­ety with their mag­a­zine arti­cles. Glo­ria Steinem, a free­lance writer, was com­mis­sioned by Esquire mag­a­zine to write some­thing about con­tra­cep­tion. The result­ing arti­cle about how women were forced to choose […]