It’s true. Ask your best friend, your mom or even me. When you’ve been sexually abused, as a child or an adult, the biggest thing you lose is your voice. You feel ashamed. Like it was your fault. Like you did something to deserve it. And if you tell someone what happened, your mom, your [...]
May 20, 2010
“And quite frankly, your Type A personality pisses me off,” the soccer mom growled at me this am as I slipped into security at Dulles-Washington airport on my way to Atlanta. What did I do to elicit the bitter soccer mom, sucker punch before my first cup of coffee? I’m a good traveler, scratch that, [...]
May 17, 2010
Check out a behind the scenes look at designer, Cressida Rose, of Lady Lucia Designs. Lady Lucia, born from a creative impulse and love for jewelry, a passion passed down from Cressida’s mother, is a line that you can get connected with. Using stones like abalone and smokey quartz, these stones are meant to make [...]
May 10, 2010
Hey girlfriend, So here’s the deal. My Voice is Strong is about to go international. Yeah, you read it right. We just met the sweetest, most fashionable bloggers the city of love has to offer. And they agreed to do interviews with us. Meet the Paris bloggers! We decided we needed a celebration. Lenox Cupcakes [...]
May 4, 2010
The talented, fabulous and fashionable chef Angela McKeller tell My Voice is Strong what she wore today!
April 28, 2010
Is it just me, or is that girl kinda a B*? I asked my bestie this morning. We chat every morning over coffee. In fact, most mornings she is my wake-up call. Hardly need an alarm clock anymore. So this morning I had an epiphany. I’ve been in kind of a girlfriend lull recently. It’s [...]
April 27, 2010
We Loove STRONG women. And the three leading ladies of Blues in the Night musical are just that. With nicknames like, “the lady from the road,” “the girl with a date,” and “the woman of the world,” director Sheldon Epps got a major backlash from the feminist community because his characters did not have “real” [...]
April 26, 2010
Chuck and Blair, Blair and Chuck forever, right? I guess not. Okay, so The Unblairable Lightness of Being aired a few weeks ago, but I keep hearing Blair say, I hate who I’ve become. Quick recap for non-obsessed Gossip Girl fans, Jack stole Chuck’s hotel; Chuck used Blair to get it back; Blair found out; [...]
April 21, 2010
photography by Dan Smigrod, Atlanta fashion and glamour photographer; dresses from Fab’rik Atlanta and Lexie + Jane; and GORGEOUS designer bag (in turquoise) from KiNG FLY My Voice is Strong Team; Left to right; Aga, Bethany & Minh-Thu
April 20, 2010
We had the amazing opportunity last week to chat with almost a dozen artists from the 6th annual Druid Hills Artist Market (chaired by local Druid Hills vintage handkerchief collector, Joanna Stroud). And we were awe-struck by the inspiring women artists we met. From Afghani tapestry collectors, egg painters and goddess sculptors to oil painters, [...]
June 9, 2010
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