Date Rape: Who You Do Know Can Hurt You
Whether you know it or not, you know a survivor of acquaintance rape. Sometimes called “date rape,” this is a real and common problem in...
Whether you know it or not, you know a survivor of acquaintance rape. Sometimes called “date rape,” this is a real and common problem in...
Sexual assault is a scary topic – for both parents and children. But, talking about it is one step towards both prevention and healing....
I just sent an email to a good friend. In it, I told him that I wished to be as unnoticed and unthreatening as a common toadstool, the...
This started as a joke, sort of. As one who has never liked, and therefore never made a good, apple pie, I finally made a perfect one...
When a Saturday morning brunch with friends is also a work meeting, it calls for some extra yummy sugar to make the work go down....
I love Thanksgiving. It is, barre none, the best day of the year. I get to cook all day (and heaven help the person who suggests that...
I was just perusing the blogs on Blogher.org, and there was a post from a member stating the obvious and shameful truth that no one talks...
For those of you following along with my attempt to make a sort of oat/ fruit / nut / power bar type of thing, I think I’ve done it. The...
I seem to spend my entire life with exactly two groups of people – Starteruppers and Parents. There are very few differences between...
When the going gets tough, this tough chick gets cooking. Yesterday it was Pumpkin Gingerbread (with an optional buttercream frosting...
I remember when 40 seemed old. Hell, I remember when 18 seemed old. Starting high school and thinking how old and cool those seniors were...
Roman Polanski is a genius. No doubt about it. He’s even pretty charming, really. It does not change the fact that he entered a plea of...
“Hello, this is Alyssa.” “No, it’s Melissa.” “No, it’s Alyssa, you’re Melissa!” So started my chat with Melissa Etheridge. I’m a fan....
This was a fun interview of Me, by Laryssa Wirstiuk from her very fun Comma N’ Sentence Blog. Alyssa Royse, President and Editor-in-Chief...
It’s dinner time, do you know what your food is? It may seem like a weird question, but think about it for a second. Food, supposedly,...
When we were putting together the first issue of JUST CAUSE Magazine, a lot of people sent me samples of products that they wanted to...
“Mom, ya know, what could be a better mother’s day than this? A nice head massage, a bath, someone washing your hair…..” I laughed to...