tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-234442282024-03-23T12:48:24.049-05:00THE NEW LATINAThe life, thoughts, feelings, and experiences of a new Latina, from the vane to the profound.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-28946725660786346022012-12-11T20:11:00.000-06:002012-12-11T20:11:42.655-06:00The Not-Worthy-Of Complex and Toxic Relationships<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In one way or another, we have all struggled in our lives with
feeling “worthy-of”. Most often than none, we have had doubts about our worth
in different areas and therefore we have questioned whether or not we are
worthy-of something. Are we qualified for that job? Are we cut out for that
promotion? Do we have the right or enough credentials as compared to others?
All these doubts are perhaps easily dispelled by taking risks in the
professional world in which others can reassure us of our worth. However, the
worthy-of doubt and questioning are particularly dangerous when we question
whether or not we are worthy of love or worthy of a certain person in our lives
in the context of a sentimental relationship. The not-worthy-of complex usually
leads to poor choices in relationships and a lot of heartbreak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It seems that a lot of people are involved in toxic
relationships these days. However, as bizarre as it may sound to the logical
mind, perfectly fine and fairly intelligent individuals continue to choose to
be involved in deconstructive relationships with people who “are not worthy of
them”; or so we think. The problem may be that that person living in that toxic
relationship may think he/she is not worthy of something better and therefore
settles for the person who, although brings a lot of toxicity into the
relationship, is at least available and showing that “at least somebody cares
about me”. The other person in the relationship who is the cause of mayhem
feeds off of the “not-worthy-of” person because he/she is also feeling that
he/she is not worthy of someone good and constantly jeopardizes and antagonizes
the relationship and the person who she/he feels is more worthy than her/him. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any event, both “not-worthy-of” individuals
feed off of each other’s insecurities and low self-worth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Often times, our not-worthy-of complex manifests in the way
of rejecting someone worthy in fear that, if we give him/her a try our
not-worthy-of truth will be revealed, leaving us exposed and reassured in our
complex. For instance, we fear that if our “secret” not-worthy-of status (our
past, our debt, the truth about how our past relationship ended, our
professional credentials, our bank account or whatever that may be) leaks, the
other person may reject us, thus validating what we already knew all along:
that we are not-worthy-of. We fear that if we agree to be with someone leveled,
intelligent, capable, available, whole, complete and sacred, she/he will flee
when we get uncovered in our not-worthy-of state. Therefore, we reject the worthy
candidates and choose the not-worthy-of like us with which our secret is safe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we start self-doubting our worth we run into deep
trouble. Yes, self-worth is something that is constructed during childhood and
if the foundation was weak, building up that self-worth can be an uphill and
constant battle. And more than a battle, it may lead to many relationships in
which one does not feel worthy enough to be with a worthy-of-us or
worthy-enough partner. When we live in toxic relationships, both partners are
lacking self-worth. Both the one receiving the toxicity and the one initiating
it do not feel worthy of anything else, more or better. And the cycle becomes
vicious and never-ending.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-26749892957566776202012-10-25T12:30:00.001-05:002012-10-25T12:30:39.806-05:00WOMEN VOTERS TO DECIDE THIS ELECTION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Women have been the focus of this upcoming presidential election. By accident? Maybe. I don’t
think the presidential campaigns purposefully started out as campaigns in which
women were thought of as the secret weapon; or not. However, both presidential
campaigns have promoted ideals and platforms that have made this political
campaign personal for many women who stand on both sides of the political
spectrum. Are the messages to women from both parties a mere tactic to get the
women’s vote? It depends on who you ask. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The Republican Party
has focused on the economic issues they claim have been created by the Obama
administration. Additionally, Republicans have repeatedly expressed that President
Obama is diverting the attention from his failed economic policies by focusing
on rhetoric about women’s rights. Moreover, the pro-life stance of the
Republican Party is intended to strike an emotional nerve with women and as
such, the Republicans (divided by the issue on if and when abortion should be
“allowed”) are appealing to the maternal instinct of women by telling us that
they will protect life in the womb. However, we all have heard what many men
and women in the Republican leadership </span><a href="http://www.mamiverse.com/shocking-things-republicans-say-women-19880/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: blue;">have
said</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">
about women, abortions, rape, and so on (including the latest comments by
Murdock), which in my opinion should make all women (and men) </span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2012/10/01/todd-akin-on-womens-issues-in-kansas-city-campaign-stop/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: blue;">angry</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">In the other hand,
Democrats are appealing to women’s votes by focusing on their track record on women’s
rights. President Obama signed the </span><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/30/archives-president-obama-signs-lilly-ledbetter-fair-pay-act"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: blue;">Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> which states that women must earn
the same pay for the same work as men (the wage gap is that White women earn 77
cents for every dollar a man makes; this gap is even higher between men and
women of color). Obama also banned employment discrimination based on gender
identity which helps women and girls increase their access and participation in
STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math). </span><a href="http://www.healthcare.gov/law/index.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: blue;">The Affordable Care Act</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">
also prevents insurance providers to discriminate against women (women pay
higher health insurance premiums than men). Furthermore, Obama stands to
protect women’s reproductive rights by supporting access to contraceptives free
of copay and women’s right to choose. Additionally, the President signed the </span><a href="http://www.civilrights.org/hatecrimes/llehcpa/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: blue;">Matthew Shepard
and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> which allows
gender crimes to be prosecuted by the Department of Justice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Based on what we know
so far about the presidential campaign, how well are Republicans and Democrats
playing the woman card? As a woman and a voter, the Romney campaign is doing an
excellent job at pushing women (at least the ones that are not suffering from
Stockholm Syndrome) away, if you ask me. Obama has professed he wants his daughters
to have the same opportunities as every other son in America will have and his
record proves it. As a woman, I cannot vote for a party that is so wrong when
it comes to women’s rights. Some may argument that we (angry women pro Obama)
are just suffering from hysteria. Well, men would be in rage too if any woman
candidate would tell them what to do with their penises and testicles and
impose on their right to procreate (or not). I wonder how men, especially those
from the Tea Party, would react if they were the ones being regulated, raped,
and denied to choose what’s best for their bodies. We would definitely be
reading a different set of stories. But for now, it is up to us, women and the
men that place the women in their lives in high esteem, to go out and vote for
our rights and the only candidate who has supported and defended our rights.
That candidate is Barack Obama!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-70749737266210192702012-10-10T10:43:00.001-05:002012-10-10T10:44:00.909-05:00AT 8 YEARS OLD, MY SON IS A FIRST DEGREE BLACK BELT!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We started my son in karate when he was 4 years old. At first,
we just wanted him to play a sport and be with his friends. We also thought
karate would be good for his motor skills, to learn discipline and courtesy, to
burn off all that energy young children have and to someday be able to defend
himself against bullies and potential abusers. When Paul Vincent started as a
little tiger, he looked so cute in his uniform! It was too big for him but he
looked adorable. As a little tiger, he basically learned the basic form of Tae
Kwon Do and played fun games that were geared towards improving his
coordination, building those pathways in his brain so that he could focus,
learn, and do. I was ecstatic the first time I told him to do something and he
responded with a stern and loud “yes, ma’am!” at 4 years of age! I thought “just
for this, you are staying in karate!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, a little over four years later, my son is a first degree
black belt. He respects the sport and just now “gets it!” He said to me
yesterday during a ride in the car: “mommy, I love karate. It is really my
thing. Although, I sometimes feel like not going to class because I am tired, I
love karate and I know being a black belt is only the beginning. I want to
continue”. I was very proud of him for saying those words and for his honesty
and commitment to his passion. We have seen him grow in karate and the days as
a little tiger are long gone. Now my son is on his path to becoming something
greater; something that he doesn’t even realize yet. He is on the path of
becoming a man of principle, commitment, and values. Just like the tenets of
Tae Kwon Do, my son is on his journey to mastering “courtesy, integrity, perseverance,
self-control and indomitable spirit.” He says those tenets 4 times a week
during class but he is doing much more than just saying them: he is becoming
them! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I wait excitedly for what the future holds for my son. I certainly
don’t have a crystal ball to see into his future (although I would love to!)
But I know his experience in Tae Kwon Do will certainly help him to become the
best version of himself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p>(I want to express my gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. <a href="http://www.powerofkarate.com/" target="_blank">Spicar from Spicar Martial Arts</a> in Southlake, TX for facilitating this journey for Paul Vincent and being allies
in his development and growth. You may not know that you play an important role
in the life of all the children that you teach. A part of what they are and a
part of what they will be has been forged by you!)<o:p></o:p></o:p></span></div>
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¡BabyCenter en Español se une a la blogosfera!<br />
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Un diverso grupo de mamás, papás y expertos en varios temas, comparten su sabiduría, aventuras, dilemas y controversias en el Blog de BabyCenter<br />
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17 de septiembre de 2012 (San Francisco, California) – BabyCenter en Español desea celebrar este año el mes de la Hispanidad con el lanzamiento del Blog de BabyCenter, que permitirá a la mujer latina hacer oír su voz en medios de información de Estados Unidos y el mundo hispano. La importancia de abrir una ventana a las voces y experiencias de mamás hispanas, en español, en un mundo de alta tecnología donde impera el inglés, hace de la iniciativa bloguera de BabyCenter un momento para celebrar. <br />
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En un año en que el mes de la Hispanidad es la antesala a la contienda electoral en Estados Unidos, la voz de la mamá hispana y sus opiniones sobre las próximas elecciones presidenciales y otros temas de actualidad son más importantes que nunca. <br />
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El Blog de BabyCenter acoge a un diverso y talentoso grupo de mamás, papás y expertos en relaciones de pareja, sexo, tecnología, decoración, cocina, belleza y moda. Las mamás brindan una perspectiva única en temas como el embarazo, la obesidad infantil, la disciplina, la cultura, el trabajo y las noticias del momento.<br />
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Los colaboradores escriben desde varios rincones del mundo, incluyendo Estados Unidos, Puerto Rico, México, Chile y España, entre otros países. “Hemos apostado por un grupo de escritores que no tiene pelos en la lengua a la hora de compartir sus experiencias y conocimientos. Desde la visión iconoclasta y humorística de la maternidad que aporta Desmadreando, hasta los francos consejos sobre sexualidad de la Dra. Cuascud, pasando por la sabia guía de expertos como la Dra. Tiba Araujo y mamás como Lezeidarís Morales, nuestra intención es reflejar la multiplicidad de la mamá latina a través de un contenido fresco, entretenido y útil”, comentó Isidra Mencos, directora editorial de BabyCenter en Español. <br />
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El blog se compone de tres secciones: <br />
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Historias de mamás<br />
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En la sección Historias de mamás, se expondrán temas relevantes, prácticos y muy divertidos sobre la gran aventura de la maternidad o paternidad. Entre los blogueros se incluyen: <br />
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Lourdes Alcaniz: Periodista, escritora, divorciada y madre de 4 hijos. Ha publicado seis libros, entre ellos: Esperando a mi bebé: una guía del embarazo para la mujer latina y Gordito no significa saludable. Lee más sobre Lourdes y sigue su blog Batallas de Mamá. <br />
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Sandra Arriagada: Ganadora del concurso de blogueras embarazadas, que se llevó a cabo en la Comunidad de BabyCenter en Español. Sandra es periodista y guionista de televisión en Santiago de Chile. Escribe de manera honesta sobre los sentimientos, sensaciones y frustraciones que conlleva su pancita. Lee más sobre Sandra y sigue su blog MamiRocker. <br />
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Desmadreando: ¡El humor no podía faltar en el Blog de BabyCenter! Te morirás de la risa leyendo a la Sra. Desmadres, quien se proclama como detractora de la maternidad rosa y es defensora de contar las verdades que nadie suele decir. Sigue a Desmadreando. <br />
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Lezeidarís Morales: Madre, esposa, periodista, programadora de radio y boricua de pura cepa. A través de su blog comparte un pedacito de su experiencia como mamá primeriza. Lee más sobre Lezeidarís y sigue su blog Ser MadrePR. <br />
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Tu vida y tu hogar <br />
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Expertas en relaciones de familia, sexo, tecnología, decoración, belleza, y cocina comparten sus mejores consejos y recetas en la sección Tu vida y tu hogar. Además, una "fashionista" asesorará a la mujer latina sobre cómo vestir durante y después del embarazo. Entre las expertas encontrarás a: <br />
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Dra. Tiba Araujo: Psicóloga, escritora, y terapeuta en el amor, comparte sus trucos para la felicidad de la familia. Es autora del libro Sobre amor y sufrimientos: realidades de la vida en pareja. Lee más sobre la Dra. Araujo y sigue su blog Mi bebé, mi pareja y yo.<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow; color: black;"><strong>Dra. Tanginika Cuascud</strong>: Reconocida sexóloga y autora, que brinda consejos e información a mujeres y hombres para que alcancen su potencial sexual. Es autora del libro titulado Desnuda. Lee más sobre la Dra. Cuascud y sigue su blog Sexualidad al día. </span><br />
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Cristina Mella: Te inspira cada día a tener una casa bella, cómoda y práctica, que refleje tus raíces y estilo de vida. Lee más sobre Cristina Mella y sigue su blog Latino Living. <br />
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Verónica Cervera: Cubana, radicada en Miami, a quien le encanta cocinar sabroso y variado. Otra de sus pasiones es viajar, y probar todo tipo de comida que se le cruce en el camino. Te invita a "viajar" por el mundo con sus recetas. Lee más sobre Verónica y sigue su blog La cocina de Vero, al minuto y con comida. <br />
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Hoy en los foros <br />
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En la sección Hoy en los foros, le tomamos el pulso a lo que de veras piensan las mamás latinas de hoy, reseñando los temas más interesantes y populares que surgen en la Comunidad de BabyCenter en Español. Sigue a Loaina y Vocera de mamá.<br />
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Consulta esta página para conocer al resto de los colaboradores: <a href="http://espanol.babycenter.com/blog/authors/">http://espanol.babycenter.com/blog/authors/</a><br />
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¡Únete a la fiesta! <br />
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Por último, invitamos a todas nuestras lectoras a participar en un Twitter Party para festejar el lanzamiento del Blog de BabyCenter. La reunión será el 19 de septiembre de 10:00 a 11:00 a.m. tiempo del Pacífico (PT) en Estados Unidos. Tema: Estrenamos el #BlogdeBabyCenter. ¡Síguenos en @BCLatino y participa en la fiesta! ¡Podrás ganar bonitos premios! <br />
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Créditos: BabyCenter en Español: <a href="http://espanol.babycenter.com/">http://espanol.babycenter.com/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;">En días pasados
he estado viendo con gran interés las convenciones nacionales republicana y demócrata.
Con avidez he prestado atención a las plataformas políticas presentadas por
ambos partidos. Con horror he leído y escuchado las propuestas inflamatorias
que intentan obstruir y en algunos casos eliminar derechos por los cuales las
mujeres hemos luchado por siglos. Con incredulidad he sido consciente de los
comentarios infundados, falsos y peligrosos que algunos políticos y seguidores republicanos
han expresado con respecto al aborto, a los crímenes sexuales en contra de la
mujer, a los derechos reproductivos de las mujeres, al acceso a los
anticonceptivos y la planificación familiar para las mujeres, al derecho de las
mujeres a obtener servicios de salud, al derecho de la mujer de vivir libre de
violencia y al derecho de la mujer a obtener la misma paga por el mismo trabajo
que hacen los hombres. Y mientras miro horrorizada c</span><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ó</span><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;">mo los hombres del
partido republicano defienden sus posturas en favor de que la mujer retroceda
en sus derechos, miro con indignación como las <a href="http://www.voxxi.com/republican-women-stockholm-syndrome/" target="_blank">mujeres del partido republicano</a>
alzan sus banderas en favor de dichas medidas. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;">Si mal me parece
un hombre machista, peor me parecen las mujeres machistas. No puedo entender c</span><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ó</span><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;">mo una
mujer puede estar a favor de su opresión justificándolo en base a ideales políticos
y religiosos. Las mujeres que siguen al partido republicano porque
supuestamente están a favor de la vida están en contra de sus propias vidas. Si
es el derecho a la vida lo que defienden, defiendan la educación para disminuir
la taza de embarazos no deseados. Si están en favor de los matrimonios entre
hombre y mujer, que nadie se los impida. Los gay no andan imponiendo
matrimonios gay en la sociedad ni en el mundo. Si Dios dijo “no juzguéis”, que
se apliquen la ley y dejen a los demás ejercer sus derechos y sus ideas sin
legislar lo que una pareja de cualquier sexo hace en su alcoba y lo que una
mujer hace con su cuerpo. Si lo que quieren es gobierno pequeño que no
gobiernen mi </span><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ú</span><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;">tero. Si son tan religiosos y creen en lo que dijo
Jesucristo “repartid lo que ten</span><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">é</span><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;">is y dadlo a los pobres”, que propongan
una plataforma de gobierno para trabajar para el 100% y no para el “top 1%”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Todos tenemos que
colaborar en encontrar soluciones para los problemas sociales y económicos de
nuestro país ya que al final de cuentas el sol brilla para todos, republicanos
y demócratas. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-54795816732092180292012-09-05T08:43:00.000-05:002012-09-05T08:43:14.195-05:00When Women will Reach Equality<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent">Until women realize we deserve equal pay, equal opportunities, equal access to healthcare, comprehensive healthcare, and ownership over our reproductive rights and care, women will not reach equality. When women support MEN and political agendas that do not support the above, we not only detain progress; we set back the clock to a time in which women were worthless.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-55201194229228139812012-08-20T12:08:00.000-05:002012-08-20T12:08:50.999-05:00Where are the Women?
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where are the women?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As recent as yesterday, the attacks on women’s rights
continues through the moronic words of GOP ‘s Representative and Senate
candidate <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/19/711991/gop-senate-candidate-victims-of-legitimate-rape-wont-become-pregnant/?mobile=nc" target="_blank">Todd Akin</a> regarding “legitimate rape” and pregnancy and giving women
more power to beat up husbands during divorce if the definitions of rape are
not changed. I am not only appalled by his comments, I watch in horror as the
whole country seems to be reversing to the dark ages when it comes to women and
our rights. I have two interesting questions: (1) Who elects these officials? And
(2) Why? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is concerning and deeply disturbing to see that the
mindset of many at the GOP are congruent with representative Akin’s views. It
is even more disturbing to see how our votes have put those individuals there or
have even allowed them to be in the race. Don’t we know better? Haven’t we
learned? Have we no value for women in this country? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many would argue that women in other countries are plagued
with inequality and dangerously live under misogynistic regimes. But in
reality, women in this country live under the umbrella of a controlling group
of men, supported by brain-washed women that, justified by their beliefs and
political ideologies, blindly follow a path of destruction for women. My question
is will we all unite and stand against these ideals or will we let them prevail
and doom us? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I hope women realize that there is a lot at stake in this
next election. Regardless of political ideologies, women rights are human
rights. And women rights will only be protected and won by women.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-88422445337752604102012-07-18T12:35:00.001-05:002012-07-18T12:35:41.693-05:00If Your Vagina Could Talk, What Would It Say?<a href="http://www.blogger.com/”http://www.mamiverse.com/if-your-vagina-could-talk-15677/”"><img &="" alt="”If" border="”0″" could="" happy="" healthy”="" keeping="" src="”http://www.mamiverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/INFO-If-Your-Vagina-Could-Talk.jpg”" vagina="" width="”500″" your="" yours="" /></a><br />[Via: <a ?="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" if-your-vagina-could-talk-15677="" www.mamiverse.com="">http://www.mamiverse.com/if-your-vagina-could-talk-15677/</a>" />If Your Vagina Could Talk: Keeping Yours Happy & Healthy] Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-21849308429349508242012-07-18T12:31:00.002-05:002012-07-18T12:32:24.383-05:00Ten Female Orgasms<a href="http://www.blogger.com/”http://www.mamiverse.com/10-female-orgasm-types-15669/”"><img (must-know="" alt="”10" border="”0″" explosive="" female="" info!)”="" orgasm="" src="”http://www.mamiverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/INFO-10-Explosive-Female-Orgasm-Types.jpg”" types="" width="”530″" /></a><br />
[Via: <a 10-female-orgasm-types-15669="" ?="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" www.mamiverse.com="">http://www.mamiverse.com/10-female-orgasm-types-15669/</a>" />10 Explosive Female Orgasm Types (Must-Know Info!)] Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-40575143308474532752012-06-17T12:56:00.001-05:002012-06-17T12:56:08.695-05:00Happy Father's Day!Happy day to all those men who hold the title "father", not only because they were able to biologically produce a child, but because they are role models, care-givers, super-heroes, leaders, champions, and stars in the lives of their children, biological or not. May you be crowned today with love, appreciation, and cheer!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-44707769945262746962012-06-07T12:16:00.001-05:002012-06-07T12:17:33.332-05:00Men's Sexual Health: Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and SexPelvic floor dysfunction is believed to be something that affects only women. But nothing is far from the truth. Problems with erections, sexual pain, incontinence, anal, testicular, abdominal pain, among other symtpoms, can be associated with pelvic floor dysfunction in men. Moreover, men are less proned to talk about their sexual health with other men, women, or even bring it up to their doctors. Read and find out if you or somebody you know could be suffering in silence. There are solutions!<br />
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<a href="http://voxxi.com/pelvic-floor-dysfunction/" target="_blank">http://voxxi.com/pelvic-floor-dysfunction/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-27820787101512287102012-06-02T14:05:00.000-05:002012-06-02T14:05:15.549-05:00The New Snow White<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For a long time, I have not been a fan of the children/fairy
tale stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main reason for my
apathy towards stories such as Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty,
among others, is that they portray the princesses as weak girls, so fragile
and at the mercy of a others. In these stories, it seems that in order to
be a strong woman one has to be evil and ruthless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conversely, the frail princess must always be
saved by a prince that will finally give her her place in the kingdom. Without
the intervention and bravery of a handsome prince, the princesses would’ve
never made it in the world. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recently, I went to see </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1667353/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mirror Mirror</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1735898/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Snow White and the Huntsman </span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and
the new twists on the role of the princesses presented in the movies impressed
me. Long I have longed for princesses that are a depiction of the strength of
women. Long I have been crying that girls need to be taught that they do not
need a prince to save them and define them. I feel all women have been
vindicated through these characters in fairy tale land and in real life! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even more interesting is that the princesses in these
stories either save the prince (Mirror Mirror) or decide to live without a
prince (Snow White and the Huntsman). Both princesses fight to take back their
kingdoms and redeem the people who have suffered from the rule of the evil
queen. Beauty is still a priced commodity in the movies but the focus is on the
strength of women, either for good or for bad, I must ad. However, women are
smart and the protagonists of their own lives. Moreover, having a pure heart does not mean to be a pushover in these stories, but rather, to bring justice to all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am glad to see that these fairy tale stories have been “updated”.
As the roles of women have expanded, what we teach our daughters and sons about
what a woman is must evolve too. Maybe it’s time to update Cinderella, Sleeping
Beauty, and all the other classic princesses’ stories to depict women as more
empowered, intelligent, wise, clever, strong, and ethnically, racially, and
physically diverse, just as we are in real life!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-44799492825169585622012-05-22T12:00:00.000-05:002012-05-22T12:00:48.510-05:00Where are the "colored" superheroes?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where are the “colored” superheroes?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I recently saw the movie “The Avengers” and very much enjoyed
watching it. The special effects, the sound, the plot of the story all captured
my attention and I was quite amused and amazed at the action. When I finished
watching the movie, though, I felt something was missing. In all the heroic
characters showcased in the movie, not one superhero was colored. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do not get me wrong. I did not dislike the characters or who
played them and how they were played. In fact, the acting was good. I very much
enjoyed how Scarlet Johansen kicked butt in the movie, and I am in love with
Thor, so mighty, strong, and handsome. However, I could not help but to notice
that the only colored person in the cast was Samuel L. Jackson. Granted that
Samuel L. Jackson had a big role in the movie and in the story, he was no
superhero. All the superheroes, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, and the Hulk
(prior to his “hulk” state, after which he turns green), all of them are Caucasian.
Even the assassins and the astrophysics genius were White. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The notion of having a full cast of White superheroes is
thought-provoking for me for more than one reason. Fundamentally, the notion
that “whiter is better” is still being sold to us in every walk of the way. I also
saw the movie “Mirror Mirror” last weekend and noticed the same reality: all
characters of the movie were White. It seems as if though heroism equals
superiority, thus played by White characters. And not only the characters are
White; they are blond or blond-ish, blue eyed, and appear to be of pure White
descent. The world is always saved by the White gods and superheroes that fight
against evil and bring justice and peace to us all, mere mortals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When looking at the literature or the media, I cannot recall
any “colored” superhero. There is no Black immortal being that saves the day
for all of us. I don’t know of any Asian demigod that is capable of shooting
fire and fight demonic creatures. I have not seen a Latino superhero with
powers capable of stopping bullets and trains and fighting the elements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides Halle Berry in The X-Men (she was
also Catwoman in Batman), I cannot remember any mulatto or mixed mutant trying
to save the earth. My point is that it always seems as if though we are sold,
promoted, enforced, instilled the notion that “white is better”, in spite of the
fact that “whiteness” does not represent the whole totality of the ethnic
landscape of our country. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why isn’t there a “colored” superhero? I don’t know. Maybe,
instead of a White guy turning green, and therefore acquiring superhero after
doing so, we can experiment with a White guy turning Black, powerful, and
almighty for a change. <o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-8753775333584909462012-05-09T13:31:00.002-05:002012-05-09T13:32:51.769-05:00How did we get here? The world of the overachievers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today’s world can be described in one word: overachievement.
As I reflect in my own life, I wonder how and why are we all in a wave of
constant movement, doing, thinking, creating, shuffling, juggling, consuming,
producing. I look at my own life and I look around and it seems as if though
everybody is complaining that there are not enough hours in a day to accomplish
all one is set out to do. I see how frantically people rush to tend to our many
commitments and the demands, attention, and energy imposed on our time and I wonder:
how did we get here? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All the messages to which we are exposed on a regular basis
offer us the ability to have access to more, better, bigger: more food, more
stuff; better bodies, better cars; bigger homes, bigger budgets; and the list
goes on. All these promises come with another invitation: do more, expect more,
give more, get more. And the list of exhortations is coupled with the
requirement to be better moms, better cooks, better housekeepers, and better at
being involved in our children’s education, recreation, the community,
politics, charity, family, and a long list of other things. The list of “must-dos”
insanely grows daily as our jobs expect us to do more and better, giving our
careers more time than ever before and being accessible and available 24/7 to better
serve the company’s clientele and show our commitment. As if we needed more
impositions on our time, now we have to stay connected to social media,
especially if our work requires so. Therefore, our lives are just a race to do
more, be better, get bigger, at all times. Such paradigm of life, which is extremely
stressful, is what most of us are living. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What prompted us to be that way? I have only one good
answer: we live in a culture of overachieving. In order to feel that life is
worth living, we have created a culture in which “having-something-to-do” at
all times is the norm, what is expected, and the only way of life that is
acceptable. I remember when I grew up in Puerto Rico. Businesses closed from
12-1pm for a lunch break, everything closed at 1pm or 2pm for the day on
Saturdays, and there was nothing but church, some open restaurants, and beach
on Sundays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, people are lucky if
they get a 15 minute break to devour their lunches at work, many people work at
least 10 hours a-day, and we are demanded to give more, and many must take work
home after their shifts have ended. Nonetheless, we are told that we need to
chew our meals slowly and eat healthy. But how? Fifteen minutes is barely
enough to get a sandwich out of its wrapper! Similarly, vacation times are
scant and many employers do not offer paid sick days or family leave time, not
to mention health insurance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Overachieving has become our way of life. We must stretch our
time to the limit to comply with all the demands put on it. For many, the only
solution is to sacrifice their sleep, which has long-term negative
implications. Moreover, stress is a silent killer for most that are kept hostage
to this overachieving culture; not to mention how this lifestyle affects our
families in the short and long run.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After expounding how this culture of overachievement has
taken over our lives and its negative implications, here are some suggestions:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Familia
comes first</b>: Be structured and strict about devoting time to your children
and family and give them your undivided attention. The rest will wait.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Forget
Martha Stewart</b>: See those beautiful homes in magazines? They belong there!
Keep your house orderly and clean but do not attempt to have it magazine-ready
(unless you have the time or a maid). Teach your children to be orderly, pick
up after themselves, from the time they are toddlers and it will pay off in the
future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">30 minute
meals?</b> More like 15 minute meals: Prepare meals that are easy and fast, but
you don’t have to sacrifice nutrition and health. For instance, spinach cooks
very fast, almost all veggies taste great steamed for just a few minutes, fish
cooks very quickly, pasta is a savior! Don’t try to overdo it in the kitchen.
Leave fancy dishes for the restaurants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Time for
yourself</b>: When? While the kids are playing or napping, nap, polish your
nails, take a bath, and don’t feel guilty about it. Share the load (spouse,
family, friends) and don’t hesitate to enjoy yourself without the children
every once in a while. I promise, everyone will be alive when you return.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sleep!</b>
Decide at what time you will shut down every night and just do it! Everybody
needs certain amount of hours of sleep. Know your time and get what you need.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Not
perfect, just good enough</b>: Don’t strive for perfection. If your kids are
well-fed, healthy, given a lot of love, well-educated, happy, and alive, that’s
good enough! Do not impose the same time demands on your children. Children also
need down time. After being in school for 7 hours and having homework to do,
one or two extracurricular activities are plenty, especially if you have more
than one child to juggle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Say no</b>:
If you want to live a longer and happier life, start becoming braver at using
the word “no”. Once you’ve had enough practice, it comes easy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Stop</b>:
I need one day a month to just be. I recommend it to everybody. Just devote one
day to be in your jammies all day, watch movies, read, and disconnect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Prioritize</b>:
Junk mail: don’t read it. Cleaning the house: important but not as important as
cuddling with your child or significant other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ditch
some things</b>: Go over your life and make a decision on what you will let go
of. We cannot tend to it all. Let go of things you don’t need, people that don’t
contribute to your life, or causes for which you cannot fully commit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In spite of how we live, we don’t have superpowers. We need
to take care of ourselves and start a culture of health, quality and quantity
time for us and family, sanity, and the enjoyment of life; a more simple life!<o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-66612648568338612542012-05-08T13:51:00.000-05:002012-05-10T06:20:31.144-05:00Why do Hispanics need an education? And if we have one, why should we care?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">The future of Hispanics will be determined by how
educated our community will be. The US Census Bureau estimated the Hispanic population
at 47 million, or 15%, of the population of the
United States. This number is impressive;
however, our projected growth reveals how powerful our presence will continue be
in our nation in the upcoming years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
landscape of the US has been shaped and changed by our numbers. But it is not enough
to be the largest majority in the US. We must also prepare to become the force
that can propel our numbers to a brighter and more prosperous future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">Hispanics lag in academic achievements
in the US. According to the PEW Hispanic Center, 52% of foreign-born Hispanic adults
are high school dropouts and 25% of native born are as well. These figures are
alarming. An uneducated Hispanic population will have less access to
competitive jobs, salaries to keep them above the poverty line, and
opportunities to overcome their social and financial disadvantages. Hispanics
who drop out are more likely to suffer struggles brought about by unemployment.
They also display more incidences of poor health, are more likely to be on
public assistance and become single parents. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As can be seen, the consequences for dropping
out of school are ominous. Moreover, drop out parents who do not instill the
value of education in their children may doom them to repeat the same
deconstructive patterns. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">Educated Hispanics should be in the
trenches working to bring down the Hispanic dropout rate. For starters, as part
of the same ethnic group, we are all representative of our cultures and peoples.
Unfortunately, the higher the numbers of uneducated Hispanics, the more
negative and permeated stereotypes will follow us all. Enhancing our population
to achieve more will benefit us all in the short and long run. Furthermore, the
social problems that emerge from lack of education among our population will
shrink as more of our children become educated. Currently, our tax money is
utilized to provide public assistance to those who are uneducated and suffering
from the associated social ailments. As more of our population has access to
education, the best our taxes are going to be utilized to strengthen our nation
and benefit us all. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">If we are the largest minority, we need
something to show for it. It is not enough to be large in numbers. Our Hispanic
population must also rise and step up to become key players in all realms of
the social and political spheres of this great country we call home. We should
all care about the education of our children because we all pay the
consequences, one way or the other, if we don’t.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-29939411941335167512012-05-07T18:53:00.003-05:002012-05-07T18:54:24.002-05:00Follow me!I am writing about Sexual Health for <a href="http://www.mamiverse.com/">Mamiverse</a>. Also, follow me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tanginikasimone">Facebook</a>, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Also, follow me in <a href="http://www.rocinanteerotica.blogspot.com/">Rocinante Erotica</a> (erotica in Spanish only). The world is endless for The New Latina!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-38681320957875149312012-05-07T18:49:00.002-05:002012-05-07T18:49:58.250-05:00Happy Mother's Day!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why do we celebrate mother’s day?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am a mother and I am happy that there is a mother’s day
celebration. Besides the fact that mothers sacrifice a lot for our offspring,
our job is unpaid, many times unsung, and nonstop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am reflecting on the significance of this
day celebrated across many cultures and peoples all over the world and I feel a
sense of entitlement on this day: I do deserve it and I do want it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do want to be celebrated that day for all
the days and nights I have spent giving my unconditional love and attention to
my child. I want to be pampered and honored on that day as if though I was the
queen of the world. I want to accept the love and gifts and attention freely
and openly, because as mothers we usually don’t take anything for
ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is mother’s day this Sunday and I feel that I have earned
the right to be whole and happy on that day and every day because I am doing the
ultimate and utmost job in the whole world: I gave life and I am raising a life
that will reach his full potential in this life thanks in great part to my
investment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I celebrate mother’s day as
if though I owned it and I am proud to be a mother, always. Motherhood is the
most important job, the most rewarding career, and the most beautiful of all
vocations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Happy mother’s day!<o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-78141700531577834862012-04-05T21:18:00.000-05:002012-04-05T21:18:42.328-05:00Male Domination<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have been thinking quite a lot for the last few months
about what is going on regarding women’s rights in the United States of
America. United States, yet there is no unity being displayed when it comes to
women and their rights and their placement in the land of man. In the name of
God, many laws have been proposed and enacted that strip women of our basic
rights. Men, in power, have not only written these laws, but they have been
known to deny women even to communicate their feelings and opinions regarding
these laws. The war against women is blunt and evident. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As I am puzzled as to what is the cause of all this hatred
displayed towards women. I am trying to come up with explanations that will
shed light onto why is this sentiment against women being promoted and
perpetuated in 2012. One of my friends offered her comments and I think she is
right. I will elaborate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The male supremacy is instilled in us since birth. Through socialization,
we are taught that everything masculine is more powerful, better, bigger. The sun
is masculine and its light nurtures every living creature. The moon is feminine
and we don’t really know what its purpose is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our dads are the law, our moms are soft. Boys are socialized to be
strong. Girls are socialized to be “girlie”. And so forth. Images of men being
superior are taught to us in everything. Children’s literature always portrays
princesses that need to be saved and the prince that comes in a shining armor
and a white horse to save them. And so forth. How won’t these messages permeate
our psyche? Of course these messages create the paradigms that we live by and
that are the root to how women get treated in the US and in the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I propose that we need to start young. We need to teach equality
from the time children are born. We need to teach boys to be strong and girls
too. We need to teach girls to be nurturers and boys too. We need both sexes to
learn to be compassionate towards each other and that both females and males
have a valuable place in society and in the world and that both are equally
valuable. If we keep teaching girls to play with kitchens and dolls and then to
be smart and go to college, but we don’t teach boys the same, women will still
work double shifts-working outside the home and being the primary caregivers as
oppose to men who primarily work outside the home, their home workload is
limited, yet they are held in higher esteem because they are men. Men will
continue to earn more if both sexes don’t share the load at work and at home,
equally. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The hatred towards women is not new but it’s has taken a
political dimension that, although is not unprecedented, it signifies a renaissance
in the retro notions about women and their worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to change our way of thinking about
the sexes and start doing things differently to get different results. Equality
and thus the war on women will end once and for all when we raise both boys and
girls to see each other with the same degree of respect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-9207163455537873332012-03-28T12:46:00.000-05:002012-03-28T12:46:13.639-05:00The Land of Men<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In recent weeks, we have all witnessed in the media how men and women are clashing in politics regarding women’s rights. All these events that are evidence of a war against women have prompted me to think about why women and men are entrenched in this fight. I started thinking about how men and women are socialized to try to come up with a framework for what is going on in the American society. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is well known that females are socialized from an early age to be nurturing, pleasing, giving, caring, expressive of emotions, dependent, and fragile. Men are socialized to be strong, assertive, competitive, stoic, and pay less attention to emotions. Being raised in a very traditional Hispanic home, I witnessed how families (mothers, fathers, grandparents) and society in general worshiped men. Many experts express that societies in the world are mainly patriarchal; therefore, manhood and the male construct are highly celebrated, valued, and enforced. For some reason still unknown to me, almost every society in the world still believes that being male is being superior and therefore better.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All these events that are going on in the US regarding women’s rights, including men deciding on the reproductive rights of women, lead me to realize that in the US, just like in many parts of the world, being male is synonymous of dominance and power. We are living in a society that still puts men in higher regard with respect to women and that attributes that power to men freely and unquestionably. Notions of the supreme power of men are engraved in the culture and in the mindsets of men and women in all realms of life. Negative stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination towards women are still the norm and are now happening bluntly in the fascinating and male-dominated world of politics. As frustrating as these events are, at least for me, it is even more frustrating to know that these negative notions about women permeate all spheres and are supported by both men and women and passed on from generation to generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The gender war we are fighting in 2012 is a war that has been fought for centuries; maybe from the time humans have existed. This war is not new but it is being fought in new fronts. The gains that women have made are being taken away and there is an agenda to bring women to the dark ages in the name of “conservatism”. Women and men that are against what is going on will have to fight a long and hard battle. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Socialization happens to us without our input and without having any choice in the matter. Nonetheless, when we are smart enough to bring ourselves to a new level of awareness, men and women can decide to live in harmony and in a balance of power. We cannot promote misogyny and stand idle watching how our country deprives women of their rights. The war against women, although old, is experiencing a renaissance and we must all unite to crusade against it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-11993264487324314742012-02-21T09:34:00.000-06:002012-02-21T09:34:22.766-06:00Happy Birthday to The New Latina!It has been six years since I started writing in this blog. Today, I was looking back at some of my old writings and I can see the evolution and growth, not only in the diversity of the writings, but also in my own style. I used to write about everything that came to my mind when I started this blog. Today, I write about mostly about the things I am passionate about, such as gender equality, education, sexuality, and health. When I first started this blog I used to write almost everyday. The frequency of my publishing has decreased over time but not due to a lack of writing but because my career as a writer has evolved. Today, I coach and assist university students who need help completing their papers and research. I pride myself in providing much needed assistance to master's and doctoral candidates complete their theses and dissertations so they can further their education and reach their goals. I have a blog in <a href="http://www.voxxi.com/">www.voxxi.com</a> and I am going to start contributing in <a href="http://www.mamiverse.com/">www.mamiverse.com</a>. I try to publish something that is dear to me in this blog every once in a while. My life revolves around writing!<br />
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It is a blessing to be able to do what one loves for a living and to have the fortune of enjoying every minute of it. Today, I celebrate the birthday of The New Latina and thank those who have followed this blog over the years. I invite you to see my latest writings in Voxxi and Mamiverse and to leave me a note or send me an email. I hope this blog has enriched your life as much as it has enriched mine. Happy birthday!!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-29314709885871917552012-02-14T14:00:00.000-06:002012-02-14T14:00:25.779-06:00Women Are Smart Enough to Choose and Take the PillIn recent weeks, there have been increasing and ongoing debates about <a href="http://voxxi.com/2012/02/03/komens-vs-ppfa-its-about-female-reproductive-rights-mujer-health/">women’s reproductive rights</a>. <a href="http://voxxi.com/2012/02/06/religion-may-hold-some-sway-but-latinos-swing-pro-choice-values-mujer/" target="_blank">Pro-choice and pro-life supporters</a> are constantly clashing in the media and in everyday life.<br />
Discussion boards online, Facebook walls, and tweets about conflicting conservative and progressive views on women issues are rampant. However, it seems as if though political and religious ideals have taken precedence over common sense, equality, and the rights of women in this country.<br />
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Today, I am experiencing deep thoughts, unpleasant thoughts, about what is going on with women’s reproductive rights in the U.S. I see <a href="http://www.antichoiceproject.com/" target="_blank">anti-choice</a> and <a href="https://secure.prochoiceamerica.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=4381" target="_blank">pro-choice groups</a> entrenched in their views and shooting at each other and I see how many fanatics of political and religious ideologies fail to see deeper into the main issue of all their battles.<br />
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<a href="http://voxxi.com/2012/02/04/backlash-leads-to-policy-changes-komen-vs-planned-parenthood-health-mujer/" target="_blank"><strong>Reproductive rights of women</strong> </a>should be protected and preserved. When I hear right extremists swinging political and religious rhetoric at anyone who attempts to protect the reproductive rights of women, I cringe.<br />
I cringe, because the same old notions that women fought against for centuries resonate loud and clear in my ears. I hear that those who oppose women’s reproductive rights still believe that women are not capable enough to make intelligent decisions, just like last century many still believed that women were not smart enough to vote, for instance. I feel that, in spite of the strides women have made to advance their condition in the world and in this country, many men and women are still women’s worst enemy because they do not trust that women, if given the choice, will choose well.<br />
I am a woman. I trust women. I trust that when women are given choices, backed up with education and the right support systems in place, they rise above and make the right choices for themselves, for their families, and for society as a whole.<br />
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Saying women are not allowed to choose implies that women are not smart enough to choose what’s best for them. I am not a proponent of abortion. I am not pro-abortion. I am pro-choice.<br />
I believe that women are smart and that given the right tools women can make more educated decisions that will have a better and greater impact over their lives. Instead of censoring <a href="http://www.globalissues.org/article/166/womens-rights" target="_blank">women’s rights</a>, give them options. However, removing the options will not solve women’s problems but rather, aggravate them and moreover, create bigger problems for society.It has been documented that <a href="http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/facts/teenage_women.html" target="_blank">women will recur to abortion, illegally and dangerously</a>, home-made/self-induced and under less than sanitary conditions, if they are not given the legal option to abort an unwanted pregnancy. Therefore, enacting laws that prohibit abortion only creates a bigger problem for which the whole society pays.<br />
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Both conservative and religious women have gotten abortions over time so abortions are not reserved only for the most liberal. Moreover, it has also been documented that abortion rates drop in countries where abortion is legal and accompanied by education and access to contraceptive and preventive health care, <a href="http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2012-01-18/Higher-abortion-rates-where-its-illegal/52641546/1" target="_blank">and viceversa.</a><br />
<strong>We, as women, need to fight for our rights</strong><br />
We need to award women those rights in this country, freely and comprehensively. We are ready! But if there is opposition to abortion, why is there also an opposition for free contraceptives in this country? If women cannot abort, and they cannot have access to contraceptives free of charge, what options do they have?<br />
I encourage all, but especially women, to fight for their rights. Pro-choice is not an invitation to abort all pregnancies of all women. Rather, pro-choice is awarding women the freedom to decide what to do with their bodies and protecting their reproductive rights. Pro-choice does not impose abortion on those who do not believe in it.<br />
<blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Pro-choice is leaving the choice in the hands of women, not politicians. </strong></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-full wp-image-26590" height="164" src="http://voxxi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/PlanBImage.jpg" title="PlanBImage" width="250" />Additionally, allowing contraceptives free of copays is in accord with women’s reproductive and healthcare rights and would reduce unwanted pregnancies that could end up in abortion. Denying women these rights put women in a dangerous position, disadvantaged and oppressed, just as centuries ago.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Read this story in Voxxi by following the link:</div><a href="http://voxxi.com/2012/02/13/women-are-smart-enough-to-choose-and-take-the-pill-voxpopuli-mujer-health/">http://voxxi.com/2012/02/13/women-are-smart-enough-to-choose-and-take-the-pill-voxpopuli-mujer-health/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-45782568539635323152012-02-01T14:35:00.000-06:002012-02-01T14:35:12.863-06:00A New EraDear friends:<br />
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A new era has come, figuratively and literally. The information era is here and with it, many different forms of communicating and staying in touch. Now, easier than ever, people can express themselves through the virtual space in which distances are shortened and time is redefined. In that space, almost all of us are.<br />
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I have a Facebook account. In it, most of my friends share my space and my time. I recently updated my LinkedIn profile, and I am beginning a blog in Voxxi, a new multimedia magazine for acculturated Latinos. The new year has started busy and promising. Visit me in my new spaces: <a href="http://www.voxxi.com/">www.voxxi.com</a>, Facebook, and LinkedIn. I am sure I will add a Twitter account one of these days as well...if I have time! <br />
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Lets convene in the virtual space that allows us to stay close and develop our dialogues even further. I will still visit Blogger from time to time but my work at DoctorWrite (<a href="http://www.wix.com/DoctorWrite/DoctorWrite">www.wix.com/DoctorWrite/DoctorWrite</a>) and my other social websites keep me quite busy. To see my latest published book, visit <a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2732710">http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2732710</a> and see my poetry book, DESNUDA (in Spanish). Lets stay in touch!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-43726029572954752702011-04-04T12:02:00.000-05:002012-05-10T13:59:03.882-05:00ACEPTACION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Aceptación ha sido un tema retante para mí en los últimos tiempos. Me he dado cuenta de que una de las barreras más grandes del ser humano en su evolución personal, profesional, espiritual, emocional, es la aceptación. Sabemos que lo único que tenemos certero en la vida es el cambio. La vida es dinámica y la única constante de la vida es el cambio. Lo sabemos. Lo vemos en nuestros cuerpos a diario. Lo vemos en el mundo cómo diariamente enfrenta nuevos eventos. Lo vemos en nuestros hijos cómo crecen y evolucionan ante nuestros ojos todos los días. Lo vemos en el clima que varía de nublado a soleado, de frío a caluroso. Lo vemos en las estaciones del año cómo van de invierno a primavera a verano a otoño. Lo vemos cómo la vida comienza y termina para muchos, en un mismo día. Lo vemos en el día que no permanece día y se hace noche y día, todos los días. Lo vemos en todo. Sin embargo, a pesar de que nos enfrentamos al cambio a diario, no lo aceptamos. Si llueve nos quejamos porque queríamos un día soleado, a pesar de saber que la lluvia es esencial para la vida y que nos traerá grandes beneficios aun con las contrariedades que pueda provocar. Si hace frío añoramos los días de más calor, a pesar de que el frío mantiene en balance al ecosistema y necesitamos ese balance. Queremos un cambio, de ambiente, de estatus social y económico, de estatus marital, pero al enfrentarnos a la decisión de adoptar ese cambio flaqueamos y nos invade el temor. Ponemos resistencia al cambio, lo cual no hace mucho sentido porque crecemos y vivimos sabiendo que el cambio es inevitable y necesario. Pero aceptarlo es un paso fuerte para muchos. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">La aceptación conlleva cambiar nuestros paradigmas con respecto a lo que nos rodea y a nuestro comportamiento. Aceptar que tenemos que cambiar es tarea difícil. Aceptar las consecuencias inmediatas del cambio es arduo porque muchas veces implica incomodidad, sufrimiento, dolor, aun cuando sabemos que ese cambio revelará cosas mucho mejores en el futuro y nos traerá las cosas que queremos al final de cuentas. Si queremos un cambio en nuestro estatus financiero y una mudanza de domicilio es lo que tenemos que hacer para lograrlo, aceptar que esa es la opción más productiva para alcanzar nuestras metas y aceptar vivir con el escozor temporal de la decisión de cambiar muchas veces previene y/u obstaculiza ese cambio. Aceptar que ya no tenemos cierta edad y que la vejez es inminente e imparable, que una relación no funciona en su constitución actual, la muerte aunque certera, y hasta los cambios que traerán beneficios positivos a nuestra vida es tarea difícil. Aceptar es el reto más grande de cambiar. Pero la falta de aceptación solo trae resistencia negativa a un cambio que es necesario o inminente. Y esa falta de aceptación nos trae amargura, estrés, soledad, tristeza, ansiedad; sentimientos los cuales los alimentamos con el temor para dejarlos vivos por tiempo ilimitado. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Durante mi corta experiencia en la vida me he dado cuenta de que el cambio, no solo es constante, sino también necesario y enriquecedor. También durante mis experiencias me he dado cuenta de que el cambio trae consigo un periodo de caos total que no se siente muy bien. Sin embargo, luego de ese caos la vida se desenvuelve revelando el resultado de ese cambio y al final de cuentas siempre es positivo. No aceptar el cambio lo resiste, lo tensa, lo estrecha a su límite. Aceptarlo es asumir la responsabilidad del cambio, ser el líder de ese cambio y manejarlo con nosotros al timón. A pesar de que la aceptación no previene muchos de los malestares del cambio, la aceptación nos pone en control del cambio y nos da la visión de que somos los que decidimos el cambio y/o cómo vivirlo. Muchos cambios son inevitables y están fuera de nuestro alcance y control. Sin embargo, nuestra respuesta a esos cambios, nuestro proceso a través de ellos y el resultado que obtenemos está en nuestro poder decidirlos. Aceptar o no el cambio es nuestra potestad. Cómo lo vivimos es nuestra prerrogativa. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-7068496036833451882011-04-02T17:32:00.001-05:002011-04-02T17:32:58.224-05:00Estudiar es la llave a una mejor vidaRed de Mujeres Hispanas de Texas brinda becas en su reunión anual<br />
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FORT WORTH — En medio de gritos y lágrimas de felicidad, sorprendidas estudiantes recibían las becas que la Red de Mujeres Hispanas de Texas otorgó a manera de premiación en esta ciudad.<br />
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La asociación femenina brindó el sábado 26 de marzo más de 300,000 dólares en becas durante su evento anual.<br />
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El apoyo a jóvenes estudiantes es una de las principales misiones de esta organización estatal fundada en 1987.<br />
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Con un banquete, la sucursal de Fort Worth de la organización conocida por sus siglas en inglés de HWNT, culminó su creciente programa anual Latinas en Progreso con el cual impulsan a mujeres estudiantes de preparatoria a continuar con estudios universitarios.<br />
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El valor de este año superó con $50,000 dólares la cifra total de las becas distribuidas el año pasado y líderes de la organización esperan que la cantidad continúe creciendo mientras más familias, universidades y empresas se unan al programa.<br />
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Érika Alonso, alumna de la preparatoria Trimble Technical, fue una de las 20 estudiantes del área en recibir la sorpresa al ser nombrada como una de las honradas con becas cuyo valor oscila entre $500 y $40,000.<br />
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Alonso recibió la beca de más valor este año ($40,000) la cual fue patrocinada por la Texas Christian University (TCU) y cubre el costo total de su colegiatura durante cuatro años, para su carrera de Enfermería.<br />
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Además de TCU, otras universidades del área, como la University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), University of North Texas (UNT) y Texas Woman’s University (TWU), apoyan el programa.<br />
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“Sólo tendré que pagar libros y el transporte a la universidad” dijo Alonso.<br />
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Excelentes calificaciones escolares, buen comportamiento, un manuscrito y trabajo voluntario son requisitos necesarios para participar en el programa, explican las organizadoras del programa.<br />
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Pero el trayecto al éxito no tiene que ser navegado sólo por la estudiante, explica Eva Bonilla, presidenta del comité estatal sobre educación. <br />
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Una vez seleccionada, a la estudiante se le asigna una “madrina”, la cual funge como mentora para “navegar” con ella por la carrera académica.<br />
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“Sabemos que si educamos a una latina, ella no sólo podrá apoyar a su familia sino también ayudará a toda la comunidad”, dice Bonilla.<br />
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La historia de Bonilla y su familia, quienes por años han participado en el programa como patrocinadores y también como quienes reciben los beneficios, es emotiva. <br />
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Bonilla obtuvo su diploma universitario de administración de empresas a la edad de 57 años.<br />
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Dos de sus tres hijas ya se graduaron y la tercera continuará en la universalidad.<br />
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“Para mí la opción de ir a la universidad no estaba disponible”, dice Catarina Bonilla, hija de Eva.<br />
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Catarina es una enfermera graduada en el 2005 de la TCU.<br />
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Con el programa Latinas en Progreso esperan derribar barreras que evitan que muchas latinas continúen con sus estudios.<br />
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“Algunas veces son barreras culturales”, dice Jennifer Treviño, subdirectora de administración de UNT Health Science Center de Fort Worth.<br />
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Treviño ayuda a los padres de hijos que por primera vez acuden a la universidad a navegar el sistema educativo.<br />
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La familia de Treviño coopera con tres becas de $1,500 cada una.<br />
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Otras barreras que con frecuencia enfrentan estudiantes latinas incluyen obstáculos económicos y estatus migratorio. <br />
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“Muchas veces los padres no les permiten ir a los hijos a la universidad porque no pueden pagar”, dice Christina Elbitar, presidenta de la HWNT de Fort Worth. <br />
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“Y aunque no tengan papeles pueden ir a la universidad”, agrega Eva Bonilla.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12438978088960764957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23444228.post-89763286388841101952010-07-21T09:00:00.000-05:002012-05-10T14:02:43.078-05:00EL ORGULLO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">El orgullo es un escudo para guardarse del dolor, del defraude, de la decepción, de la angustia, de la desilusión, de lo desconocido. Pero también es una barrera que impide mostrar, recibir y experimentar el amor a manos llenas, con plenitud. El orgullo es una falsa ilusión de seguridad y de protección. Es un rasgo humano aprendido, a través del modelaje de otros y a través de las experiencias dolorosas (las cuales también son aprendidas). El espíritu no tiene, no siente orgullo. No actúa con soberbia ni con juegos al escondite. No se resguarda de nada, porque el espíritu es lo que es, y vive en el mundo de lo absoluto. El orgullo es el bloqueo de la condición humana hacia experimentar el absoluto en su máxima expresión a través de la condición física. Deshacerse del orgullo es deshacerse del miedo. Deshacerse del miedo es amar sin límite. El ejemplo del amor por los hijos es el amor más puro que pueda experimentar el ser humano en su condición física en este plano. A pesar de que existe el orgullo en la relación con los hijos (porque lo experimentamos en nuestra capacidad humana, inevitablemente), este orgullo se sobrepasa más rápido y más voluntariamente. Con los amigos se expresa el amor de manera más plena de igual forma. Sin embargo, las relaciones de pareja se prestan mucho para juegos de orgullo. Las parejas que experimentan un nivel de amor más pleno y equilibrado, saben que dejar a un lado el orgullo es fundamental para el funcionamiento y la durabilidad de la relación. Los niños, en su relación con sus padres, no sienten orgullo. Un niño puede ser regañado o castigado por algo, e inmediatamente después de levantado el castigo puede venir a abrazar y besar a sus padres como si nada hubiese pasado. Esto ocurre porque aún no están condicionados para el orgullo. El orgullo es aprendido. No es parte de la condición natural del ser. Por eso decía Jesús que hay que ser como niños para entrar al reino de los cielos. Amar como aman los niños es amar sin condición y con completo abandono. Amar como niño es la clave para amar a todos y la llave hacia la felicidad plena y el reino de lo eterno.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hay relaciones que vienen a nuestra vida con un propósito, previamente establecido, y cuando se completa ese propósito, esas relaciones parecen terminar. Terminan en su forma física, no obstante la conexión espiritual continua para siempre porque nunca se va. Todos somos parte de un todo. Todos somos uno. Todos surgimos de la misma fuente. Somos indivisibles. Como parte del juego, decidimos qué papel jugará cada persona en nuestra vida. Elegimos las condiciones antes de llegar. Tú puedes recordar quién eres, aun cuando la otra persona no puede. Decide siempre recordar quién eres y recordar quiénes son las otras personas, más allá de lo físico. La sabiduría te hará libre y feliz.</span></div>
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