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Girls Against Boys

Talk about excited. When I saw the title of Beyoncé's latest video “Run the World (Girls),” all I could think of was how fast I would be able to embed the video code of One Dynamite Brown Girl singing One Dynamite Girl Power song anthem on to OneBrownGirl.com®. What a perfect fit.  Read more >

The Kindness of Strangers

Several years ago, I remember spending hours and dollars getting my first real Web site up and running.  Finally.  My dream business had a face.  It was so exciting.  How accomplished I felt.  And then a business coach I met at a conference told me rather matter-of-factly that Web sites were passé and that blogging was “where it’s at.”   I needed to get with it, he told me with a flourish.  You need to engage. So I did what any girl that had just spent all of her money would do.  I became defiant.  There was no way I wa  Read more >

The Burden of Epiphany

I see now that there is quite a bit of burden that comes with epiphany.  In my case anyway. Moments ago, I awoke from a horrible and vivid dream where I found myself first startled and then frozen with fear, temporarily relieved, afraid again, and then running for my life.  I woke up with a start.  Sparing you the details (and frankly, not wanting to go over them in my head again), it didn’t take me long to connect the dots.  I am afraid. After waking up with a knot in my stomach, lying quite still in bed beside my sleeping husband, and then  Read more >

Living With Albinism

Syiedah Wilson

I have seen a number of people with Albinism in my lifetime in passing and never really thought too much about it other than it's a really cool and unusual look, but I certainly never thought of this rarity as anything other than that. So you can imagine how alarmed and surprised I was to learn about the blatant discrimination and killings (!!!!) of people with Albinism based on superstition and on the color of their perfectly imperfect skin.  Read more >

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Full Name
Tracey Friley
Member Since
March 2010
About Me: 

Award winner. Blogger. Traveler. Travel camp owner & founder of The Passport Party Project. Self-proclaimed Culturalista dancing to her own beat.

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Northern California

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