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Give A Little, Feed A Lot!

by elizabeth on September 24, 2010

September is Hunger Awareness Month across the country, and the San Antonio Food Bank and Whataburger have teamed up to “Go Orange” and fight food insecurity. The Food Bank is an organization I am passionate about.  I’ve written about the good work that they do before, and much of my research in my graduate program [...]

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Food Inc. on PBS

by elizabeth on April 19, 2010

To end my mini content draught I thought I would re-post my review of the documentary, Food Inc.  My dear friend Jenny just brought to my attention that Food Inc will be airing on PBS as part of their documentary series, POV.  Check your local listings to see when it airs on your PBS station. [...]

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A New Girl Crush & Extended Give-A-Way Deadline

by elizabeth on February 12, 2009

michelle

I may not have voted for her husband, but lately I am completely enamored of Michelle Obama.  I was kind of late to the whole “Michelle O is the greatest thing since sliced bread or Jackie O” party, but I have certainly RSVP’d now.  She’s appearing on the March cover Vogue magazine and is only [...]

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Thank You Mr. President!

by elizabeth on January 30, 2009

I may not have voted for him, but I am so grateful and appreciative of what he has already done for women in the short time he has been in office!  Yesterday he signed his first piece of legislation, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay act!  Click here for a transcript of his address, as well [...]

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Inaugural Fashion!

by elizabeth on January 21, 2009

If I Were First Lady

So I spent much of my day at work trying to get one of the news outlets’ streaming video functions to work.  I totally missed the entire inaugural swearing-in ceremony!  I missed my dear Charlie Gibson’s pleasant banter.  And more importantly I missed the analysis of the first and second lady’s ensembles!  Personally I liked [...]

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