For Dreamers, Thinkers and Achievers
By Cheryl Mattox Berry Access to birth control. Affordable health care. Equal pay and equal opportunity. These women’s issues have moved to the forefront of the 2012 presidential race. They’re also the reasons teenage girls should register to vote and work in the campaign of President Barack Obama. We need to preserve laws already on […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Viewers are finally fed up with violence on reality TV and have decided to do something about it. A petition has been started at achange.org to protest Ev and Chad, a spinoff of Basketball Wives with Evelyn Lozada and her fiancé Chad Ochocinco. The petition is in response to Lozada’s outbursts and violence […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry To get through the last weeks of school, you’ll need a few stress busters – calming activities that take your mind off big projects and studying for exams. Nah, I’m not talking about spending time on Facebook, FaceTime, Twitter or anything related to social media. Think about the mindless, fun things […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry After seeing the movie Think Like a Man, I couldn’t help but wonder how grown women could be so clueless about men and dating. The movie, based on the book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment by Steve Harvey, was hilarious. The […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Exams. Special projects. Extra credit. Dances. Tournaments. Banquets. Senior activities. Graduation. Summer job. College freshman summer experience. The school year is winding down. So much to do and so little time. You’ll get through it, but you must get organized NOW! Pull up your calendar. On a sheet of paper, write […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry “Fame is a fickle food – upon a shifting plate” – Emily Dickinson In the opening scene from the 1980s TV series “Fame,” the dance teacher, played by actress Debbie Allen, tells students seeking celebrity that it won’t come easy. They would have to work hard for it. Fast forward to […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Would the U.S. Centers for Disease Control call lawmakers in states with an abstinence-only sex education policy and tell them that their stringent laws won’t solve the teen pregnancy problem. Exhibit A: CDC researchers attribute a decline in teen births to messages about sexual practices, use of contraceptives and greater awareness […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry It’s that time of year again when mothers and daughters hit the mall in search of the perfect dress for end-of-the-year school dances and prom. Racks of the latest styles in neon colors popped up in stores a few weeks ago. I was probably the only one paying attention to them. […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Bloggers are using tweets and email by shooting victim Trayvon Martin to portray him as a violent person in an effort to support claims by gunman George Zimmerman that he acted in self-defense. After reading some of the messages, I concluded that Trayvon was a typical teenager who talked about girls, […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry It looks as if soulful British singer Adele has lost more than 25 pounds over the last several months. That came as a surprise because in an interview on 60 Minutes, the Grammy-award winning artist said she was fine with her full figure and didn’t want to be one of those skinny […]
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