You know her as, “The Frugal Feminista”. In her own words, she “founded this bomb personal finance and lifestyle online community for us to cop a squat and share our dreams, fears, and how we will use our money to make the most of our time on this planet.” If you’re like me, you appreciate
Read MoreDear Frugal Feministas, Yay!!! Based on your feedback and email, The Frugal Feminista DreamGirl series is back. (Those new to the Frugal Feminista community, a DreamGirl is a badass woman that lives out her dreams and lives to tell the tale.) I have the pleasure of introducing you to Christine St. Vil, one of my
Read Moreby Lisa Branscomb of LifeBliss Solutions You may have some concept of your inner feminine power. It’s but one part of our complex source of energy. It’s the spirit that’s represented by different aspects of the divine Goddess. I’ve compiled some general characteristics into archetypes to highlight the nature of our specific feminine strengths and weaknesses.
Read MoreThinking back to my years in undergrad in the late nineties, I remember often being told that I had a ‘strong personality’. If I’m being honest, I have to admit it took me several years to actually figure out what that meant. For the people saying it to me, I think it meant a number
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It is almost blasphemous, but I will say it anyway. And if you want, I’ma make a t-shirt out of it. “I’d much rather be happy than be a credit to my race and gender.” There. I said it. Some say that’s RADICAL. I say it’s self-preservation and common sense. Young black girls are raised
Read MoreIn my last post I wrote about accepting the leadership component of my new job. In effort to do that, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a good leader, particularly for a woman. And as you might imagine there is no real difference between a good leader who is a
Read MoreThe re-launch of this site seems to be timely because on the heels of the release of Beyonce’s most recent album, the word ‘feminist’ seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. Let me start by saying, this will not be another piece on Beyonce and whether or not she can honestly be characterized as
Read MoreHey Frugal Feministas, Everyone is doing a year in review and to be honest, mama is TiRED. So, instead of talking about me, I decided to do a round-up of YOUR favorite posts from the Frugal Feminista in 2013. 1. Bow Down Bitches 2. If you need deeper work around healing your relationship with money
Read MoreConfession!!! I am a black girl nerd and introvert! There, I said it. 🙂 I have two writer friends that live and die for reading and writing and I thought, “Hey, let me pull a list of sites together in honor of them and all of you closeted and openly nerdy girls.” I love you
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