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BRAZIL PART 1 – SAO PAOLO
I arrived in Sao Paolo on Monday morning. It is 6 hours later than in Los Angeles and it is summer down here (although not as hot as I had expected). The purpose of the trip was two-fold: to give the ...
The LA Press Club
Last Sunday I received the first ever Visionary Award For Improving the Lives of Others from the Los Angeles Press Club. It was a big honor I felt, and a moving experience. Robert Redford flew into to...
The Women’s Media Center “2012 Elections: Women Make Their Mark”
By Peggy Simpson | November 7, 2012 Women claim the last word in the “war on women” election this year, with 55 percent backing Barack Obama and many progressive women winning House and Se...
PARIS BLOG PART 3
I did three magazine interviews this morning, then did the 3 hour Michael Drucker show called “Vivement Dimanche” which is one of if not the most popular TV shows in France that airs Sunday afternoons...
Letters from Ground Zero IV
This is a letter, written by my friend and Women’s Media Center co-founder, Robin Morgan, who is now hosting the WMC’s radio show. This is an important letter. PLEASE read it and pass it on. Xxx Jane ...
PARIS VISIT PART 2 – A VISIT TO A L’OREAL LAB
I was particularly interested in learning about and seeing the reconstructed human skin that is made in another L’Oreal factory further away and on which the company tests its products. Since 1999, th...
PARIS VISIT PART 1
Last weekend I flew to Paris for the week to promote my book PRIME TIME, visit with family, and visit on of the L'Oreal factories. Took lots of picture so this blog will be in three parts. click here...
A FUN FRIEND RAISER IN NEW YORK
Sharon Ferguson, the chair of the board of my non-profit, the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, teamed up with Mickey Boardman, editor-at-large of the hip, fashion magazine “Paper,...
G-CAPP’S BIG ANNUAL FUNDRAISER IN ATLANTA
Every year we have a big event. Sometimes it’s a film premiere, once I was roasted by the diverse likes of President Jimmy Carter, Big Boi, Rosie O’Donnell, Debbie Reynolds, Chris Tucker and my brothe...