Innholdsfortegnelse for Spring/Summer 2023 i Womenz Straight Talk

FEELING BLUE Karin vonKrenner It’s been 13 years since the first Avatar movie blew our minds with its stunning animation quality. Additionally, the hard-hitting message on the cultural and environmental destruction affecting the Amazon forests and peoples. We left the cinema standing on the precipice of a future vision with an embryonic spark of new social awareness. We spent years avidly grumbling for a second movie. We wanted something. Yet un-nameable. Unlike Jason Bourne, this movie begged for a sequel. Avatar hit us where it hurt, in our global conscience. It was a call to action. We wanted more. As it began fading into Hollywood memories, a rumour of an Avatar II bubbled across the internet. Yes, it was the Second Coming. We joined communal couches to celebrate with Avatar…

“EXPANSION OF CHOICES... STRENGTHENING OF VOICES” These articles are part of Intercultural dialogues, to celebrate, leverage and chronicle diverse stories, narratives, voices, and cultural identity of inspirational Indian women achievers. As an Indian born woman, my life has been enriched by a colorful spectrum and cultural impact of the 9 Indian cities I grew up in, and the 8 international cities I lived in thereafter, giving me an in-depth understanding of overall internal and cross culture diversities that are perceived through life’s unique and everchanging emotional and psychological lenses. It is my hope that, with the power of the written word, I can help address the relevance of a woman’s role in India’s emerging economy, and who has similar shared values, hopes, circumstances, and face pretty similar issues of social…

Technology, Innovation, and Enterprise Hello, Human here. As a writer I feel a strong need to clarify this point. Being humane as a species has always been a challenge. Until now, being human was a given. Welcome to the brave new world of accessible AI. Yes, this is it. No more damn clocks flipping back and forth. It’s permanently spring or summer. Whatever. Pandora’s box is open and we can’t slam it shut again. Twisting through the internet, it grows by the millisecond, literally leaving us in our own informational dust. We officially exist in a classic Sci-Fi novel. Which is weirdly cool and begs the question; how the hell did they know?! Fantasies of the past have become our current reality. “A Brave New World”. Our list of characters…

_Denise Pereau (Journalist) “ Womenz Straight Talk is proud to introduce women leaders throughout the world striving to right social injustice through frank discussion, action plan objectives, and conscious examples. Our ultimate motivation is to provide women of every culture an unbiased platform to speak their truth while endeavoring to be the catalyst for change wherever they may live. Womenz Straight Talk... InFocus Series with Consuelo Vanderbilt. The True of Jimmy Dennis Wrongful Incarceration InFocus with Consuelo Vanderbilt The story of Jimmy Dennis, wrongfully incarcerated on Death Row in a Pennsylvania prison over 25 years for a murder he didn’t commit, is a story with an autobiographical book in development and a scripted series being shopped, was first brought to our attention by Consuelo Vanderbilt, an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and humanitarian…

Music, Art, and Entertainment Aiyana-Lee is a 21 year old british singer-songwriter who cannot be put in a box. She combines elements of pop and soul accompanied by witty, raw, captivating lyrics that encapsulate her life experiences, sharing it in a way that’s unique, creating a new lane as she blends genres and touches on a wide range of subjects. Her signature unmistakable powerhouse voice a pillar and fluid narrator to her unique style of storytelling. Aiyana-Lee grew up surrounded by music. Her mother and creative partner, Nicole Daciana Anderson is a multi platinum singer-songwriter (Blue), her uncle was David Ruffin lead singer of The Temptations, and her grandfather famed American soul singer Jimmy Ruffin “What becomes of the brokenhearted”. She began singing at age two, a charismatic toddler who…

A young college student falls deeply in love with an enigmatic foreign student and finds herself unacceptably pregnant. She marries him and gives birth to a baby boy. What she does not know, is the father of her baby is connected to a politically powerful and controlling family. A seemingly innocent invitation to visit, with her new husband and baby becomes a nightmare of abuse when she discovers she can’t return to her home country with her baby. She is forced to choose between fleeing alone and leaving her child behind. Or, she can remain and fight to free them both. She remained. Alone,abandoned and abused she is far from friends or family and left to face battling the powerful and controlling patriarch alone. In his eyes, as a white…

Celebrity Spotlight, and Entertainment After graduating from Canada’s McGill University, Kara was hired by Conde Nast’s Allure Magazine in Los Angeles. Kara quickly became known for her writing contributions, sharing her perspective on the world of fashion and beauty with a journalist approach. Kara was recruited back to Canada and became editor-in-chief of Ingenue Magazine which, under her direction, had the fastest growth in circulation among Canadian publication history for the teen demographic. In addition, Kara hosted a daily fashion and beauty radio show, interviewing icons including Stella McCartney, Laura Mercier, Zac Posen, Phoebe Philo, Diane Von Furstenburg, Bob Mackie and Oscar de La Renta. In 2017, Kara appeared in the Toronto franchise of The Real Housewives of Toronto, prompting several reviewers and viewers to ask, “Without Kara would there…

Entertainment, Films, and Artist Dwayne Moore is from Jamaica, Queens, NY. He graduated from Stony Brook University in 2017 and majored in Sociology and Africana Studies. Soon after graduating, he started teaching 9th-grade English in Newark, NJ. One day while teaching, he realized that he was being hypocritical telling students to go chase their dreams while not doing that for himself. He soon after became connected with acting coach Marishka S. Phillips and began taking acting classes and studying in pursuit of launching his acting career. He has been cast as the lead in the soon-to-be-released short film “The Rainbow Prince”, Law and Order, and more. While Dwayne is just getting started, he hopes to inspire students all across the world to love themselves and follow whatever dream they have.…

At the start of spring, I am always looking for places that I want to get away to. When I travel, I want to explore different and unique places that pique my curiosity. Places where I can learn about the local history and experience the community. Now that COVID is hopefully done rearing its ugly head it’s time to start exploring in safe and healthy ways. When a particular place catches my eye, I start with looking at the hotels and resorts. What are their health standards on cleanliness? Do they have a gym or walking paths? What type of food is available? Because when I travel, I want to make sure where I lay my head at night is going to be a restful night’s sleep with plenty of…

Taking Care of Your Hair When Leaving the Chair... • The average person’s contains 100,000 to 150,00 strands of hair. • People shed 25 to 150 strands of hair daily. It’s normal. Your hair renews and regrows. • When it’s cold weather, blood is diverted to internal organs to maintain body temperature, which decreases blood flow to the scalp. In warm weather, temperture encreases circulation to the skin, boost follicles activity and increases the rate of hair growth. (Hair grows 10-15 percent faster in the summer than in the winter. • Natural hair (medium to fine texture) can be flat ironed at 300-380 degrees. • Thick hair (coarse or curly texture) can be flat ironed 350-400 degrees. • Leave-in oils for hair (100% Pure Argan, Jojoba, Moroccan, Tea tree for…