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About: Francesca Biller

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Francesca Biller is an award-winning investigative journalist and has reported for print, radio and television for nearly twenty years. As a reporter, she has widely covered the issues of politics, the economy, women’s issues, families, race, the media, popular culture, children and a variety of other topical and timely issues. Awards include The Edward R. Murrow award, two Golden Mike awards and four Society of Professional Journalists First Place awards. Currently, she primarily writes political satire, op eds and essays with a focus on women, children, politics and pop culture for various blogs, websites and other media outlets. You can connect with Francesca on twitter @francescabiller and learn more about her at francescabiller.com.
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The Story that Has Changed My Life.

by on May 10, 2013

There are some stories that forever change your life. These are the events wherein you will never forget where you were when you first heard them—the exact moment and feelings, the very sense and even the way the light reflects in your eyes. The kidnappings of the three girls in Ohio is one such story. [...]

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No Joke: Laughter’s the Best Medicine. {Bonus: Laughing Tips}

by on Mar 6, 2013

“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. The moment it arises, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.” ~ Mark Twain

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The Gift of Now & How to Be Happy in the Present.

by on Feb 28, 2013

It has taken a long time for me to figure out that nothing in life is permanent. But alas, this is just what makes everything so beautiful and yet so painfully worthwhile all at once. The innocent look in your child’s eyes, that knowing glance on your lover’s face after a tender exchange, the melancholy way [...]

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How to Stay Young & Hot Forever: Advice from a 96-Year-Old Grandma.

by on Feb 26, 2013

My grandma was always the hottest commodity in her town, and in any town for that matter. Perhaps it is the way she flirted and posed for the camera, even winking as she adorably crossed her legs slowly and deliberately for each photo from age six to 96, as if she were the most beautiful [...]

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Broken Was What Made Me Free.

by on Feb 13, 2013

Source: epiic.tumblr.com via soverseas on Pinterest Why Feeling Blue is Good for You. Because you feel both the sorrow and pain And cry when you’re sad and laugh when you gain, Any sweet glance and any true deeds… You are kindred, my friend, And your feelings I heed. I feel faint as well when my [...]

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Each Day, We Must Remember the Holocaust, for the Next One may Murder both You & Me.

by on Jan 27, 2013

It is true, I protest, each day we should remember…and never forget. Holocaust Remembrance Day  is now dated and declared as January 27th, another day to remember our fallen, tortured and murdered. Viktor Frankl, who not only survived the nightmares of the Holocaust, in which more than six million Jews died during World War II [...]

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20 Things I Would Rather Do Than Exercise.

by on Jan 24, 2013

Source: sugartails-glowingirl.blogspot.com via Suzy on Pinterest It’s not that I’m lazy . . . Okay, maybe I am, but just like most of you, exercising is just pure torture for me! Once I’ve started, I’m fine. It’s kind of like sex. You have to be already doing it in order to remember how much fun [...]

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Love is Louder Than Self-Harm: A 13-year-old’s Anti-Suicide Letter.

by on Jan 8, 2013

Source: Uploaded by user via ROAR pro on Pinterest *Note from the author: The following post about suicide was written by a young teenage girl in my family who cares deeply about those who suffer from depression. She has started to write about the effects of depression and pain that so many young and older [...]

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People Without Children Are Worthy Humans Too.

by on Jan 7, 2013

Source: snugabell.com via Kathleen on Pinterest Comedian Rita Rudner once said, “My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We just can’t decide whether to ruin the carpet or ruin our lives.” Ruining one’s life and a child’s life can both easily be said and done, given the fact that many [...]

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The Joys of a Buddhist-Jewish Christmas.

by on Dec 21, 2012

Source: tpc-culturevultures.blogspot.com via Alice on Pinterest As a kid, I thought that everyone celebrated Christmas the way our Buddhist Jewish family did. You know, trying to find a beautiful tree at “half off, get one free” that we decorated with origami cranes and Stars of David’s made out of leftover matzoh. Oy Vehish! Yes, it’s [...]

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When Children Played Outside & Were Happier for It.

by on Dec 19, 2012

Freshly cut grass was the smell I most remember from my childhood neighborhood, mowed and manicured by young dimpled boys before and after school, but mostly on weekends in between wide-eyed bike rides and stick ball-playing in the street. We were considered a middle class community not because we had lawns—a few with painted fences [...]

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My Life’s Soundtrack… according to Dave Brubeck.

by on Dec 6, 2012

My first Cool Cat memories of the master hip Jazz artist Dave Brubeck were probably before I could even tap my feet along to his soul-soothed rhythms. But I knew I was grooving on his wild take of more than just five senses that moved my young body and mind towards higher ground. I was [...]

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Boys Don’t Cry.

by on Dec 3, 2012

But boys don’t cry, we all know that.

And if they do, we muffle their tears and wipe them swiftly with discontentment, riddle them with psychotropic drugs and shame them with unbridled fury, shifty-eyed disappointment and all-out abandonment.

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Women, Self-hatred & Romney’s Appeal.

by on Nov 1, 2012

As a young girl who grew up in the 1970′s, the women I knew were strong, decisive and unapologetic about their core political beliefs and social views. They knew how they felt about issues that affected them—and the right to make decisions about their reproductive rights and autonomous political freedoms were no different. As a [...]

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