Letters to a young sister : define your destiny /
Author Harper's vision for young women on facing tough issues and becoming the architect of your own life. Harper delivers straight talk, interspersed with questions answered in the form of e-mails written by well-known, accomplished women. With the voice of an older sibling, Harper offers stir...
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New York, NY :
Gotham Books,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- I. EMPOWERMENT 3.0: Ego tripping (there may be a reason why) / Nikki Giovanni
- Young Sistah: Your FINE destiny: teased for being outstanding / Michelle Obama
- Designing your destiny in this new-school world: divine purpose / Tavis Smiley
- Sistahs: as unique as snowflakes and fingerprints: it's a hard-knock life for us / Eve
- The J. J.: journaling & journeying thru life: the power of one: No R-E-S-P-E-C-T / Alfre Woodard
- The difference between need and purpose: my morals for success / Ciara
- Too much pressure / Sanaa Lathan
- II. RELATIONSHIPS: FAMILY, FRIENDS, & BOYS: Ain't nothin' but a "G" thang: gossip / Jasmine Guy
- The parent trap: you can choose your friends but you can't choose your family / Shar Jackson
- Make me beautiful! / Chanel Iman
- R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: how a boy should treat you / Nia Long
- Dating my BGF / Kim Porter
- The taboo topic: SEX: No hook-up/hurt feelings / Blair Underwood
- The dating game / Lauren London & Evan Ross
- Sex, lies, and texting: the lies boys tell: Cheating and lying!?! / Blair Underwood & Terri J. Vaughn
- Love, sex, & STDs / Shahdae Janelle Holland
- Daddy's little girl: how shadows can loom large: Quality man / Ruby Dee
- III. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES: Breakup, no makeup: heartache / Niecy Nash
- I don't wanna look like a clown / Kenya Moore
- Words have power: the B, H, and T words: nappy-headed, well, you know! / Devynity
- Double jeopardy: racism and sexism as obstacles to success: million-dollar baby / Cathy Hughes
- Food for thought: is my fat phat? / Dr. S. Elizabeth Ford
- The not-so-celebrity fit club / Chariesse Griffin
- Hillified hugs: dealing with the blues / Hill Harper
- "It really hurts:" dealing with more than just the blues: lonely and depresses / Bishop Noel Jones
- IV. YOUR FUTURE: Educatin' excellence: do I really need to go to school? / Dr. Melissa Nobles
- The new cool money rule: own business/own boss / Marvet Britto
- The deadliest trap: staying out of the debt pit: unhappy and unorganized / Christina M. Gomes
- The linked S's: savings and self-empowerment: Jane of all trades, master of none? / Angela Bassett and Nicole Loftus
- Career choices / Candace Bond McKeever
- When I grow up, I wanna be... ? / Sharla Crow
- V. THE WONDERMENT OF LIFE: Chocolate cake and 4-letter words: a dream deferred: Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick & Malinda Williams
- Your heard: always follow it (except with boys): me and my boyfriend / Tatyana Ali
- Throwing off limitations: Ayudeme! / Zoe Saldana
- Seeing rainbows: wonderment of everyday: dreaming big??? / Tavis Smiley
- Keys to REAL happiness: faith and service: voting and politics / Michelle Obama
- Time to make history: the secret of how to be happy (growing to be me) / Nikki Giovanni.