Sunday we had a photoshoot, and we had make-up artists from L.A. come down and copy actual photos from women who have been beaten by thier partners. There were probably about 15 women of all ages and ethnicities and walks of life. While they went in one at a time, I took a Panasonic and […]

Monday I went with Olivia to the Seal Beach animal shelter. It was a pretty interesting experience to say the least. Now, I consider myself an animal lover, but these people were HARDCORE!! They knew the names of all seventy-some cats and twenty-some dogs…and they made them Valentines!! And the kitten “nursery” was painted specially […]

Last night I finished the Glenda transcript I got that I have been working on this week, it seems to work out that I do about 1 a week. As with Michele, it left me feeling terrible. I can’t even imagine what it is like for these women to go through this, and then be […]

So, on Febuary 5 we are heading out to the Women’s Prison in Chino (home sweet home) in the afternoon to do some interviews, and on the 7th we are headed up to i think the Valencia area to film at the men’s prison for the day. For now I am transcribing interviews. I am […]

Yay! My first blog! I met with Olivia today, my supervisor for my internship, and we talked about what types of things I would be doing for her over the semester. I got my first assignment, since I will be on my own some of the time to help with the work, and I will […]

Let’s be honest, we do not live in rent-free, retro furnished houses.
We cannot eat quarter pounders with cheese and not gain love-handles.
Our lives are still f*cked up at the end of the half-hour.
Bills. Work. School. In-Laws. Constipation.
But we all long for more