by Hollye Dexter | Feb 28, 2015 | cyber bullying, cyber relationships, dumped, Facebook, facebook unfriending, losing a friend, loss of friendship, Nina Gaby, technology and relationships, unfriended
This week I’ve been reading my friend Nina Gaby’s book “Dumped: Stories of Women Unfriending Women.” I was not surprised to read that many of these breakups of friendships had taken place through emails and texts. Over the years, I’ve had a couple friends “dump”...
by Hollye Dexter | Apr 19, 2013 | book reviews, Dancing At the Shame Prom, Eve Ensler, feminism, friendships, Gloria Steinem, losing a friend, Ms. Magazine, Suzanne Braun Levine, Suzanne Levine, women's friendships, You Gotta Have Girlfriends
I just had the pleasure (and I truly mean pleasure) of reading a pre-publication copy of Suzanne Braun Levine’s newest e-book, You Gotta Have Girlfriends. For those of you who have been living under a feminist rock for the past few decades (and if you...
by Hollye Dexter | May 31, 2012 | Grief, losing a friend, loss, mourning, obituary, Randy Holmes
This was our gang, a rag-tag group of rowdy kids. That’s me, the little squirt kneeling in the front row, and that’s Randy in the red and white baseball tee. Somehow our cohorts Laura, Dani and Bret didn’t end up in this picture. We were a group of neighborhood kids...