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	<title>Yasmin Shiraz &#187; girls</title>
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		<title>Ratchetness? What does she have on? Sexy vs Sleazy&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yasmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then I visit the website, MediaTakeOut. They have this feature on the site which is called Ratchetness or something very close. Well, its a photo feature of someone who has on the worst outfit ever. I mean really unspeakable outfits. This morning I was wondering, &#8220;How does a person develop a &#8220;ratchet&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shout Out: Delta Gems &amp; Delta Academy of Palm Coast, FL</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yasmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sending a big Shout Out to the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta of the Palm Coast Flagler County Alumnae Chapter for selecting Retaliation as their 2011-2012 book for the Delta Gems &#38; Delta Academy girls! There are hundreds of books that they could have chosen, but they chose one of mine. I thank you! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lil&#8217; Book That Could: Retaliation hits its 5th Printing!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yasmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m excited because my indie book Retaliation is in its 5th printing. I remember when my first book, The Blueprint for My Girls hit its 4th printing. I believe I was on a college tour with authors K&#8217;wan, Brandon Massey and Jamise Dames. I remember thinking how exciting it was&#8230; Well, in my birthday month, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EURWEB dubs Yasmin Shiraz &#8220;Prolific Producer of Positive Content&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yasmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so thankful for the people that I&#8217;ve met in my career. The legendary Lee Bailey is a colleague who I can say is the real deal and is always about supporting what is on and poppin. Lee is always the founder of RadioScope and EURWeb! Wonderful writer, Ricardo Hazell, wrote a piece on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thought Of The Day: I confess, I&#8217;ve been blessed&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yasmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In celebrating 30 days of Yasmin &#8212; 30 days of literacy, film and empowerment&#8211;this is one of my empowerment messages.  9/23  to 10/23/11 &#8211; Join the Movement&#8230; As rough as life is, and it does get rough, there are things for which we should be thankful . When I look at my life, I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Invited: Young Adult Author / Director Skype-ing with Youth Organizations</title>
		<link>http://www.yasminshiraz.net/2011/09/youre-invited-young-adult-author-director-skype-ing-with-youth-organizations/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=youre-invited-young-adult-author-director-skype-ing-with-youth-organizations</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yasmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a part of my 30 days of Yasmin celebration &#8212; I&#8217;m celebrating my birthday for 30 days this year&#8211;I am scheduling Skype booktalks and film talks with youth schools and organizations. At no cost to you, we can have a 30 minute conversation on the following topics: The Blueprint for My Girls &#8211; Self [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Your Autographed Retaliation Book &#8211; Birthday Promotion!</title>
		<link>http://www.yasminshiraz.net/2011/09/get-your-autographed-retaliation-book-birthday-promotion/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=get-your-autographed-retaliation-book-birthday-promotion</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yasmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may know that my birthday comes every year on October 23rd.  This year in celebration of my birthday, I&#8217;m sending out autographed copies of Retaliation for $10&#8230; I&#8217;m paying for the shipping to anywhere in the continental US for the $10 purchases. I&#8217;m starting my celebrating on today, September 23! [We have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Do: Your Child Is Being Bullied</title>
		<link>http://www.yasminshiraz.net/2011/09/what-to-do-your-child-is-being-bullied/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=what-to-do-your-child-is-being-bullied</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yasmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I took a call from a parent who asked me what to do about her 15 year old daughter being bullied. The bullying had started last year and this parent had been to the principal and not received any help. In fact, the parent went to the principal and the principal told the mother, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remember One Thing: Love Your Hair!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yasmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not a post about weaves! Let me say that first. This is not a post about naturals, dreads, braids, extensions or anything of that either! But, after looking at a recent photo of Lindsay Lohan&#8217;s little sister, Aliana, it got me to thinking about plastic surgery and other physical enhancements. I think I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hatred &amp; Hopelessness: My new article in Heart &amp; Soul Magazine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yasmin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I jump at opportunities to discuss the girl fight epidemic. So it was my pleasure to write an article about my experience since I began to really study and engage teen girls on the subject of girl fights. I hope you will read and enjoy the article. It appears that both hatred and hopelessness is [...]]]></description>
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