Go Woman Go by Lashinda Demus

Lashinda Demus. World Champion. Olympic Silver Medalist. Mother to twin boys. Go getter. Sister. Daughter. Friend. Let's empower each other. #GoWomanGo #GoMommyGo

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Last week, Forbes Magazine released the list of the Top 10 World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes in 2014. This list includes prize money AND endorsements, so it is a true top-ten list. It goes as follows:

2014 Top 10 Highest Paid Female Athletes

Maria Sharapova, Russia (Tennis)

Salary/Winnings: $2.4 million

Endorsements: $22 million

Total: $24 million

Li Na, China (Tennis)

Salary/Winnings: $5.6 million

Endorsements: $18 million

Total: $23.6 million

Serena Williams, USA (Tennis)

Salary/Winnings: $11 million

Endorsements: $11 million

Total: $22 million

Kim Yuna, Korea (Figure Skating)

Salary/Winnings: $300.000

Endorsements: $16 million

Total: $16.3 million

Danica Patrick, USA (Auto Racing)

Salary/Winnings: $7 million

Endorsements: $8 million

Total: $15 million

Victoria Azarenka, Belarus (Tennis)

Salary/Winnings: $3.6 million

Endorsements: $7.5 million

Total: $11.1 million

Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark (Tennis)

Salary/Winnings: $1.3 million

Endorsements: $9.5 million

Total: $10.8 million

Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland (Tennis)

Salary/Winnings: $3.8 million

Endorsements: $3 million

Total: $6.8 million

Ana Ivanovic, Serbia (Tennis)

Salary/Winnings: $1.4 million

Endorsements: $5 million

Total: $6.4 million

Paula Creamer, USA (Golf)

Salary/Winnings: $1 million

Endorsements: $4.5 million

Total: $5.5 million

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This quote reminds me of Shonda Rhimes' commencement speech at Dartmouth's graduation ceremony last spring. The 1991 grad, who is known for writing and producing Grey's Anatomy and Scandal, told the students:

"Ditch the dream and be a doer, not a dreamer."

Dreaming is easy - it's the DOING that is so hard. It's getting past the fear of failure, the fear of success, and all the doubts and what-if's that is so hard. But all you have to do is BEGIN. Take the first step - just one step.

BE BOLD today.

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One of the most talked about moments of the 2014 ESPY's was when Drake read a poem called “Can I Dig In?” about his attraction to Skylar Diggins. He opened the poem saying he posted a photo of himself wearing a Diggins jersey on Instagram because he “appreciates her as a player,” and that he wrote a poem about “how much I respect her game.” It goes like this:

Can I dig it?

Maybe a post-game rubdown circling your body like a vulture

Multiple convulsions, you’ll be shocked like Tulsa

Can I…dig in?

I don’t consider myself a childish man

Would love to take you out sometime

Maybe see you smile and dance

I’d also love to go from being a Skylar fan

To you are cordially invited to the wedding of Aubrey Graham and Skylar Graham

Can I dig in?

It’s been awhile since I had these visions

No need to be cavalier about things

I’m no Andrew Wiggins

Had you shown up tonight, that’s where our story begins

Dare I ask

Can I dig in?

I’m sorry, did I miss the part where he respects her game?

How the ESPY's got me thinking about feminism and women's sports

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I went straight from Sacramento to Colorado Springs to finally figure out why 2014 has been such a struggle! I'm so grateful to the United States Olympic Training Center/Colorado Springs,CO staff for investing their time and energy into me. I finally know what's wrong and how to fix it!  I will be shutting it down for this year and enjoying being a "swim mom" while I get back to the old Shin. Thank you for your support!

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Does my sassiness upset you??

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"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

RIP to the phenomenal Maya Angelou.

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It’s easy to TRUST when everything is going right. The challenge comes when it’s NOT.

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HELPING HAND - Tatyana McFadden of the U.S. helps Norway’s Birgit Skarstein (R) in the finish area during the women’s 12 km cross-country sitting at the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Winter Games in Rosa Khutor. (via HELPING HAND | The most inspirational photos from the Sochi Paralympics - Yahoo Eurosport UK)

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Kevin Durant to his mama: "You the real MVP." 

When accepting his MVP award for the 2013-14 NBA Season, Durant said to his mother in the crowd, "We wasn't supposed to be here. You made us believe. You kept us off the street, put clothes on our backs, food on the table. When you didn't eat, you made sure we ate. You sacrificed for us. You the real MVP."

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YAAAASSSS

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GOD FUCKING BLESS THIS WOMAN

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THANK YOU!!!!

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Wow

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Well said!

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Now I feel strong and beautiful. I walk proudly down the streets of Manhattan. The people I love, love me. I make the funniest people in the country laugh, and they are my friends. I am a great friend and an even better sister. I have fought my way through harsh criticism and death threats for speaking my mind. I am alive, like the strong women in this room before me. I am a hot-blooded fighter and I am fearless.

But I did morning radio last week, and a DJ asked, “Have you gained weight? You seem chunkier to me. You should strike while the iron is hot, Amy.” And it’s all gone. In an instant, it’s all stripped away. I wrote an article for Men’s Health and was so proud, until I saw instead of using my photo, they used one of a 16-year-old model wearing a clown nose, to show that she’s hilarious. But those are my words. What about who I am, and what I have to say?

I can be reduced to that lost college freshman so quickly sometimes, I want to quit. Not performing, but being a woman altogether. I want to throw my hands in the air, after reading a mean Twitter comment, and say, “All right! You got it. You figured me out. I’m not pretty. I’m not thin. I do not deserve to use my voice. I’ll start wearing a burqa and start waiting tables at a pancake house. All my self-worth is based on what you can see.”

But then I think, F*** that. I am not laying in that freshman year bed anymore ever again. I am a woman with thoughts and questions and s*** to say. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story — I will. I will speak and share and fuck and love and I will never apologize to the frightened millions who resent that they never had it in them to do it. I stand here and I am amazing, for you. Not because of you. I am not who I sleep with. I am not my weight. I am not my mother. I am myself. And I am all of you, and I thank you.

Read the full speech at Vulture.com. And remember, ladies, you must know your own worth.

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When I was in grade school, a colleague of my Dad’s, a woman lawyer, was shot and paralyzed by someone associated with her client. She was a prisoner’s rights activist in the late 70’s in the Bay Area. It was a time in which huge freedoms and horrible violence were connected like the delicate...

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You have the power.

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"We are all we have. Daily, we make each other’s empathy enough. We spread it thin and wear it raw. We tear it and pass the scraps down the aisle."

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Devastating

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Annie J. Easley

By Agent Kate B

You’re never too old, and if you want to, as my mother said, you can do anything you want to, but you have to work at it.

Annie J Easley

As part of our celebration of African-American History Month,we at Geek Squad would like to recognize the many accomplishments of noted computer scientist, mathematician and rocket scientist, Annie J. Easley.

Her career

After graduating from high school, Ms. Annie J. Easley began her career in 1955 as a “human computer” for NASA’s predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). At a time when machine calculation was limited to key-punched cards manually fed into enormous machines capable only of multiplication, addition, subtraction, and division, Ms. Easley was part of a team responsible for calculating (by hand, mind you) the complex mathematical functions needed by scientists (like logarithms, exponentials, and square roots).

While still employed by the NACA, Ms. Easley earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Cleveland State University in 1977. She also participated in continuing education and specialization programs specifically sponsored by the National Atmospheric and Space Administration (NASA).

During her 34 year career with NACA (and later, NASA), Ms. Easley is credited as being one of the first African American women in the field of rocket science, mathematics, and computer sciences. She helped develop the software for the Centaur Rocket – a high-energy rocket that came to be known as ‘America’s Workhorse in Space”. She developed and implemented computer code that analyzed alternative power technologies for electric vehicles. She also studied technologies for wind and solar energies, as well as solving problems of energy monitoring and conservation. Some of Easley’s work helped lead the way to the development of batteries for modern Hybrid cars.

Easley’s work on the Centaur project helped develop the technological foundations for space shuttle launches, as well as launches of communication, military and weather satellites. Her work contributed to the 1997 flight to Saturn of the Cassini probe, which was launched by the Centaur.

Annie’s work helped make modern-day space flight possible — and for this, we salute her.

from Geek Squad

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Jennifer Suhr of the U.S. competes during the pole vault final at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Poland on Sunday. Suhr won the pole vault competition at the 2012 London Games, but only finished fifth in this competition. (via Leading Off: PIctures of the Week - Photos - SI.com -)

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Yassss!

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How I feel about my Drake Relays race…..

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