Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable.

But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current.

I grew up on antibiotics. Every ailment - sore throats, earaches, flus - warranted a trip to the doctor and in most cases some kind of prescription.

Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their lives.

I believe that as women, we must commit ourselves to sustaining the progress made by our foremothers who fought so hard for women's equality and liberation.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there.