Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

Thinking man's crumpet? Well, it's more flattering than being a lobotomised man's crumpet, I suppose.

You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.

Unfortunately, the belief that women are a minority is endemic in most cultures around the world. Obviously some take it to the extreme where violence against women is legal and supported and in other cultures it is more subversive and easy to dismiss as "progress."

I truly beleive that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us.

It's taken a while for me to convince people that I can do something other than Scully. And it still takes effort.

Human trafficking is a globally assisted pandemic that generates billions of dollars of income a year.