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Rosie Molinary

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born

November 18, 1973

gender

female

website

http://www.rosiemolinary.com

genre

Women & Gender Studies, Nonfiction, Health, Mind & Body

member since

April 2007

About this author

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Author, speaker, and teacher, Rosie Molinary, MFA, had earlier careers as a high school teacher, coach, and college administrator. Her poetry and non-fiction have been published in various literary magazines and books, and she has contributed to various magazines and websites.

Rosie’s second book, Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self Acceptance, will be published in October 2010 by Seal Press. Hijas Americanas, her book on Latina body image in America, was published by Seal Press in June 2007. In addition to writing, she teaches at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and speaks on body image, diversity, self-awareness, social justice and writing around the country.

In her free time, Rosie paints, enjoys the outdoors, obsesse...more

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Books by Rosie Molinary

Average rating: 3.81 · 78 ratings · 21 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina 3.69 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Beautiful You 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Hijas Americanas 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:

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Rosie's Writing

My first kiss was over a chainlink fence. (Nonfiction)

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Description: The opening paragraphs of Chapter 1: Turning Gringa in Hijas Americanas

Rosie is Currently Reading

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Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

by Marc Weissbluth

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Jan 22, 2009 08:39am

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Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides

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Nov 15, 2007 04:34pm

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Rosie is now friends with Lisa Carter
Apr 14, 2012 08:08pm
Rosie added: The Opposite of Love by Julie Buxbaum (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Rosie gave to: Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance by Rosie Molinary (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Sep 22, 2010 11:55am
Rosie gave to: The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
The mystery is intriguing and a workingg knowledge of the Great Gatsby is helpful. I listened to this book on a long road trip and I really wished I had read it instead. The end was stunning, and I couldn't do any looking back without the text in fro...more
Sep 22, 2010 11:52am · see review
Rosie gave to: Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen	My rating:
Enjoyable, thoughtful, read about two sisters whose paths are drastically different-- one is a social worker and the other a national morning news anchor, ala Katie Couric, with great celebrity. And then the morning news anchor says something she sho...more
Sep 22, 2010 11:50am · see review
Rosie added: Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield read in April, 2007	My rating:
Sep 22, 2010 11:47am
Rosie gave to: The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler	My rating:
The process -- research, writing, and execution-- Ensler undertook for this work is really impressive, I love the notion of using these personal statements from individuals who rarely have been given empowered to use their voice to create social thea...more
Sep 22, 2010 11:40am · see review
Rosie gave to: Falling Through The Earth by Danielle Trussoni read in March, 2008	My rating:
I appreciated learning more about Vietnam, as my father is a veteran of two tours in the war, and the effect it had on Dan Trussoni's children. It's really the first time I've come across a book that has done that and I really admired Trussoni's brav...more
Sep 22, 2010 11:38am · see review
Rosie added: Play Dirty by Sandra Brown (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Sep 22, 2010 11:33am
Rosie added: The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back by Kevin Salwen	My rating:
Jul 10, 2010 05:50pm