40 Rules To Being A True Diva

"A diva is a state of mind; it is an attitude; it is a female who is strong, confident, and sure. This woman can be rich or poor, single or married, a mother or a daughter, a teacher or a student. She holds her head high; she knows who she is and what she wants. She will never settle for less and no one or nothing will ever destroy her self pride. Her swagger is always on one trillion and she has triumphed through all of life's odds. She has fallen and risen. She has been bruised and scarred yet she continues to stride. She is indeed a true hustler, but not only a hustler of monies but of life itself" and so let's begin with the first rule shall we?"

A DIVA IS A STATE OF MIND; IT IS AN ATTITUDE; IT IS A FEMALE WHO IS STRONG, CONFIDENT, AND SURE. THIS WOMAN CAN BE RICH OR POOR, SINGLE OR MARRIED, A MOTHER OR A DAUGHTER, A TEACHER OR A STUDENT. SHE HOLDS HER HEAD HIGH; SHE KNOWS WHO SHE IS AND WHAT SHE WANTS. SHE WILL NEVER SETTLE FOR LESS AND NO ONE OR NOTHING WILL EVER DESTROY HER SELF PRIDE. HER SWAGGER IS ALWAYS ON ONE TRILLION AND SHE HAS TRIUMPHED THROUGH ALL OF LIFE'S ODDS. SHE HAS FALLEN AND RISEN. SHE HAS BEEN BRUISED AND SCARRED YET SHE CONTINUES TO STRIDE. SHE IS INDEED A TRUE HUSTLER, BUT NOT ONLY A HUSLTER OF MONIES BUT OF LIFE Itself...and so let's begin with the first rule shall we?

The Diva's Gift to the Shakespearean Stage traces the transnational connections between Shakespeare's all-male stage and the first female stars in the West. The book is the first to use Italian and English plays and other sources to explore this relationship, focusing on the gifted actress whoradically altered female roles and expanded the horizons of drama just as the English were building their first paying theaters. By the time Shakespeare began to write plays, women had been acting professionally in Italian troupes for two decades, traveling across the Continent and acting in allgenres, including tragicomedy and tragedy. Some women became the first truly international stars, winning royal and noble patrons and literary admirers beyond Italy, with repeat tours in France and Spain.Elizabeth and her court caught wind of the Italians' success, and soon troupes with actresses came to London to perform. Through contacts direct and indirect, English professionals grew keenly aware of the mimetic revolution wrought by the skilled diva, who expanded the innamorata and made the typemore engaging, outspoken, and autonomous. Some English writers pushed back, treating the actress as a whorish threat to the all-male stage, which had long minimized female roles. Others saw a vital new model full of promise. Faced with rising demand for Italian-style plays, Lyly, Marlowe, Kyd, andShakespeare used Italian models from scripted and improvised drama to turn out stellar female parts in the mode of the actress, altering them in significant ways while continuing to use boys to play them. Writers seized on the comici's materials and methods to piece together pastoral, comic, andtragicomic plays from mobile theatergrams - plot elements, roles, stories, speeches, and star scenes, such as cross-dressing, the mad scene, and the sung lament. Shakespeare and his peers gave new prominence to female characters, marked their passions as un-English, and devised plots that figuredthem as self-aware agents, not counters traded between men. Playing up the skills and charisma of the boy player, they produced stunning roles charged with the diva's prodigious theatricality and alien glamour. Rightly perceived, the diva's celebrity and her acclaimed skills posed a radicalchallenge that pushed English playwrights to break with the past in enormously generative and provocative ways.

Michelle Visage is not your average diva. Powerful, positive, and polished, this diva's not only glamorous, she's a savvy businesswoman with serious credentials who works her tail off. From her days vogueing in the downtown Manhattan clubs in the '90s to her successful career in radio and her ultimate cult status as a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, Michelle has achieved her dreams and then some! In The Diva Rules, Visage shares her rules and advice for living life to the fullest and finding success no matter the hand you're dealt. With her no-nonsense style and super sassy voice, Michelle tells readers to Keep Your Shit Together

Wine expert Christine Ansbacher has some enviable clients: they include both corporate icons such as American Express, as well as cultural giants like The New York Philharmonic. Why? Because she’s fun and passionate about wine...and eager to share extensive knowledge so that ordinary wine drinkers (not just elite oenophiles) can get more pleasure from their glass. Here she reveals her smart secrets that everyone who loves wine ought to know--including how to make a $10 Cabernet taste like a $30 bott≤ how to determine a fair price for a bottle of wine at a restaurant; and how to avoid the dreaded "red wine headache.” She also answers some common questions, including "What wine do you recommend with Chinese food?” Buying wine, storing wine, going on a "wine vacation”, reading the label, ordering in restaurants: all that, and more, is covered in language as sparkling as fine champagne. This Diva is a delight!

"You found my philandering ex-husband?" Bitty asked. "Where? Mexico? Paris? In Tupelo with a cocktail waitress?" "In your closet," I answered. "Dead." Break out the hoop skirts and the zinfandel. The Divas are on the case. Wine. Chocolate. Transvestite strippers. Just another good-time get-together for the Dixie Divas of historic Holly Springs, Mississippi, where moonlight and magnolias mingle with delicious small-town scandal. But Eureka "Trinket" Truevine, the newest Diva, gets more than she bargained for when she finds her best Diva girlfriend Bitty Hollandale's ex-husband in Bitty's hall closet. He's dead. Very dead. Now Trinket and the Divas have to help Bitty finger the murderer and clear her name. Virginia Brown is the nationally acclaimed, award-winning author of fifty novels.

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Dating Diva Adventures begins with three BFFs in tow, and they created an online dating profile for Lori with a well-known social networking site. After over 3,286 hits in thirty days, Lori set out on a journey of self-discovery in hopes to learn about human behavior, her needs, her desires, and basic human interaction while on the quest for true love. During this process of first dates, she met some incredible individuals and learned about common dating faux pas and areas of opportunity that we all have. The book, Dating Diva Adventures is meant to be lighthearted, fun, and introspective. It is not about the "hunt for a man," nor is it about marriage or finding a rich sugar daddy. Lori says, she'll leave that to the experts! She's a woman of substance, has her own financial means, and she doesn't need a man for that, nor do you! To learn more about the author visit, www.lorilemongeshay.com