<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Donna Britt</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/columns/brittdonna?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><description>Donna Britt</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Social Fabric Needs Stories Woven by Elders]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8047-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8047-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  As human beings, we are our stories. So I'll start with this one:]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Another Era, Teen Mom Was Cautionary Tale]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55143-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55143-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Every high school, I bet, has at least one Cheryl Saunders. A girl who isn't just one of the prettiest around, but one who has the nerve to be smart, popular and even nice.]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Chorus Of Empathy for Baby Mamas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17399-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17399-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Shopping at Hecht's recently, I overheard a snatch of conversation that I couldn't ignore. A young female voice was saying how painful childbirth is "supposed" to be, but that somehow "it wasn't that bad." Looking up, I saw a pretty, wide-eyed woman, who continued, "My boyfriend and his mother were there, and . . . "]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer Rising, Even If Many Eschew the Pews]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64656-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64656-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   "Let us pray."<br> On Sunday, millions more churchgoers than usual will hear those words thanks to Easter, a holiday that traditionally inspires infrequent worshipers to join the faithful in the nation's pews. As a church-going child, I prayed for Easter's arrival  --  not because of the...]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Short Trip From Mother To Martyr]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25694-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25694-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   I am the mother of a 9-year-old boy. The other night, I went out to dinner with my husband.]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Domestic Abuse Recognizes No Social Barriers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5750-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5750-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A twentysomething man wearing neat dreadlocks, work boots and a huge parka is standing at the front desk of the Domestic Violence Intake Center at the D.C. Superior Court. His words to the receptionist dispel any impression of hip-hop bravado that his appearance suggests: "I had to put my car in the garage so [my girlfriend] wouldn't do anything to it."]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Life's Music  Is Heard Only In Stereotype]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51934-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51934-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There's nothing more frustrating than people who think they know who you are.]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drudge Takes Oscar For 'Clueless']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33625-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33625-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As manufactured media "news" goes, Matt Drudge's effort to scuttle Chris Rock's appearance as host of the Oscar telecast hasn't gained much steam.]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love Stories That Transcend Bonds Of Slavery, Time]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15688-2005Feb10.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15688-2005Feb10.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The love stories recounted in author Betty DeRamus's new book, "Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories From the Underground Railroad," are more than a century old. But they still have the power to make listeners' hearts race, break -- or sing.]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perspective Is Lost in the Face Of Celebrity]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62265-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62265-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Perspective is everything.<br> Martha Stewart, who's in a West Virginia prison for lying to federal investigators, is "really a brave woman," according to Donald Trump, who just snagged America's most immaculate jailbird to star in a new spinoff of his popular TV series, "The Apprentice."]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oscar Nods Still Stoke Passion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43240-2005Jan27.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43240-2005Jan27.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Every year, we offer the same gripes. And yet we keep handicapping the Oscars.]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rice's Actions Would Mean More Than a Milestone]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24885-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24885-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Condoleezza Rice, a friend who's close to her tells me, enjoys buying shoes.]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inauguration Can't Dampen  Activist's Passion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7824-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7824-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Immediately after the riveting, emotionally charged 2004 presidential election, Democrats felt a palpable post-election melancholy. Many felt certain that John Kerry's defeat meant awful things for the nation -- feelings their Republican-voting fellow citizens doubtless would have experienced had Kerry prevailed.]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest Look Reveals There Are No 'Others']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37575-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37575-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   It's hard enough finding compassion for certain people. But during a conversation about diets, my friend Denise actually asked me:]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-Service Helps Serve Thyself]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6438-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6438-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  It was in a newly remodeled Giant supermarket that I realized the insidiousness of the "you do it" culture.]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without Water, Desperation Runs Deep]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53420-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53420-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  "M om, we may need to stay at your place tonight. The well ran dry."]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents Hold The Key to Safe Driving]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29871-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29871-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Now that the painful subject of teenage traffic fatalities is back in the news, Phil Berardelli wants moms and dads to consider the obvious:]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cosby Becomes The Grandpa Of Tough Love]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61435-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61435-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There are many reasons to love Bill Cosby.<br> Back when he was on "I Spy" in the 1960s, I loved him for looking remarkably like my beloved big brother, who died a decade later. I loved that Cosby's albums cracked up my brothers and me without our having to hide the records from our...]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worst Voter Error Is Apathy Toward Irregularities]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43630-2004Nov11.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43630-2004Nov11.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Is anyone surprised that accusations of voter disenfranchisement and irregularities  abound after the most passionately contested presidential campaign in memory? Is anybody stunned that the mainstream media appear largely unconcerned?]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gay Unions Put  Kerry Campaign Asunder]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26839-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26839-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/brittdonna</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:54:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   I had just finished speaking at a Northern Virginia church when an attractive young woman with a pixie haircut introduced herself, saying she'd just moved here from Boston.]]></description><author> Donna Britt</author></item></channel></rss>
