Quotes to En-Courage: Know Your Worth Even If They Don't

“Make sure you don’t start seeing yourself through the eyes of those who don’t value you. Know your worth even if they don’t.” 

― Thema Davis

The Camel and the Scorpion is a book inspired by true events. It is the story of #StrongWomen - Caroline, Lydia, Anna - who spoke out for a good world despite the personal and professional risks to themselves in doing so.

Image: “Nude Woman” by Jules Pascin (American (born Bulgaria), Vidin 1885–1930 Paris) via The Metropolitan Museum of Art is licensed under CC0 1.0

Camel and Scorpion's Playlist: Don't Leave Me This Way

The Camel and the Scorpion opens in Texas in 1977.

What music did protagonists, Caroline and Lydia, hear on the radio?

Disco was almost at its 1978 peak.

Thelma Houston's Don't Leave Me This Way is an iconic song from this time:




As Caroline drove about the city in Brunhilda, her 1968 red Buick Skylark, don't you think she was bouncing her shoulders to the infectious dance beat?

"Set me free, set me free!"

Quotes to En-Courage: You Need to Make it Uncomfortable For Them

“You have to find out who has the power to give you what you want, and then you have to go after them. And I don’t mean in a violent way because I’m a nonviolent person, but you need to be in their face. You need to make it uncomfortable for them...."

Lois Gibbs, St. Louis Public Radio interview, 2014.

The Camel and the Scorpion is a book inspired by true events. It is the story of #StrongWomen - Caroline, Lydia, Anna - who spoke out for a good world despite the personal and professional risks to themselves in doing so.




Image credit: “WOMAN” by bixentro is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Camel and Scorpion's Playlist: Elvis Has Left the Building

The Camel and the Scorpion opens in Texas in 1977.

What music did protagonists, Caroline and Lydia, hear on the radio?

Well, in 1977, Elvis Presley died.

Elvis Presley, press photo for Jailhouse Rock. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia.

Although past his prime at the time of his death, at only 42, he was a national icon.

Below is one of his songs, Don't Be Cruel: