After years of working behind a desk, Holly Morris had finally had enough. So she quit her job and set out to prove that adventure is not just a vacation style but a philosophy of living and to find like-minded, risk-taking women around the globe. With modest backing, a small television crew, her spirited producer-mother, Jeannie, and a whole lot of chutzpah, Morris tracked down artists, activists, and politicos–women of action who are changing the rules and sometimes the world around them. In these pages, Morris brings to life the remarkable people and places she’s encountered on the road while filming her PBS series Adventure Divas and other programs. We meet Assata Shakur, a former Black Panther and social activist and now a fugitive living in exile in Cuba; Kiran Bedi, New Delhi’s chief of police, who revolutionized India’s infamously brutal Tijar Jail with her humanitarian ethic; New Zealand pop star Hinewehi Mohi, a Maori who reinvigorates her native culture for a new generation; and Mokarrameh Ghanbari, a septuagenarian painter and rice farmer who lives in the tiny village of Darikandeh on the Caspian plains of Iran, where her creative talents run counter to the government’s strict stance on art. Along the way, Morris herself becomes a certified Adventure Diva, as she hunts for wild boar with Penan tribesmen in the jungles of Borneo, climbs the Matterhorn short-roped to a salty fourth-generation Swiss guide, and memorably becomes the first woman ever to enter the traditional camel race of the Saharan oasis town of Timia. Intelligent, phenomenally funny, and chock-full of rich and telling details of place, Adventure Divas is a pro-woman chronicle for the twenty-first century. In a pilgrimage fueled by curiosity, ideology, and full-on estrogen power, Holly Morris has paved the way for all of us to discover our own diva within and set out on our own adventures.

Diva's Challenge is a call to action for women of all ages to take a 21-day journey into building a better relationship with themselves to increase their confidence, self-worth, and motivation. The goal of Diva's Challenge is to leverage one's internal strength and power to instinctively improve relationships with others. The 21-day challenge will empower women of all ages to own their destiny through daily reflective, thought provoking activities that will change habits and inspire true life direction. The old saying "to learn from experience" does not mean we all have to suffer through every lesson to learn from it. Sometimes the more efficient way to learn is through deep thought, reflection, and targeted action. Diva's Challenge is a call to action for women to take 21 days to cocoon themselves in revelatory thought. It's an opportunity to self-reflect, goal-set, and challenge themselves to transform from sleepy little caterpillars to bold and beautiful butterflies ready to take on the world. As caterpillars they may not have been as assertive, but Diva's Challenge can help them to become self-advocates and aware of the assets they bring to the table as revolutionized Divas!

To be? To become? These heartfelt and authentic questions lead us to pursue the rare, less traveled pathways and optimistic ventures. In Daring Divas, author Dr. PJ Karr offers a commanding and creative book to inspire and celebrate women in their life journey. The lofty, mystical, and enterprising character of daring divas appears with themes, stories, and epiphanies. Karr offers inspiration to help recharge your soul-filled life and to redeem and enrich your life force, spirit of becoming, and unconditional regard for the potential of choice and change in our fast-paced society. Daring Divas teaches you how to coax feminine vulnerability into formidable strength. Selective stories reveal the bond of sisterhood and brotherhood, our perfect imperfections as women, and epiphanies of grace, gratitude, and abundance. Space after each chapter allows you to journal about your reflections, inspirations, and free spirit. Daring Divas presents a celebration of women as daring divas and serves as an inspirational reminder to become a kindred spirit with all of your connections and the present moment of now.

The diva – a central figure in the landscape of contemporary popular culture: gossip-generating, scandal-courting, paparazzi-stalked. And yet the diva is at the epicentre of creative endeavours that resonate with contemporary feminist ideas, kick back against diminished social expectations, boldly call-out casual sexism and industry misogyny and, in terms of hip-hop, explores intersectional oppressions and unapologetically celebrates non-white cultural heritages. Diva beats and grooves echo across culture and politics in the West: from the borough to the White House, from arena concerts to nightclubs, from social media to social activism, from #MeToo to Black Lives Matter. Diva: Feminism and Fierceness from Pop to Hip-Hop addresses the diva phenomenon and its origins: its identity politics and LGBTQ+ components; its creativity and interventions in areas of popular culture (music, and beyond); its saints and sinners and controversies old and new; and its oppositions to, and recuperations by, the establishment; and its shifts from third to fourth waves of feminism. This co-edited collection brings together an international array of writers – from new voices to established names. The collection scopes the rise to power of the diva (looking to Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton, Grace Jones, and Aaliyah), then turns to contemporary diva figures and their work (with Beyoncé, Amuro Namie, Janelle Monáe, Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, and Nicki Minaj), and concludes by considering the presence of the diva in wider cultures, in terms of gallery curation, theatre productions, and stand-up comedy.

Disruptive Divas focuses on four female musicians: Tori Amos, Courtney Love, Me'Shell Ndegéocello and P. J. Harvey who have marked contemporary popular culture in unexpected ways have impelled and disturbed the boundaries of "acceptable" female musicianship.