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Gina Greenlee, Author
Jun 19, 20221 min read
Life Lessons from Solo Moments in New York
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Gina Greenlee, Author
Jun 13, 20221 min read
Hush Life: The Book Cover Matches My Shoes
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Gina Greenlee, Author
Jun 13, 20220 min read

Gina Greenlee, Author
Jun 5, 20221 min read
McGraw Hill Coffee Break Podcast: The Business of Race
Nir Bashan, author of The Creator Mindset, talks with Margaret Greenberg and Gina Greenlee about their new book, The Business of Race:...


Gina Greenlee, Author
May 28, 20223 min read
Back in the Day Vol 1: Play’s Still the Thing
Some call the journey I’m on “decluttering” or “downsizing.” I call it “reducing the content footprint of my home studio.” Everything in...


Gina Greenlee, Author
May 23, 20221 min read
Truth Be Told Vol. 5: “I Was Just Young Enough to Believe Her”
“I was traveling with my mother to North Carolina. Usually, we traveled by car but this time we took the train [from New York City]. And...


Gina Greenlee, Author
May 15, 20221 min read
Short Film Festival #5: Happiness by Steve Cutts
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Gina Greenlee, Author
May 7, 20221 min read
Learn to Make Yourself Happy
I decided to come back to Los Angeles and learn to live alone. I said, I will learn about me… You have three or four choices here that...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Apr 29, 20222 min read
Random Thoughts: A Manhattan Native’s 15 Years Living in New England
Let’s talk town fair. Three giant beans on a placemat win a blue ribbon. A kid with a cow on a frayed rope. Walking it like a dog. Fried...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Apr 24, 20221 min read
Truth Be Told Vol 2: Creativity and Misplaced Power
“When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Apr 17, 20221 min read
Diggin’ on James Brown
Ya know the more things change The more they stay the same It may be a different age But I'm on the same page Cause one thing that I've...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Apr 10, 20221 min read
Superman
In my dream I was invited to speak about Superman. I was billed as the premier authority – to be clear about my professional status in my...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Apr 2, 20221 min read
Truth Be Told Vol. 4: Time Will Tell
“Time will tell… whether folks want to point and stare at the Black woman filmmaker who made a certain kind of film, and pat her on the...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Mar 27, 20221 min read
Truth Be Told Vol 3: Your Anxiety is Not My Problem
Not overfunctioning means not being a vessel for other people’s anxiety. That was my job in my family-of-origin. To absorb the psychic...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Mar 19, 20221 min read
I’ll Be Back for You
I am standing on the platform of the A train in Manhattan. My mother is with me. It’s winter. I am 8 years old, and I’m wearing the navy...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Mar 13, 20221 min read
Film Festival #4: AlphaGo
With more board configurations than there are atoms in the universe, the ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Mar 7, 20223 min read
Recipe for a César Vallejo Poem
In 2007 I took a poetry writing course at the Omega Institute for Holistic Health in Rhinebeck, New York. My key takeaway from that...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Feb 27, 20222 min read
If You Do it for Them, Do it for You
Still in my 20s, my first job right out of graduate school was at a well-respected Fortune 50 corporation. I worked hard my five years...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Feb 21, 20221 min read
What He Already Knows
Gina is 18 years old, 5 foot 3 with cornrows. Seated on the couch next to her father, she’s trying to choose the right time to reveal...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Feb 12, 20225 min read
Hell No, Love God
I sashayed into a midtown office seeking employment in 1983 at age 22. “How fast can you type?” came the question from the Manhattan...
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