CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

Hair

November 3, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

“Stop by the dollar store and get me some of those disposable razors, will you?” My brother’s request surprised me because of the three razors that kept leaping from the ledge in his shower. “They’re pulling like someone was shaving her legs with them,” he said. I looked at him … Read More

Library Love

October 27, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

Each year it is estimated that over 246,660 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die. On November 5th, 1895, in Pittsburgh, Pa., Andrew Carnegie attended the dedication ceremony of a building that bore his name, a massive gray sandstone structure … Read More

Sidewalk Shenanigans

October 20, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

More than 3.1 million U.S. women with a history of breast cancer were alive on January 1st, 2014. Some inner consciousness of deference guides my interactions with the people I meet on the sidewalks of my wandering. I have not observed the same caution and consideration in the people I … Read More

Reach Out and Touch

October 13, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

More than 3.1 million U.S. women with a history of breast cancer were alive on January 1st, 2014. In early August of this year I sat in a restaurant booth in Pittsburgh, Penn., anxiously calling my younger brother. I had told him that I was going to be in town … Read More

I am “The People”

October 6, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. In March of this year, after the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Senator Mitch McConnell said that he believed that the senate should “(g)ive the people a voice in the filling of this vacancy.” … Read More