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Women are not here for you

I am happy that there is global attention focused on the issues that affect women and have oppressed women for centuries. The discussions are challenging for some to engage in, and there has been a rupture in perception and in subjectivity for many whose gender or race allowed them the privilege of ignorance. 

Abortion: Not Just A Statistic, But a Story.

At the Palais Des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 2009, Photo By Alabera An Ran Zhao

It seems almost logical that I should write about abortion. This is a personal feminist blog and I have had two abortions.

I’m somewhat comfortable talking about them. When I’m not, it isn’t because it’s too difficult for me to share or that I become overwhelmed with emotions at the thought of unchosen motherhood; it’s because I know that I will inevitably be judged by the person in front of me.

My internalized judgment used to be the stigma of being only 26 and having already racked up two abortions on my membership card of the abortion club (which does not exist). ...

At the Palais Des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 2009, Photo By Alabera An Ran Zhao

It seems almost logical that I should write about abortion. This is a personal feminist blog and I have ...

Equality And Education: Teaching Women’s History

There is more than just one story, the history of women deserves to have its place in classrooms.

We are more than a special interests topic that you can take as an elective in a four year college. We are half the world. We have helped create the world we live and die in, and yet our stories go untold in high school classrooms across the world.

What does this show teenagers? That there is only one story that deserves its place in history books? That the perspectives and accomplishments of the patriarchy are the only ones worthy of teaching millions of children every single day? Do you not see that what we learn from our tenderest and youngest of years shapes ...

There is more than just one story, the history of women deserves to have its place in classrooms.

We are more than a special interests topic that you can take as an elective in a four year college. ...

Understanding privilege and ethnicity: A Personal Challenge.

 

On paper, I am a minority. My mother is black: half Kenyan, half Indian. My father is white. My skin varies from being a light olive to 3-4 shades darker when I am tan. My hair is brown and naturally wavy-curly. My eyes are brown. I have somewhat non-caucasian features, but my heritage is pretty indecipherable.

On paper I am a minority, but you wouldn’t necessarily know that when you see me. I come from a upper middle class family, I grew up in Switzerland, I got to travel a lot and I speak fluent english and french. In person, I can perform whiteness. I portray European-ness. But I know nothing else.

For ...

 

On paper, I am a minority. My mother is black: half Kenyan, half Indian. My father is white. My skin varies from being a light olive to 3-4 ...