Tag Archives: Motherhood
This is what racism looks like
Tweet“I did this for them, so there it is. I did this for them.” - Ohio mother Kelley Williams-Bolar on her motivations for sending her children to a school in a neighboring district, where she thought they would receive a better education in a safer environment. I can’t seem to get this story out of [...]
Reflections upon seeing my best friend mother for the first time
TweetThere are moments when the future rushes in and you are suddenly faced with the reality of time passing. As I watched my best friend since third grade care for her newborn baby yesterday, the proverbial wind was knocked out of me. Megan, the little freckle-faced girl with whom I used to choreograph Madonna dances, [...]
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Moms and media spokeswomen rep their natural hair
Tweet Love this video. It has been making it’s rounds on Facebook racking up quite a few likes and YouTube views. I enjoyed the video so much because it is straight forward about the harms of adhering to the straight, long-haired standard of beauty and reminds me of one of the things that was so [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: The Unfinished Revolution
TweetI had the absolute pleasure of sharing the stage recently with NYU professor and feminist sociologist Kathleen Gerson. Ann has written poignantly about her great book, The Unfinished Revolution: How a New Generation is Reshaping Family, Work, and Gender in America. I wanted to revisit it because there is just too much interesting stuff not [...]
Desperately Seeking Sterilization: the politics of privilege
Originally posted in Community Blog