Latoya on Racialicious has a fascinating post up today about feminism, being a PoC (person of color) and coming home to an idea of herself and what she is fighting for. It’s a really moving piece, so I hope that you’ll all check it out.
I think it’s safe to say that so many women feel [...]

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We’ve been up and going for a full week! Thanks so much to everyone who has been reading! xoxo

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Slate has a hilarious article up about how your reaction to overnight camp as a kid predicts the kind of adult you’ll be. Maybe it’s particularly hilarious to me, because of my incredibly melodramatic reactions to overnight camp as a child.
At first, I thought the article was going to validate the lingering wounds I carry:
People [...]

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There’s an amazing article today in the American-Statesman today about how Texas is now leading the country in abstinence-only spending. Apparently, the move to teaching abstinence-only in high schools, and thereby leaving out things like contraceptives and healthy relationships, is a step backwards from the past:
Twenty years ago, Texas teachers had more freedom to talk [...]

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I grew up on the South Side of Chicago in Hyde Park, the neighborhood that houses the University of Chicago, the leader of the Nation of Islam- Luis Farrakhan, the Midway that held the World’s Fair in 1893, and… Barack Obama and his family. Ahh… it makes me so proud. I love to read [...]

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