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The sentence is inflicted by white supremacy and its brother patriarchy, the same forces trapping so many people in prisons…
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How is a church like prison and being incarcerated like belonging to a church? Both have a way of asking,…
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Yellow became my favorite color several years ago because by wearing it, I could prove that my skin is not…
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You may ask for freedom only if you live above reproach. That was the message to enslaved black people in…
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In a past life, I slut-shamed my future husband. Except I can’t really call it slut-shaming, because the standards of…
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“He is guilty of self-confessed crimes against women such that we should break his albums, burn his tapes and scratch…
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I remember attending a Sunday school class several years ago in which the gentleness of God was the topic. I…
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“There are all boys at Stephanie’s (invented name) house, so you can’t turn up like you do here. You have…
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I spent a portion of my last day at 33 dancing and thinking about the messages in the dance. On…
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Despite the photos I’m posting on Facebook and Twitter, this trip isn’t all, or even 10%, about the beach. It’s…
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Update 08/01/2-014: Victory. Read more here. Update 07/22/2014: LMHA is reevaluating. See this article in the Courier-Journal: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/07/21/housing-authority-reviewing-section-experiment/12969879/ Update 07/14/2014:…
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I recently came across a post on a Facebook page asking women what they didn’t like about themselves when they…
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I’m taking a class titled “History of U.S. Feminisms,” and I’m taking in an abundance of new information. I declare…
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For this last day of American Heart Month, I present a health story. One year ago, I found out I…
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As I progress with subsequent drafts of my book, I’ve been meeting with another writer for accountability and feedback….
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On this last day of 2012, I’m sharing the moments from throughout the year that are most memorable to me…
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I was practically born coordinated. According to my mom, I walked before I crawled, and I tied my shoes at…
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In part 1, I talked about Hanna Rosin’s book The End of Men and the Rise of Women and suggested that…
I love my First Lady. I was so pumped after watching her speech last night, it took me an extra…
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Note: Some of this has been amended from the KFW Hot Flash weekly newsletter that went out Friday, Aug. 24….
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I’ve grown up attending wakes and funerals for people of my grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ generations. At these sad memorials…
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Photo by rhoadeecha “…our choice-rich lives have the potential to breed their own brand of trouble. … The problem, simply…
“Is Marriage ‘In’ Again?” Since I just started reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, “Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage,” yesterday,…
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