Bridging Feminism’s Gap
I recently received some proof my normal-person job is important. I try to keep my normal-person job (as opposed to my starving artist/struggling writer gigs) away from my blog, but I work in social justice research, so sometimes, my job and my blog can’t help but relate. On a recent episode of Q, I heard [...]
Am I a (Proud) Southerner?
Am I a “Southerner?” Yesterday’s Talk of the Nation made me want to say, “Yes!” I was in the car with my mom when the segment, “What Does It Mean to Be a Southerner?” aired, and nearly every time someone called in, they said something I had either just said to my mom or that [...]
How Every Christian Can Relate to Homosexuals in the Church
Last Thursday, Jeff Chu, author of the new book, “Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America,” appeared on the Diane Rehm Show. It was the kind of interview that made me talk back to the radio and that spurned discussions with other people in the car. I [...]
Get in the Stirrups and Get Tested
I’m a little late with this, but Saturday, December 1, marked the 25th World AIDS Day. On Monday’s Talk of the Nation, I heard that one in five people infected with HIV don’t know they’re infected, and among those aged 13 to 24, 60 percent have no clue. To try to combat these alarming numbers, [...]
It’s business but it’s culture
Despite the name of this blog, I rarely say anything about hair. But I heard something yesterday morning that irked me from a cultural and business perspective. I head a story on NPR’s Morning Edition about professional licensing. Jestina Clayton, who grew up in Sierra Leone and moved to the U.S. at 18, started a [...]
Mothers not needed, equality achieved?
I heard a story the other day on NPR about the rise of single men becoming single dads by choice. Some of the men interviewed are single by choice and don’t seem to have many prospects for parenting partnerships with the mothers (or surrogates), with women in general, or with other men. I have mixed [...]
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