In a recent interview on All Things Considered, Vanessa Grigoriadis, author of Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on…
At a table on the quiet side of the room, five black women are talking. Sex. Helping a friend…
I want everyone to care about stories that aren’t their own, that aren’t necessarily what they think they could relate…
How is a church like prison and being incarcerated like belonging to a church? Both have a way of asking,…
“If a woman says she was raped, I believe her, because for all she has to go through, why would…
When Cameo King sent me questions about feminism to help me prepare for this broadcast, I had to take a…
Around this time last year, I was parked in the lobby of a hotel in Tobago (the smaller island of…
I remember attending a Sunday school class several years ago in which the gentleness of God was the topic. I…
I envy Ann Bauer’s life. I began reading her piece for Salon, “‘Sponsored’ by my husband: Why it’s a…
One of the reasons I stopped working on my memoir was because when an agent strongly suggested I adapt my…
Blogger’s note: This post was originally published in the Courier-Journal on Sept. 28, 2014 and edited by Pam Platt. For the…
Someone asked me the following question in a Facebook comment when I posted this article on the similarities between domestic…
This inconsistency between black identity and Christianity’s role in the oppression of black people is something I think all black…
Every once in a while, you hear something so offensive that it smacks you like a heat index of 102…
I hate when I think of a snappy comeback three weeks after a discussion ends. That’s happening right now, as…
I spent a portion of my last day at 33 dancing and thinking about the messages in the dance. On…
Despite the photos I’m posting on Facebook and Twitter, this trip isn’t all, or even 10%, about the beach. It’s…
I don’t know that the above quote is my favorite new saying, but it definitely stuck out to me and…
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:…
Some context: 1. It’s really late. 10:57 central time. 2. I’m at a social justice conference structured to commemorate the…
During my Fulbright-National Geographic application process (from initial decision to apply to outcome), there were three specific times I seriously…
I started writing this on a Saturday night after making a to-do list for Sunday that had me wondering, “Why…
I saw a lot of men up in arms on social media yesterday over a New Jersey Superior Court judge’s…
While my parents were teaching me to be the best student I could be, my Christian faith taught me to…
I could have had this blog entry completed and posted yesterday, but I chose to spend time I could have…