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The sentence is inflicted by white supremacy and its brother patriarchy, the same forces trapping so many people in prisons…
How is a church like prison and being incarcerated like belonging to a church? Both have a way of asking,…
Yellow became my favorite color several years ago because by wearing it, I could prove that my skin is not…
You may ask for freedom only if you live above reproach. That was the message to enslaved black people in…
In a past life, I slut-shamed my future husband. Except I can’t really call it slut-shaming, because the standards of…
“He is guilty of self-confessed crimes against women such that we should break his albums, burn his tapes and scratch…
I remember attending a Sunday school class several years ago in which the gentleness of God was the topic. I…
“There are all boys at Stephanie’s (invented name) house, so you can’t turn up like you do here. You have…
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…
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:…
I recently came across a post on a Facebook page asking women what they didn’t like about themselves when they…
I’m taking a class titled “History of U.S. Feminisms,” and I’m taking in an abundance of new information. I declare…
For this last day of American Heart Month, I present a health story. One year ago, I found out I…
As I progress with subsequent drafts of my book, I’ve been meeting with another writer for accountability and feedback….
On this last day of 2012, I’m sharing the moments from throughout the year that are most memorable to me…
I was practically born coordinated. According to my mom, I walked before I crawled, and I tied my shoes at…
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…
Note: Some of this has been amended from the KFW Hot Flash weekly newsletter that went out Friday, Aug. 24….
I’ve grown up attending wakes and funerals for people of my grandparents’ and great-grandparents’ generations. At these sad memorials…
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,…
