Just The Way We Are
A long time ago when three people were reading Girl Body Pride (two of them being the friends writing for the site and the third being myself) I posted an invitation to the community we were working to build. I asked women to send me pictures of themselves. No perfect hair teased and tucked into […]
The child calls Bullshit. It’s time to Pony Up. If The Catcher in the Rye had a sequel based on a Spanglish-speaking Mexican-American homeschooling, allergic to everything, eating-disordered writer mama of one, I’d be a happy girl. Because then, at least, I could just hand people a copy of the book when they ask […]
My five-year-old snuggled into me as she fell asleep tonight and told me that I make her heart smile. She was exhausted after our quiet little Christmas of three in our new home, thousands of miles away from family and friends, and trying to stay awake if only to be aware of my arms around […]
I am watching Half the Sky. I am feeling the weight of the world in my heart. “…when rape is unfortunate but forgivable.” A quote from the documentary on PBS I learned about thanks to a Facebook message from Kelly “MochaMomma” Wickham in which actress and activist America Ferrera retweeted a message from Kelly […]
I wrote this post months ago. Or maybe it was years ago. The point is, the day might be different. But the words are the same. One step forward. Two steps back. Three steps forward. And I’ve already won. I should have seen it coming. I know me. How my head works. […]
What is truth? Is it something told or something lived? Think about that question. Really think about the difference. Because there is a difference. You can speak truthfully, but still live a lie. In the schoolyard we heard phrases like, “liar, liar pants on fire.” The importance of not telling a fib is drilled into […]
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