Archive for May, 2008
Monday, May 19th, 2008
This is a first. I actually have a tiny backlog of things I want to blog about. It’ll be a minute before I can get to them, though. However, a little quickie presented itself, and I decided to do a drive-by post of it. A friend and neighbor of mine is part of a cyberfeminist [...]
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
This is a first. I actually have a tiny backlog of things I want to blog about. It’ll be a minute before I can get to them, though. However, a little quickie presented itself, and I decided to do a drive-by post of it. A friend and neighbor of mine is part of a cyberfeminist [...]
Posted in Cool Stuff, Double-X, Friends, Mama-hood, Politics | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
How flattered am I that Amy Jussel at ShapingYouth.org decided to cross-post my AntiRacistParent column (Breaking the Color Code and Princess Power)? ShapingYouth is a forum about media and marketing’s influence on kids, and is chock-full of great resources for parents and anyone interested in kids and consumer culture. Another such site is ParentsForEthicalMarketing.org/Corporate Babysitter. [...]
Posted in Black History Month All Year Long, Blogging, Cool Stuff, Mama-hood, Offspring, Race Matters, Sheroes, The Sheroes Project, Toot-Toot, Wordsmithin' | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
How flattered am I that Amy Jussel at ShapingYouth.org decided to cross-post my AntiRacistParent column (Breaking the Color Code and Princess Power)? ShapingYouth is a forum about media and marketing’s influence on kids, and is chock-full of great resources for parents and anyone interested in kids and consumer culture. Another such site is ParentsForEthicalMarketing.org/Corporate Babysitter. [...]
Posted in Black History Month All Year Long, Blogging, Cool Stuff, Mama-hood, Offspring, Race Matters, Sheroes, The Sheroes Project, Toot-Toot, Wordsmithin' | 9 Comments »
Monday, May 12th, 2008
I might have to start tuning in again…
Posted in Cool Stuff, Enemies, Politics, Race Matters | 5 Comments »
Monday, May 12th, 2008
I might have to start tuning in again…
Posted in Cool Stuff, Enemies, Politics, Race Matters | 5 Comments »
Monday, May 12th, 2008
My latest column, The Princess Problem: “There’s More Than One Way of Being Pretty”, is up over at AntiRacistParent. Toot-toot.
Posted in Books and Writers, Cool Stuff, Mama-hood, Offspring, Race Matters, Toot-Toot, Wordsmithin' | 11 Comments »
Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Dear Mini-Me, The tulips, delivered to my front door yesterday, were indeed wonderful. Bright, fresh, and lovely. The mini mylar balloon was cute. The chocolates, which you and your little sister ate the majority of helped me eat, were heavenly. But this afternoon, you topped yourself when you came bounding into my bedroom with a [...]
Posted in Books and Writers, Cool Stuff, Fun Times, Mama-hood, Offspring, This and that | 5 Comments »
Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Dear Mini-Me, The tulips, delivered to my front door yesterday, were indeed wonderful. Bright, fresh, and lovely. The mini mylar balloon was cute. The chocolates, which you and your little sister ate the majority of helped me eat, were heavenly. But this afternoon, you topped yourself when you came bounding into my bedroom with a [...]
Posted in Books and Writers, Cool Stuff, Fun Times, Mama-hood, Offspring, This and that | 5 Comments »