So…El Ex and I received an offer on our co-parenting book!!!!!! Bonus: I was in the car with TechBooHusband on a rare mid-week stay in Maryland when I got the news. So thrilled to be able to share such an important moment. This story is developing. Stay tuned for details. In the meantime… Sing it [...]
In part 1 of this series, I explained the circumstances that led me to explore the question, ‘Why Not Adopt a Black Child?”. In this next installment, I present my findings. I cast a wide net via phone and email, asking friends, fellow writers, friends of friends, strangers from online message boards and from the [...]
Why Not Adopt a Black Child? by Deesha Philyaw “We have many clients seeking to adopt, but none of them are waiting for a Black child.” The woman’s voice on the phone was at once unsettling, moving, and life-changing. A caseworker at a local Christian adoption agency, she had received a call from a Black [...]
Please do yourself a favor and check out the latest addition to my blogroll, For Harriet. The site’s tagline says it all: Celebrating the fullness of black womanhood. The content is smart, thoughtful, and edifying. I don’t come away from it feeling like, “Heard it all before…” or “We need to do better…” I come [...]
I’ll be interviewed on Santita Jackson’s radio show on WVON Chicago tomorrow (4/6) @ noon EST, discussing a recent article “‘Baby daddy’ study may draw unfair spotlight to black women”. (Ms. Jackson is the eldest daughter of Rev. Jesse Jackson). Hope you can tune in!
So, not that I needed anything else to play with, but…I now have a Tumblr. See/hear/feel it.