Trigger warning: we’re going to some dark places, including miscarriage, but we end up in a good place. Last year, Adriene Mishler was crowned “The Reigning Queen of Pandemic Yoga”. In a time when yoga studios were closed and when people were staying home to flatten the curve, more and more people turned to the … Continue reading
The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed The Black Kids is set in Los Angeles in 1992, beginning just before the verdict in the Rodney King trial is handed down. Seventeen-year-old Ashley and her prep school friends are busy preparing for the prom. Underneath the dayglow exterior of their lives, though, Ashley has a lot … Continue reading
Two great finds today. 1) I read an article at Feministing saying that “The majority of women voters consider themselves feminists”. I think what’s especially great about the information is that they polled both with the woman’s personal understanding of feminism–because there are many feminisms and feminism is a lived experience as well as a political … Continue reading
Last Saturday, when I was in Colorado visiting Julio, I got to visit the Molly Brown House at 1340 Pennsylvania Avenue in Denver. When I was little, I watched The Unsinkable Molly Brown innumerable times. At two, I knew the chorus to “Belly Up to the Bar Boys.” Dad was so proud. My first babydoll … Continue reading
America’s Next Top Model Cycle 19, the College Edition, might be the worst thing I’ve seen on TV in a while. I’ve been pondering this post for the last seven weeks, observing the show and working my way through Jennifer L. Pozner’s criticisms of Tyra Banks and ANTM in Reality Bites Back. Prior to the … Continue reading
Ph.D.s and Pigtails 