My husband and I have the debate constantly that the English language really messes with our ability to clearly communicate what we are really feeling/thinking and and with one another. The perfect example of this is the term “Pro-Life.” I dislike the use of this term to refer to those who are anti-abortion. I know [...]
I live in a state that has already banned gay marriage and it make me sick that we have become about taking away freedoms. There has been a lot of talk and discussion in this political climate about California’s Prop 8–an admendment to ban gay marriage.
I just don’t understand this need by the conservative religious [...]
It has been crazy here at Chez Finley. Two kids–both with colds, a husband–also with a cold, school–with homework, etc., and the list goes on and on.
I am starting to stress a little as my wonderful hubby is leaving on Sunday for a week long business trip and sadly, he isn’t taking any of the [...]
Well, because he is and so is my daughter. I haven’t really thought about how his blackness might make others uncomfortable especially when it comes to describing him. I know this is something that I am going to deal with forever–people describing him as black in a negative way and in a positive way and [...]
And the two are very very different. In the NY Times this morning there is an article about the loss of 80,000 jobs in March. With a recession so obviously hanging out at the end of the bar, just finishing his drink waiting to let everyone see that he certainly is indeed in our midst, [...]
to be on the LA SWAT team? Okay feminist readers, hold on. I know that is a loaded question. Let me explain before you rip my bra off and burn it (I am smiling while typing that..). The LA SWAT team has never had a woman officer. The elite 43 man force has always been [...]
I am not proud to be an American. There the cat is out of the bag. I am quite sickened as of late for what our country seems to stand for. I know there are those of you who are preparing right now to stop. reading. my. words. But before you stop reading let me [...]
something I will have to be aware of to effectively parent my Ethiopian children as a white mother/woman. Internalized racism is the taking on of the values and perspectives of the dominant culture–including things that are detrimental to a person’s own image or sense of self. For those of us raising girls–watch this…
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