This article originally appeared in yes! magazine and is reprinted by permission from the writer. The massive outpouring of women saying #MeToo is both heartbreaking in its scope and encouraging in the bravery and solidarity it shows—12 million uses of #MeToo on social media in the first 24 hours, according to various reports. Commentators are rightly saying we need to … [Read more...]
Learning to Face My Feelings: Hair Picking And Anxiety
Trichotillomania. I first heard this word because I had finally found an older black woman who was a therapist that I could work with on my issues. I tried several therapists in the past, only to be met by therapists who could not offer suggestions, and at worst, failed to understand why I was so angry. Even my youngest brother has written about how we grew up “angry,” so if my … [Read more...]
6 Valuable Lessons We Can Learn From Fathers of Color
I used to teach writing for freshmen at a community college and one of my regular reader-response assignments involved an essay by San Francisco journalist Rose del Castillo Guilbault. You can read it here but the gist is that the word “macho” carries different interpretations depending on culture. She argues that to Americans, the word is negative, denoting a hot temper, a … [Read more...]
