here’s my latest huffington post piece:
COLORed folks — share your shame, fight the stigma ( Read more )
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Dec
09
COLORed folks — share your shame, fight the stigma
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Dec
05
not all black girls know how to eat, pt. 2
okay. the moment i’ve been dreading has arrived. stephanie is going to start talking about her eating disorder. i’m apprehensive and hope she doesn’t go into certain behaviors too much. already, i can feel myself feeling sad for her, for her experience.
okay, time to take the plunge…
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Dec
04
quashing the shame
i’ve never known a black female who’s had an eating disorder who hasn’t felt ashamed because of it.
- not uncomfortable.
- not embarrassed.
- not guilty.
ashamed. ( Read more )
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Oct
05
fred & steve
a few minutes after I heard that steve jobs died, I called my mom to tell her. “oh, wow,” she responded. “wow. wow.” she had to get off the phone shortly thereafter, but she called me back later.
i said to her, “did you hear fred shuttlesworth died?” ( Read more )
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May
30
“psychology today, the misconception of racism, & the kanazawa problem”
here’s my latest psychology today piece:
“psychology today, the misconception of racism, & the kanazawa problem”
it deals with the satoshi kanazawa controversy. since i am a black female and i am also a blogger for psychology today, i wanted to share my two cents on the situation. ( Read more )
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Jan
17
picture: the dream continued
i LOVE this picture. i found it on the root via disgrasian. can you find a more appropriate picture for martin luther king, jr. day? i can’t.
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Jan
17
oprah on race
i sat down, ready to watch an hour of mindless, pretty superficial real housewives of beverly hills. then i turned on the tv. ( Read more )
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Jan
16
oh yes – he did
my mom was sure chris matthews didn’t say it. he couldn’t have. i, of course, took the remote and rewound it. oh yes, he did.
what did chris say? think nabisco. saltine. white people.
yep. he said that.
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