Mamalicious!

My latest column is up over at AntiRacist Parent.  And kudos to new ARP editor, Tami!

Growing up, I was one of those girls who hated gym class. One of those girls who the boys never wanted on their team during games because my fellow gym-haters and I would stand around gossiping, determined not to break a sweat in 90-plus degree Florida heat, reciting the words to “The Real Roxanne” […]

My relationship with my late mother was a loving but rocky one. Not long ago, when I drafted a tribute to my grandmother, the wonderful editor who guided me through the revision of that essay pointed out major holes in the piece. These holes represented places where I hesitated to write anything remotely […]

Hat tip to JA at Wigger Lover
 
I read an excerpt of Patton’s book before it was released. I felt it to be a hard read, and so I haven’t gotten a copy (yet). Would love to hear from anyone who has finished it.
 
An interview with historian and writer Stacey Patton
conducted by […]

1. Spring
2. My neighborhood.
Is it just me, or is this the springest spring that ever sprung?  It’s such a nice spring, it’s got me writing corny sentences like the preceding one.  That’s some spring.  Growing up in Florida, I never gave much thought to seasons.  But now, living in PA and having children for whom […]

The piece of writing that I’m most proud of has made its way into the world.  It’s an article for Wondertime about what it meant to me to have my grandmother raise me (along with my mother).  I will provide the link to the online version below, but promise me you’ll pick up the print […]

NYC has everything. One minute you’re in a comfy apartment in Park Slope snuggled up with a friend’s 8-day-old daughter, drunk on her new baby smell, monopolizing all her time; the next minute, you’re popping champagne in celebration of a good girlfriend’s forty-something birthday at Boucarou, a restaurant/lounge where West Africa meets the East […]

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

This past February, my girls and I watched the DVD Our Friend, Martin (thanks again to Christina for the heads up). In this movie, the main character, a black teenager named Miles, travels back in time and befriends a young Martin Luther King, Jr. The past and the present collide right up […]

My contribution to the Women’s History Month Blog Carnival hosted by Tami and Heart is up. Take a read.