Riding bikes is not something that comes easily to some Latin@s. Well, to lots of Latin@s. At least not where I come from–where most of the Latin@ population is first generation immigrant from very poor nations. Bikes are expensive–and for that reason, are things that even many second and third generation Latin@s don’t know what [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about Michael Jackson–my kids are currently obsessed with his songs and his dance moves (son just recovered from a really bad muscle tear from trying to dance like Michael)–and I admit a lot of the songs they’re listening to are taking me back in a very fond way. Like the [...]

Light your candles, chant, pray, send protective loving energy into the stratosphere.

by bfp I’ve made my peace with the man. When I heard he died, I wasn’t exactly happy–but I wasn’t exactly sad either. As a survivor of rape, I believe that men of color are falsely accused over and over again–but I also believe survivors. So while I don’t know if Jackson was a rapist, [...]

I am a Buddhist practitioner. I am also a survivor of abuse. Something that I have struggled with since I’ve been a small child is the sense of “submission” that so many religions, spiritualities, practices, etc emphasize within their dogma. In the best of worlds, that submission is highly theoretical and practical at the same [...]

back in 2004 i lived and worked in a small village in the West Bank called at-tuwani.  a friend, joy, just returned from working in that village and surrounding villages. she writes: A couple of months ago I had the great pleasure of watching Palestinians successfully graze their sheep near Avigail settlement, on land where [...]

the boundaries that my body says it needs. my mind has one set of boundaries that are socially ingrained in me: men can do whatever they want to me, white supremacy is entitled to me when it pleases, etc. but my body has a whole different set of boundaries. boundaries created by me and for [...]

I’ve been taking my kids to acupuncture. So far things have worked out very well. We all get into the car after a treatment and there is blessed quiet. Everybody chilling and feeling good in the same way makes for a happy ride back home! I noticed something though. This last Saturday when we were [...]

via Elle PhD But they can’t see the damaging individualism inherent in their feminism. Of course, I don’t mean in choosing not to have children—familial and community obligations are commonly fulfilled by all of us, not just mothers. I mean the sentiment revealed in expressing aversion and revulsion towards women who do have children. As [...]

there has been a lot of pain these past few weeks. a lot. a lot of silencing pain. that is, a pain that makes it hard to speak. hard to remember what to say–hard to remember why any of this matters. the number of times i’ve sat at this computer, looking at my “add new [...]