alcohol and children
I came across this scary statistic in my December/January 2009 issue of Hispanic. Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Texas found that children are exposed to 7 […]
White Privilege, Baby Privilege
From the WikEd page on white privilege: White Privilege, a social relation A right, advantage, or immunity granted to or enjoyed by white persons beyond the common advantage of all […]
25 words
Just for today, I want you to describe yourself in 25 words or less without using any physical descriptors. Don’t overthink it. Just write your sentence in a minute or […]
Just for today
From the Body Warrior Pledge, make just this commitment just for today: To stop berating my body and to begin celebrating the vessel that I have been given. I will […]
15 and a sex educator
I just came across this article in the LA Times about a 15 year old girl who feels her mission in life is to educate her peers about making wise […]
I am an activist because…
Last fall, a friend from high school e-mailed me to say that he was now the principal of an alternative high school in the Bronx and he […]
Penelope: A Love Your Body Fairytale
Nancy, a student in El Paso, Texas, shares this review of Penelope, a movie starring Christina Ricci. In a society that places excessive emphasis on a certain standard of […]
This is what a feminist looks like
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YA13GNT8Mc] When I was doing the interviews for Hijas, I asked all the women if they considered themselves feminists. An interesting thing that I noticed was that a lot of the younger women (let’s […]
Living Dangerously
A report in today’s Charlotte Observer has undone me. Almost 1500 high school students in the Charlotte Mecklenburg School system (the school system where I used to teach and whose […]
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. I am honored to be spending the next few days in Amherst, Massachusetts where I will be hosted by the Five College Eating […]
