What Color Are the Holes in Your Parachute?
Back in my second introduction on this site, I mentioned that my daughter was born premature at 25 weeks gestation, 735 grams (one pound, ten ounces). As you might imagine, she was extremely medically fragile, and had many complications. She had four surgeries, and stayed in two different hospitals for the first six months of [...]
...read moreTuesday Travel Blogging – Mljet
I’m in Tunisia, but that doesn’t mean I’ll be skipping Tuesday Travel Blogging. Today: Mjlet, a lovely little island off the coast of Croatia. I was there in August of 2006, and unfortunately the weather wasn’t very good (it was overcast for days), so the light in the pictures isn’t great. It was beautiful nonetheless. [...]
...read moreClassic Examples of Modern Colourism
I am an avid reader of African-American gossip blogs like concrete loop and crunk & disorderly. From Crunk & Disorderly, I was shocked and disappointed when I heard this crazy story of a party promoter who handed out flyers for a party solely for light-skinned black women. The party for lightskinned girls was called “Light [...]
...read moreWant to live a longer life? Don’t be pregnant in America
Sarah Blustein’s got the reasons why, especially if you’re a woman of color: Good news! if you are an ordinary mortal living in the United States, your chances of staying alive are better than ever. According to new government numbers, the rate of Americans dying in 2004 (the most recent year to be calculated) hit [...]
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