As a poor colored girl living in a white low-income trailer park community, I was the strange embodiment of two teen pregnancy stereotypes.
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Papa Barack and the Patriarchy of America or What We Need Is Good Governance
President Barack Obama (hereafter referred to as Papa Barack) is content to serve−and is really intent on serving – as this nation’s number one papa.
Men Choose Abortion Too
Not all men are against abortion—many think it is a complicated issue and support their partners in their decision-making.
Pleasure Politics Part I: Employment, Economic Justice and the Erotic
systemic inequality makes pleasurable work more accessible for some than others.
T.R.M. Howard: Civil Rights Rabble-Rouser, Abortion Provider
This remarkable image reportedly depicts preparations for one of the first legal abortions in Illinois.
Honoring the Truth of Our Mothers’ Humanity: Notes from the Daughter of a Single Mother
Daughter of a single mother is an identity that I have claimed proudly, and also with resentment and contempt.
For my mother: A day without cancer
When I found a lump in my breast several years ago, I couldn’t bear to tell my mother.
Searching for the Perfect Card
“How come you have black mother?” an inquisitive young boy asked me. We were four, playing at a park near my childhood Chicago home. I stared at him blankly but never responded – I had no idea what he meant.
On being a proud teen mom: I don’t hate myself as much as you wish I did
My existence challenges everything that you’ve been told to believe about me, which makes you uncomfortable.
Reproductive Justice Knows New Jane Crow Ain’t So New
Despite reproductive justice being rooted within the experiences of women of color, white reproductive justice organizations claim to struggle with “diversity” or “finding” women of color with which to collaborate.