My son’s name started out as a joke about “artsy” baby names, but the moment my husband said it he actually liked it. Oak was born a premie with a heart condition, and is a fully healthy 2 year old today who has more than lived up to his name.
I’m black, live in Texas, and went to predominately white schools for my K-12 compulsory education. I left high school with a significant inferiority complex that I didn’t notice I had until I reached college. I’m 30 years old and I’ve been in consistent therapy for a year now, and…
These lists are always overwhelming white/European, and frankly not always filled with the best “classic lit.” Toni Morrison and Gabriel Garcia Marquez were freaking NOBEL LAUREATES. God forbid James Baldwin or Zora Neal Hurston appear. Even Khalid Hussain or Jhumpa Lahiri.
I’ve always wondered if pretty privilege extends to women of color or is it only reserved for white people since they are considered the standard of beauty in american society
Diapers. I know they are just things you throw away, but cheap ones will bring so much more grief. Cheap ones will mean you’re not just cleaning up your kid, but their clothes, sheets, your couch, the floor, wherever your kid existed at the time of their release. Not to mention the…
Jessie thank you. You have no idea how much that response meant to me. I am sending you every good vibe and prayer imaginable for your continued healing and growth.
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