Dear Veronica, I wish there was a way to explain the world to you in a somewhat simple manner. Most days, I feel after thirty years of observing it myself, I am no closer to a resolution than when I first asked as a little girl. I remember when I was seven and I slept […]
Author: Lisa
The Crisis of Credit Visualized
If you are anything like me, you like pictures. You like visualization. Concepts and problems must be graphed, color coded, or drawn out for me to have a clear handle on things. If you are interested, for your own self-education, on how the credit crisis exploded (or imploded), here is a nice video that explains […]
Just Imagine This Scene
6:15amFriday, March 13, 2009 Nick wakes up quietly, trying not to wake his wife peacefully sleeping and dreaming on his right. His usual kind and loving tradition, he leans over to gently kiss his sleeping wife on the cheek before he goes to start his day. It’s still dark, but the morning sky is just […]
Speak! Album is Released
There’s a cut and paste version of explaining what the Speak! CD is all about, Speak! is a women of color-led media collective. In the summer months of 2008, they created a CD compilation of spoken word, poetry, and song. After months of hard work, they are excited to finally share their first self-named album […]
Popcorn in Bed
There is a gaping hole in our kitchen ceiling and it is atrocious. Our contractor had to rip it out because our noggins were endangered of having the thing collapse on us. So, Bob, our very own Mr. Fixit, is kind and generous enough to help us through this problem. It’s going to be finished […]
The Top Five Ways that White Feminists Continue to Discredit Women of Color
More food for you. More voices. More insight. There is a guest post by Aaminah Hernandez over at Problem Chylde entitled The Top Five Ways that White Feminists Continue to Discredit Women of Color. Here are bullets to whet your appetite… 1) Say we are too “involved” or biased in regards to the subject, and […]
The Bliss that is Natural Light
As much as Nick loves natural light, I’ve never seen him wear shades before. Little fun fact about Nick: one of his favorite things in the world is natural light. He freaking talks about how awesome natural light is at least three times a month. If you add that up over the course of the […]
A Belated Thanks from the Birthday Gal
Over the weekend I went to Hocking Hills for the first time. I went with a group of women who dubbed the getaway, “Wild Women’s Weekend.” Believe me, there was nothing wild about it, except how we got CRAZY and ate sweet potato quesadillas, cheesecake, lasagna, and about thirty pounds of fresh carrots with hummus. […]
Who You Calling Radical? Conversations Between WOC and RWOC, Part II of Infinity
Dear Firefly, I’ve been thinking about your words, your anger, and the message lying underneath it; about how people cannot come together at the table and discuss if not everyone can attend. At first, I thought we were just looking past each other. And I thought it was about not being explicit about this “space” […]
Nick as Big Brother
Nick always makes ridiculous statements about how he married an older woman. He says this at least once every other month and it annoys me to holy heaven because I am three weeks, yes WEEKS, not years, older than him. He just likes to pretend he is funny and say he’s married to an older […]