TO BLACK PARENTS VISITING EARTH: Letter #4 from Janet Stickmon, on TERROR
September 24th, 2016 | by Janet Stickmon
Letter #4 on Terror was originally released in July 2015 and reflects events occurring during that summer. The recent murders of
Browsing the "race" Tag
TO BLACK PARENTS VISITING EARTH: Letter #3 from Janet Stickmon, on HAIR
September 7th, 2016 | by Janet Stickmon
It took many jars of relaxing cream and scabs on my scalp before I stopped strangling Africa. The day I
TO BLACK PARENTS VISITING EARTH: Letter #1 by Janet Stickmon
July 8th, 2016 | by Janet Stickmon
To Black Parents Visiting Earth, It has taken me several months to write to you … and I don’t even
RHEA ST. JULIEN Talks With Her 4-Year-Old About Race
April 22nd, 2016 | by Rhea St. Julien
I’ve been with my husband, who is Black, for 15 years, but I have been white all my life. I
Ev Petgrave is Tormented by BEING STRONG
January 27th, 2016 | by Ev Petgrave
I cried in the car for twenty minutes. I heaved, huffed, wailed, and yelled. I released moans that I had
WEIGHTY WORDS: A Mama Pants Comic by Tyler Cohen
November 24th, 2015 | by Tyler Cohen
I started writing this piece near Solstice 2014. Finally cartooning and inking the story as 2015 nears its end, I
The “A” Word: WENDY KENNAR on Parenting with an Invisible Disability
November 9th, 2015 | by Wendy Kennar
It’s not the “c” word. It’s the “a” word. But not that “a word.” Although it does feel like a kick in
How I Tell My Mestiza Daughters They Are Pretty by RENEE MACALINO RUTLEDGE
October 21st, 2015 | by Renee Macalino Rutledge
As a Filipina woman, I’ve long heard the message that my beauty is subpar. It started when I was little,
FIRST TRIP TO THE BARBER SHOP by Eve
October 2nd, 2015 | by Eve Lyons
I took my three-year-old son to the barber shop today. Up until now, we’ve managed his soft, thick, curly hair
LOST by Anna Doogan
March 19th, 2015 | by Anna Doogan
March was a tripwire for constant rains. Even in the fresh spring air, downpours dumped cold and gray, like the