Stakes Is High: Talking To My Teen About Sex Just Got Real—And I Can’t Be A Punk About It

She is 13 now, and the curves are there and the hormones are kicking in and the boys are looking a little bit more grown...

– Oct 29, 2012

Hard Labor: Mom’s Near-Death Pregnancy Convinces Dad To Be Pro-Choice + More Fresh Links

With Republican politicians proclaiming rape a “gift from God,” and the continued nationwide assault on women’s reproductive rights, the ever brilliant Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor...

– Oct 26, 2012

Sofia the First: The Latina Disney Princess That Wasn’t and the Community That Played Along

By CAROL CAIN Well, it’s official. I mean, officially, official. Sofia The First is not a Latina Princess. Disney released a statement after days of...

– Oct 25, 2012

Pregnant After Rape? It’s God’s Will, According to Indiana Senate Candidate

 By NICK CHILES Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock in a debate last night offered the women of America a vicious kick in the gut, suggesting...

– Oct 24, 2012

President Barack Obama—the Baby Whisperer (VIDEO)

No, I’m not referring to President Barack Obama’s silencing of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Monday night’s third and final presidential debate. I’m shouting...

– Oct 24, 2012

Why I’m Voting For Barack Obama In the 2012 Presidential Election

Last night marked the last of the debates between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and with just two weeks to go...

– Oct 23, 2012

There’s Nothing Complicated About Fair Pay For Women, Mitt Romney—Plus, Other Fresh Links

You know what? I’m not trying to let Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s “Binder Full Of Women” comments from the second 2012 presidential debate slide....

– Oct 19, 2012

Wow. Taliban Protesting Negative Coverage After They Shoot 14-Yr-Old Pakistani Girl in Head

BY NICK CHILES I know Western journalists are supposed to avoid imposing our Western values on other cultures, but this has to be the most...

– Oct 18, 2012

Rosie Perez Checks Mitt Romney On the “I Wish I Were Latino” Comment. Hard. (VIDEO)

Sigh. I’ve adored Rosie Perez since the day she popped and locked it in Spike Lee’s seminal film, Do the Right Thing. She is the...

– Oct 17, 2012

Getting Grown: My Babies Aren’t Babies Anymore. [Word(ful) Wednesday]

It seems like this happened in just the blink of an eye. One day, they were giggly, cute little chubby-cheeked babies riding on my hip....

– Oct 17, 2012
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