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Just Mama- revisiting and remaking Black motherhood

May 23, 2017August 11, 2008 by shay subscriber

I actually had another post already to roll out but for some reason being a Mama is deep on my heart today. I also suspect I am missing my own Moms a bit today more than usual. Perhaps its because despite the plethora of blogs on motherhood that exist in the blogosphere the vast majority are …

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Categories Parenting, Racial and Cultural Tags black women, motherhood

Girl power, do you have it?

May 23, 2017August 5, 2008 by shay subscriber

My intent today was to write a piece about Obama, but after an impromptu family outing, I decided to scrap that plan at least for today since there are more than enough folks out in the blogosphere commenting on Barry and his changing tide. Today’s title comes from an incident with my girl aka mini-me …

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Categories Parenting, Racial and Cultural, Random babble Tags black women, female empowerment 3 Comments

Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child..Maybe Not

May 23, 2017July 13, 2008 by shay subscriber

Like a lot of Black folks, I grew up with parents whose primary form of keeping me in line aka disciplining us kids, was to spank us, no correction was to whup the shit out of us. My two earliest childhood memories, go back to when I was 4 and 5 and involved me getting spanked. …

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