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Exposing Cosmetic Companies: How Asian Youth Discovered Toxins in Lipstick

Thursday, May 23, 2013

By Eveline Shen Image from www.goodlacknail.wordpress.com Last weekend my 12-year-old daught...

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Mama's Day Our Way: Building our own narrative

Monday, May 13, 2013

By Nina Jacinto "No matter how hard we fight, when we are denied fair and just opportunities to care for our families and ourselv...

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Pregnancy, Politics and the Policing of Women's Bodies

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Originally posted at Truthout.org By Morgan Meneses-Sheets  Standing in line at a DC coffee shop, I wonder if I will get a dirty look....

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Say it loud! I nurse, I pump and I’m Proud: Free to breed and feed my sucklers

Sunday, May 12, 2013

By Shantae Johnson I always had this vision of myself in motherhood as a revolutionary, holistic, or...

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For my mother: A day without cancer

Sunday, May 12, 2013

by Cynthia Greenlee When I found a lump in my breast several years ago, I couldn’t bear to tell m...

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Honoring the Truth of Our Mothers’ Humanity: Notes from the Daughter of a Single Black Mother

Sunday, May 12, 2013

By Taja Lindley  At age nineteen, my mother carried and birthed me. Her parents wanted nothing ...

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My Daughter, Not My Self

Sunday, May 12, 2013

By Jessica York  Jessica with her daughter   In January 1990, after giving birth to my one ...

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Por mama's day!

Sunday, May 12, 2013

By Paola Toquica  Para ti adorada mamita en tu día, a pesar de los miles de kilómetros que nos s...

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The Original DREAMer: My Mom

Sunday, May 12, 2013

By Hemly Ordonez My mother began her life in the U.S. as an undocumented domestic worker clean...

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Love, Guilt, and Coming Home: 3 Mamas share their journeys

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Posted courtesy of SPARK Reproductive Justice Now Echoing Ida is pleased to share these encouragin...

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Not Happy Mother’s Day

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Trigger warning: This post contains language around emotional and sexual abuse that may be triggeri...

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Searching for the perfect card

Saturday, May 11, 2013

by Renee Bracey Sherman “How come you have black mother?” an inquisitive young boy asked me. We wer...

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