The love we always wanted
And there it wasWaiting for us all alongReal loveHands held tightlyLips pressed tenderlyForgiveness given freelyJoy accessed easily
Read MoreSexual Assault and Teaching Our Children About Consent
My husband and I have had our son's consent talk ready. He's only 4, so we believe we have some time before needing to have the talk, but I expect it to go something like this:"Homie, if it's not yes, it's no. If it is yes, it still maybe no. If the person can't say yes/no, it's always no. This is still true even if she's your wife, it seems complicated but it's not.
Read MoreMy Motherhood Looks Different From Yours
“My motherhood looks different from yours.”This is the hard conversation(s) I had to have with my mother. It happened over time. Softly. Peacefully. Harshly. Angrily. In hush tones while the baby was sleeping. Satirically, while the toddler was playing. Seriously, while I dressed her for her first day of school
Read MoreBeyoncé Made Me Think: How lucky am I to be born a black woman!
“The most disrespected person in America is the black woman”They want everything about black women, but black women. That is our truth. These are the things we whisper in to each other in hair salons, in our secret spaces that are just our own.
Read MoreAm I the right wife for you still?
I am flesh and bone and fallible. You knew this when you said yes.I am passion and obsession and emotion. You knew this when you asked me to wed.I am soft and hard and driven. You whispered that you loved this about me when we were young.
Read MoreWomen of Color, Wonder Woman and Underrepresentation
Don't get me wrong, I think Gal Gadot maybe a great choice for this role. She's strong. She served in the Israeli army and did all her stunts in another major franchise film. But I did expect the Themysciran community to be diverse.
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