Kimberlé Crenshaw and Other Black Scholars Weigh in on RBG’s Legacy | Bitch Media

It’s RBG’s ability to dip out of the issues that so directly affect people who don’t look like her that raises questions about how whiteness is performed.
— Read on www.bitchmedia.org/article/black-women-remember-rbg

Article: My Country ’Tis of Thee

The fear of being killed while Black by a police officer is more than just a distant fantasy– it is a palpable and ever-present reality. I hear the words of my father, a man who survived the segregated south and had more than his share of encounters with police, state, “let me know you made it home safely.” From the time I began driving unchaperoned or was allowed to go places overnight, in college taking road trips across state lines and through adulthood living away from home, he would make this admonition. Be safe, he would say. Stay calm if you are pulled over. Keep your hands in sight. Even with my father’s passing five years ago, these almost ritualistic words have remained with me.

I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There. | by Indi Samarajiva | indica | Sep, 2020 | Medium

I lived through the end of a civil war. Do you know what it was like for me? Quite normal. I went to work, I went out, I dated. This is what Americans don’t understand. They’re waiting to get…
— Read on medium.com/indica/i-lived-through-collapse-america-is-already-there-ba1e4b54c5fc

Make your home feel adult

www.apartmenttherapy.com/stylish-things-to-make-your-home-feel-adult-36817689

Body standards based on whiteness is ultimately about restraint

Paraphrasing but that’s was the takeaway from Kara Lowentheil’s webinar yesterday and it blew my mind. Been mulling over that. It’s the entire puritanical perspective all over.

The Four Horsemen: Contempt

Contempt is the worst of the four horsemen. It is the most destructive negative behavior in relationships, but we can help you defeat it and prevent it from returning.
— Read on www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen-contempt/

How former NBA star Charles Barkley became a role model

The people, the place and the privilege that made Charles Barkley a role model
— Read on www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/12289603/how-former-nba-star-charles-barkley-became-role-model

Breonna Taylor’s Life Was Changing. Then the Police Came to Her Door. – The New York Times

An ex-boyfriend’s run-ins with the law entangled her even as she tried to move on. Interviews, documents and jailhouse recordings help explain how she landed in the middle of a deadly drug raid.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/breonna-taylor-police-killing.html

The Hole in My Soul

Sara Eckel surprised her agnostic parents by becoming a born-again Christian at age 10. It was the first of many attempts to believe.
— Read on longreads.com/2018/06/01/the-hole-in-my-soul/

I’m a Married Christian Woman Who Doesn’t Want Children — And That’s Okay

I will not have a child just because that’s what others expect or hope.
— Read on thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/christian-married-and-childless-by-choice/