“What are you wearing?” I type these words out on my phone shyly and send the message. I’m nervous. I’ve never done this before. “A sexy black top with no bra and thigh high boots.” The response is almost immediate. I blush as I look at the response. I look up at my friend Katy, […]
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Dear boobies: A love letter to breastfeeding
Dear breastfeeding – You are a real tricky bitch, and I love you. When it came to how to feed my baby, you were the clear choice. Not just because of all the research on IQ, illnesses, allergies, blah blah blah, but because these days, breastfeeding is the thing. You can’t be a well-to-do white […]
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Rebel Street Style: Janet / Clark & Adams
Occupation: Works for start-up company Why I love: So the studded boots and the sleeves on her coat both caught my eye as we passed each other, but then I saw the back of her jacket. I love zippers. It’s a bad addiction, but I’m not trying to quit it, and I just had to […]
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Dear wine, TV, and my kitchen timer: a cry-it-out love letter
Dear Charles Shaw Fine Wine, LOST Television Program on Netflix, and Now-Missing Kitchen Timer, I know. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other. But please don’t let that lead you to believe that I never think of you, or that I didn’t value our time together. You’ve got to believe me when […]
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I’m Black every month
We’re more than halfway through Black History Month, and this is the first mention of it that you’ll find in thishere magazine. Historian Carter G. Woodson designated the second week in February — the birth week of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass — as Negro History Week in 1926. Woodson reportedly said he […]
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Rebel Street Style: Abby – Christkindlmarket
Occupation: Speech Therapist Why I love: The theme for this month is definitely personality. You can tell so much about people’s personalities by how they dress and how they smile for pictures. Apart from Abby’s bright smile, I love her bright coat. It was such a gloomy day, and she definitely refused to succumb to […]
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Dear delicious pizza: a love letter to Homemade Pizza Company
Well, Liz started off our love letter series with something heartfelt and beautiful. I was there when she read that piece aloud in church a few years ago on Mother’s Day, and let me tell you, there wasn’t a dry mama eye in the house. Today, I continue our series with something that’s helped me […]
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Hummingbird – a love letter to the mothers at Berry UMC
With Valentines Day fast approaching, Megan and I thought it might be fun to do a “love letters” series! Over the next few weeks, we’ll post shout-outs to all of things we’ve developed mushy feelings for though motherhood. Or, another possibility is that we’ll have the best of intentions and only post a letter or […]
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What not to ask an unmarried woman…
…unless you want to get punched in the genitals. Question, followed by the Answer the unmarried woman* wants to give but doesn’t because she was raised right. Just know that she’s mentally punching you in the genitals. Q: Do you think you’ll ever get married? A: Do you think your relationship is making that option […]
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Kayla Sargeson’s ‘Hellwave’
Dealing with the aftermath of trauma—emotional or physical—can shape a person forever. In Kayla Sargeson’s poem “Hellwave” the speaker—whose body has been previously traumatized, “cracked open like glass”—rebels against that pain by inflicting more pain upon her body, but on her own terms. By riding the hellwave, she wants to eliminate the space that’s been […]