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It was Either Curling into a Fear Ball or Launching into Action (Guess What She Chose) 16 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
It was getting late – about 8pm last November. Varsity basketball practice had wrapped up and Detroiter Alyssia Akers couldn’t catch a ride home. So 18-year-old Alyssia (pronounced: A-lee-see-a) decid...
Warning: Parental Tantrum Ahead 13 Aug 2013 | 09:52 pm
The other day, my daughter was upset that my son wouldn’t hug her. Before that, my son was angry that he couldn’t ride his bike. A tantrum usually results with one or the other on the floor crying. Th...
Warning: Learning to Flip Grown Men Can be Good For Your Health 3 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
I never imagined that I’d get into martial arts. In fact, as a teen, the thought of martial arts made me feel weird and angsty. I think it was a combination of having seen bad kung fu movies and havin...
Black Boys: Do Not Let Them Make You Small & Invisible 25 Jul 2013 | 10:55 pm
Over the Detroit skyline soars the light of a boy. The ‘not guilty’ verdict is a reminder that there are places that still cannot stomach his shadow. Freedom is earned: paid for with life, blood, rage...
What the Trayvon Tragedy Can Teach Us About Being White 20 Jul 2013 | 12:36 am
A week like this hasn’t been an easy one for conducting ourselves in the work-a-day world while Trayvon’s soul calls us to think deeply and long about healing and justice. The Trayvon Martin case show...
What Trayvon Martin Means to Me & Should Mean to You, with LOVE from Detroit 16 Jul 2013 | 08:21 pm
One of Shetroit’s youngest bloggers, Shirley Bolden, wrote about Trayvon Martin at the time of his death last year. Now, following the George Zimmerman trial and verdict, her invitation rings with eve...
How This Sign Lets Us Be Ourselves (says the Arab American Woman) 12 Jul 2013 | 10:05 pm
“Women-Only” On wedding invitations or party invites in the Arab American world, this rule is a given. In my Yemeni culture, it’s very rare that you’ll find men and women mingling at social gatherings...
How Grace Lee Boggs Helped Me Define My “Asian American-ness” 2 Jul 2013 | 12:57 am
How does a young Asian American woman find her compass in an environment where her “Asian-ness” can foster confusion and alienation? With the release of the hailed documentary, American Revolutionary:...
Your Sensuality & Sexuality: Learning Through a “Sex Play Date” 26 Jun 2013 | 07:30 pm
NOTE: This article contains explicit and graphic material that may make some people uncomfortable. Dear Devi, My partner and I are exploring oral sex. He feels clumsy and unsure and I’d really like so...
When the Action Hero Wants to Save the World and the Doll Wants to Party 25 Jun 2013 | 08:26 pm
My 5-year-old was spinning his Spiderman figurine in the air and excitedly declared, “Spiderman is getting ready to help in an emergency!” Not to be outdone, my 8-year-old-daughter gripping Ariel, her...
