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Finally! ELLE mag hit one out of the park
Finally all those skinny bitches can go home. There is a new girl in town. She’s big, she’s black, and she’s beautiful. I love that I can say that, correction, that “we” can say that. This means a lot to me as a black woman, and is a milestone for women like my best friend-who is a happy, healthy, fabulous size 22. […]
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PTSD-n-Me
I am having the worst time (worst as in emotional and stressful) writing chapters for my memoir about my childhood. Trying to get back into my 5 year old thoughts after watching my mother die isn’t cute. The tears that well up and stream down my face while I’m reading aren’t cute. My depression isn’t […]
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Are you lost in translation, Dr. Laura?
I’m enraged. It could be that I am jet lagged in Hong Kong right now and it is 645 am…no, it’s because Dr. Laura Schlessinger bullied a black caller on her radio show; calling her hypersensitive, blaming black activists for making the nation “hypersensitive,” and using the N-word over, and over, and over, and over again. I had to […]
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Too Young?
I saw my essay posted in CNN.com on Friday and did a double take. I’ve come a long way from journaling about my crap marriage to being a writer of personal essays that publications actually want to buy. Crazy! But maybe not. I have a story, lots of stories actually, and at 35 years old […]
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Do What Scares You
For the past few years I felt pretty stagnant in my life and I decided to push myself to do something about it. “Do what scares you” was a phrase I heard in a movie, but it resonated with me. I understand that pushing myself out of my comfort zone should in theory give me […]
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For Neda; Send Snooki
I watched “For Neda” today, which I knew was going to depress and anger me, I knew it, but I had to watch it. How couldn’t I have? I felt like I needed to give some homage to her story. It’s only been a year later. Of course the first thing you see is the […]
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Teenage Girls know more than we think
Some nights I have a re-charge night where I read or watch a movie, moisturize my hair, do some yoga, and take a hot bath…just try to relax and get back in my body. I feel like I am taking care of myself, which feels great. The flip side is I am also more aware […]
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Medicine Woman
This picture of Ix Chel reminds me of my mother. Ix Chel is the Mayan goddess who was believed to have birthed all the gods and goddesses, and control all aspects of water. She was known as a powerful healer and a symbol of divine spirituality. Most pictures have her standing with arms raised toward […]
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Giving Thanks…Again
Why does Aunt Dara ask me if I want hot tea, then make it with lukewarm tap water from the faucet? “I’m going to heat this in the microwave, “I said. “Well, it will get really hot.” She warned. “umm…yeah…hot tea.” Is it me?
Tamara Lynch 