What She Said
I was the only Chinese-American kid in my class in the suburbs. Being the “only” made me love a good underdog story. Read more
I was the only Chinese-American kid in my class in the suburbs. Being the “only” made me love a good underdog story. Read more
Have y’all seen this video? This dad has some serious consequences for his smart mouth teen. It’s long….but there’s a huge payoff at the end. Be aware: There is some profanity in the video, primarily from the teen in question. What do you think? Too far or just right? Read more
When Zach started pre-school and I asked him who he liked to play with, he pointed at two boys and shouted, “I like to play with the black boys the best! But the black boys get in a lot of trouble.” I rushed him away from the playground and hoped no one had heard him talking about two of the African American boys in his class. The next day, when Zach pointed at one of the same boys and told... Read more
Last week I joined the challenge to talk about race by wondering Why Aren’t People Talking to Me? This week I write about seeing (and hearing). Long ago in college, I talked about ethnicity with Duncan, a tall skinny White guy with a large Adam’s apple and black rimmed glasses, and George, a tall skinny Chinese guy with a large Adam’s apple and silver rimmed glasses. Duncan said he considered me to be Chinese-American, and George to be Chinese. Since... Read more
I saw this article today over on National Review’s The Homefront Blog (H/T Greg Pollowitz): One Victoria’s Secret angel might be turning her back on lingerie modeling but she’s not giving up her wings. Model Kylie Bisutti, 21, has decided to leave Victoria’s Secret because it clashes with her Christian beliefs. “My body should only be for my husband and it’s just a sacred thing,” Bisutti told FOX411′s Pop Tarts column. “I didn’t really want to be that kind of... Read more
For better or for worse, a great deal of parenting for me is keeping on a mask, keeping up a good front to my kids so that they don’t know how stressed or upset I get at times managing my eldest son’s autism and managing the very different needs of all three of them. I wrote about what goes on behind my parenting mask over on my blog, “Muslimah Next Door.” Here’s an excerpt: One night last week during dinner,... Read more
Last week, I wrote a tiny bit about my experience being a white girl in an African-American neighborhood. When different types of people rub elbows, everyday interactions take on extra significance. I’m going to tell you two interactions. My daughter, a preschooler at the time, was the only white girl in her ballet class. Previously, my daughter had taken ballet in a more racially mixed class from a teacher named Mrs. Balter over on the other side of town. But... Read more
1. You wake up in the morning feeling rested. 2. You dress cute. 3. You highlight your hair and never wear ponytails. 4. You find yourself at Starbucks at ten on a weekday morning doing nothing. 5. Your bookshelves have room for knick knacks and you actually eat on your dining room table. 6. You have time to go out for lunch with friends, to put makeup on, and to shave. 7. You vacation in places other than Washington D.C.... Read more
Since I’ve become an author, I’ve noticed people have a certain (rather irritating) pride about not buying books. I’ve been consistently perplexed at how well-educated, smart women almost wear their anti-book-buying policies as a badge of honor. And it comes up more than you’d think. Just in the past few years: Some members of a short lived book club asked to pass the book around so they “wouldn’t have to buy it.”... Read more
A few years ago, sitting in the park with a group of hip, Cambridge mommas, I was feeling insecure. These mothers are playwrights, and artists, and very, very Cambridge. They are fun and liberal and like Margaritas. And in spite of the fact that I’m politically liberal, I’m usually fun, and I always like Margaritas, I was afraid they wouldn’t think that I was one of them. Why? Because I love Jesus and believe the whole, crazy Jesus story. ... Read more
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