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the revolutionary mothering from a black maroon baba manifesto

this journal/blog is to include an holistic perspective on the nurturing and care for our youth and mother earth.its dedicated to including more information on education, spirituality politics, art, physical and mental health. i'm learning our indigenous realms of four: mind, body (science) emotion and spirit (soul/indigenous way).

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"In 2013, UNICEF rated Dutch children the happiest in the world. According to researchers, Dutch kids are ahead of their peers in well-being when compared with twenty-nine of the world’s richest industrialized countries. The U.S. ranked twenty-sixth, just above Lithuania, Latvia and Romania – the three poorest countries in the survey."

living in a country ranked 26th when it comes to the happiness of children could frighten yet we still planet rock.

SUNDAY, MAR 26, 2017 11:00 PM CEST

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ACTIVISTS ANGELA DAVIS ASSATA SHAKUR BLACK HERSTORY BLACK PANTHER PARTY BLACK POWER CIVIL RIGHTS SAY IT LOUD: 9 BLACK WOMEN IN THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW

 

by Melody Blossom

This semester, I was part of a course that focused on radical women in social movements. We studied the Black Power Movement, the Black Panther Party (BPP), and the involvement of women during this time.


The Black Panther Party, founded in the 1960s, was notorious for being a…

Can acupuncture relieve your baby’s colic?

A new study suggests so – but don’t start sticking needles into your child. A detailed look at the results shows things aren’t so clear cut

Pass the needle … or stick with more traditional remedies. Photograph: sdominick/Getty Images

Luisa Dillner

Monday 23 January 2017 03.05 ESTLast modified on Monday 23 January 2017 10.22 EST

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A Young Radical’s View of Marriage

A University of Michigan study[1] found that becoming a wife creates seven added hours of housework per week for women. For men, housework decreases by one hour per week after marriage. Another way to say this is that gender roles some like to claim are dead are in fact alive and well. The study took a "nationally representative" sample of couples (including, presumably, some who believed they were flouting the division of labor) and relied on time-diary data from 2005.

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peace and unconditional revolutionary motherly love

https://caringlabor.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/bell-hooks-revolutionary-parenting/

bell hooks, “Revolutionary parenting” July 27, 2010

“Revolutionary Parenting”

bell hooks

excerpt from Feminist theory: from margin to center. [1984]

 

During the early stages of contemporary women’s liberation movement, feminist analyses of motherhood reflected the race and class biases of participants. Some white…

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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2016/oct/31/pudgy-dads-more-attractive-how-men-age?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Facebook

Why science says pudgy dads are more attractive

A new book, How Men Age, offers a defence of the pudgy dad, suggesting that larger fathers are healthier and more attractive than their skinny counterparts

 Men with slow metabolisms are around 50% less likely to die in any given year than skinnier men. Photograph: Stephen Marks/Getty Images

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http://www.salon.com/2016/10/01/this-is-not-a-humblebrag-my-kid-wont-eat-junk-food-and-it-is-all-my-fault/

SATURDAY, OCT 1, 2016 07:30 PM EDT

This is not a humblebrag: My kid won’t eat junk food and it’s all my fault I was determined my son would eat only healthful, homemade foods. And it totally backfired on me

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TOPICS: CHILDREN, DIVORCE, FOOD, KIDS, LIFE STORIES, PARENTING, PICKY EATERS, LIFE NEWS

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“Chicken nuggets or fish sticks?” I pulled…

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"4 You can build a vagina from a penis and scrotum

At first glance, vulvas and penises look pretty different, but they are actually quite similar. That’s because we all started out as foetuses with the same genitalia; our sex organs don’t start to differentiate until the end of the first trimester (around about nine to 12 weeks). That skin fold line between the testicles? It’s because the male scrotum is the homologue of the female labia majora. Learning that was a real “aha” moment.'

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spiritual common sixth sense brought to you by the complex reasoning society produced.

SUNDAY, SEP 25, 2016 05:58 AM EDT

Sharing is caring: Here’s how to raise a child to be sympathetic — and maybe even empathetic How do we teach kids to care more when the world feels full of disagreement, conflict and aggression?

TINA MALTI AND JU-HYUN SONG, THE CONVERSATIONSKIP TO COMMENTS 

 

TOPICS: CHILDCARE, CHILDREARING, CHILDREN, EMPATHY, SYMPATHY, TEACHERS, THE CONVERSATION, SOCIAL NEWS, NEWS

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