Here in 2019, the US is going through what feels like the puberty of our social development - one long awkward phase of gender, racial, and sexual understanding. We’ve matured in so many ways and yet still suffer from metaphorical bad skin and gangling limbs.
Read MoreThis year’s summer reading post features books full of magic, mystery and monsters. Some of the choices are straight up fantasy, while others are more grounded in reality, but with a tinge of magic at the core.
Read MoreBesides all of my responsibilities as a Lady, I have a full-time job as the Executive Director of a small nonprofit in Boston. We’re hyper-local, serving students in the Boston Public Schools by matching them with academic mentors, adults who go directly into their classrooms and help them with their schoolwork so that they achieve and thrive. This means that I have the unique privilege of both my professional life and my personal life being dedicated to causes that I love - public education and women’s rights. Recently, though, I had an experience in my professional life that gave me a reason to reflect on the mission of my personal projects, one that I want to explore here.
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