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Women's bodies are complex. More so on the socioeconomic margins. From nail salons & micropolicing to the Royals & Rihanna's Fenty, we're unpacking it all.
This week we're reflecting on the socioeconomics of "dressing well", the policing and polishing of women's bodies, and some other fun, thoughtful nods to fashion at its intersections (hello, Rihanna!). Unpacking With Lex is a monthly column examining current issues affecting mamas and kiddos — often outside of our respective bubbles. We welcome you. Pour a cuppa, grab your coffee...
rth Day plans? Eco-friendly goals? See this environmental chaos 1st. Plastic, land loss, pollution & environmental justice — our toxic planet, unpacked.
It is flooding in Iran. Unseasonably flooding. Yup...go get your coffee...or your wine...maybe keep a shot nearby...If you're looking for a ray of light...just scroll all the way to that last list about "good" at the bottom. Y’all...I came here to give you some light-hearted enlightenment about environmental justice...There’s Earth Day this month, and we finally have solid examples of...
From International Women's Day and Women's & Black History Months, to females in finance, snark on politics & false accusations, we're unpacking it all.
Have y’all seen the website for International Women’s Day? The #BalanceForBetter hashtag seems a little aspirational — super-aspirational — but in a good way. The ultimate goal of said campaign is a gender-balanced society — which requires either more money in the hands of women (the benefits of which we saw in the community health workers in Togo) and/or...

Unpacking With Lex

The revolutionary love of Sistering, feminism, black history month, women in Congress & a book club for understanding. We're unpacking it ALL this month.
Sistering. It doesn't sound very revolutionary, but it is — in the way that women are revolutionary, in the way that Jesus the Carpenter was revolutionary. We're talking about revolutionary love, here, people — and carpentry. Sistering, in carpentry, is the act of adding a joist to either and/or both sides of another joist, in order to support it...