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...
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...
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...
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...