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I often write on blogs including Sociological Images, The Feminist Wire, Racialicious, Adios, Barbie and From the Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors. Some recent posts by topic include:<\/p>\n
1. Feminism\/Gender Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n Pregnant Women Are Now Targets: The Tragedy of Purvi Patel.<\/a>April 26, 2015.<\/p>\n Purvi Patel is Not a Terrorist: What Happens When Fetal Citizenship Trumps Women’s Rights.<\/a>\u00a0April 24, 2015.<\/p>\n Why Facebook’s Egg Donor Ads Freak Me Out (And Should Freak You Out Too!).<\/a>April 27, 2015.<\/p>\n Facebook and Apple Want Your Unborn! Or, Why Corporations Should Keep their Hands Off Employees’ Ovaries.<\/a>November 10, 2014<\/p>\n Notes from Trigger-Gate: Why I Give Trigger Warnings.<\/a>\u00a0June 5, 2014.<\/p>\n Carter as Kristof: How Jimmy Carter\u2019s New Book Takes a Page Out of Nicholas Kristof\u2019s Savior Narrative.<\/a>\u00a0May 22, 2014<\/p>\n All the Foreign Ladies: The Case Against Saving Global Women and Girls<\/a>. April 17, 2014<\/p>\n To (Feminist) Mama With Love\u00a0<\/a>January 20, 2014<\/p>\n Making Room for Everyone: Gender Nonconforming and Transgender Characters in Middle Grade Novels<\/a>\u00a0December 13, 2013<\/p>\n #Intersectionality for Racists: On Miss America<\/a>\u00a0September 20, 2013<\/p>\n Abused Goddesses, Orientalism, and the Glamorization of Gender Based Violence<\/a>September 12, 2013<\/p>\n Why Male Pregnancy Matters<\/a>\u00a0July 30, 2013<\/p>\n Teen Pregnancy as Moral Panic<\/a>\u00a0June 13, 2013<\/p>\n Neither Pink Nor Perfect: Muddy and Mighty Middle Grade Girls<\/a>\u00a0March 29, 2013<\/p>\n Realistic Girls and Fantastic Boys? Middle Grade Fantasy, Realistic Fiction and the Great Gender Divide<\/a>\u00a0January 4, 2013 [Pending publication in Speculative Fiction 2013: The Best Online Reviews, Essays, and Commentary]<\/p>\n Huffington Post live segment. I\u2019m not sorry for my sari: The dilemma of ethnic clothes in the workplace.<\/a><\/p>\n Suit or Sari? Professionalism and Ethnic Dressing. (viral article, multiply published). – “Your Women Are Oppressed, but Ours are Awesome”: How Nicholas Kristof and Half the Sky Use Women Against Each Other<\/a>\u00a0October 8, 2012<\/p>\n Boobies, Ta-tas and Cha-chas, Oh My! On the Sexification of Cancer<\/a>\u00a0May 11, 2011<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 2. Body Image\/Size Acceptance<\/strong><\/p>\n The Fat Letters: One Young Filmmaker’s Activism Against Fat Letters<\/a>. April 7, 2014<\/p>\n Doctors Can Be Fat Shamers Too<\/a>\u00a0March 24, 2014<\/p>\n The Shame of Fat-Shaming<\/a>\u00a0March 20, 2014<\/p>\n From Augustus Gloop to Dudley Dursley: Fat Studies and Middle Grade Novels<\/a>June 7, 2013<\/p>\n BMI in Schools: Educating Children in Self-Loathing, Not Health\u00a0<\/a>April 15, 2013<\/p>\n Controlling Portions, Controlling Pregnancies: Race and Class Panic in New York City Public Health Campaigns<\/a>\u00a0April 3, 2013<\/p>\n Novel as Mirror: Teen Literature and Body Image<\/a>\u00a0October 15, 2011<\/p>\n The False Mirror: On Diversity, Bizarre Barbies and Body Image Activism<\/a>\u00a0April 11, 2011<\/p>\n On Intersectionality and Toxic Body Culture<\/a>\u00a0March 30, 2011<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 3. Race and Media<\/strong><\/p>\n Fying While Brown: The Insecurity of travel.<\/a>\u00a0June 19, 2014.<\/p>\n Fying While Brown.<\/a>\u00a0July 21, 2014.<\/p>\n The perils of flying while brown.<\/a>July 21, 2014.<\/p>\n #InstagrammingAfrica: The Narcisissm of Global Voluntourism. (with Lauren Kascak)<\/a>June 18 2014.<\/p>\n Diversity in Children\u2019s Literature: The Search for the Missing Characters (and Authors!) of Color. From the Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors.<\/a>\u00a0April 25, 2014.<\/p>\n Dear Racist Yogini: It’s South Asia Calling and We Want Our Yoga Back<\/a>\u00a0January 31, 2014<\/p>\n Racy, Sexy, and Culturally Appripriate-y: It’s Halloween Again, Folks!<\/a>\u00a0October 7, 2013<\/p>\n White People Talking to White People about Social Justice: Why Book of Mormon Just May be Doing Something Right<\/a>\u00a0August 8, 2013<\/p>\n Multi-Ethnic Families in Middle Grade Novels<\/a>\u00a0August 5, 2013<\/p>\n Bollywood Primetime: Can One Big Dance Number Smash Racism?<\/a>\u00a0May 1, 2012<\/p>\n Butterflies, Slumdogs and Tiger Moms: Asian American Women and the Rescue Narrative<\/a>\u00a0April 11, 2012<\/p>\n Why Are We Still Whitewashing?<\/a>\u00a0Feb. 21, 2012<\/p>\n White Vamps, Black Witches: Race Politics and Vampire Pop Culture<\/a>\u00a0Feb. 21, 2011<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 4. Narrative Medicine\/Disability\/Illness<\/strong><\/p>\n Listening With Our Pens: Narrative Humility for Writers<\/a>\u00a0October 14, 2013<\/p>\n ‘Differences’ as Superpowers in Middle Grade Novels\u00a0<\/a>January 13, 2012<\/p>\n Disability in Middle Grade Novels<\/a>\u00a0July 25, 2011<\/p><\/blockquote>\n 5. Parenting\/Literacy\/Writing for Children<\/strong> On Being A Woman Writer: An Open Letter to Virginia Woolf<\/a>\u00a0May 2, 2013<\/p>\n Should we ban Little House for Racism?<\/a>\u00a0April 10, 2012<\/p>\n Geeks, Girls and Secret Identities Giveaway! An Interview with Author (and Ukelele Player) Mike Jung<\/a>\u00a0October 3, 2012<\/p>\n Summer Writing Prompts for Young Writers (and Readers!)\u00a0<\/a>June 22, 2012<\/p>\n
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\nThe Children’s Hour: Poetry Study with Middle Grade Readers<\/a>\u00a0October 7, 2013<\/p>\n