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Biz and Theresa wonder, if a parent talks in the kitchen, does anybody hear them? We realize that no matter how much we burn energy telling our kids important information about the day's schedule or expectations, our kids aren't listening. “You didn't tell me!” and “I didn't hear you!” abound! Plus, Biz is back and bored, Theresa gets impulsive and we welcome back Nefertiti Austin to talk about her new memoir Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender and Parenting In America.Follow Nefertiti on Twitter @NefertitiAustin. Get your copy of her book Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender and Parenting In Americawherever books are sold.Some book recommendations from Nefertiti:Adoption Story Written by a Black Person for Children:Heart Picked: Elizabeth's Adoption Tale by Sara Crutcher 2016Black Mom Narratives:Rise Up Singing: Black Women Writers on Motherhood Edited by Cecelie Berry 2004Black Motherhood(s): Contexts, Contours and Considerations Edited by Karen T. Craddock 2015Child, Please: How Mama's Old-School Lessons Helped Me Check Myself Before I Wrecked Myself by Ylonda Gault 2015Postcards from Cookie: A Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles, and a Whole Lot of Mail by Caroline Clarke 2015Becoming by Michelle Obama 2018Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History by Camille T. Dungy 2018Mothering While Black: Boundaries and Burdens of Middle-Class Parenthood by Dawn Marie Dow 2019Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence by Rebecca Walker2008Who's Your Mama?: The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers Edited by Yvonne Bynoe 2009Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani PerryWe Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClainCheck out Theresa's new book! It Feels Good To Be Yourself is available now wherever books are sold.Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org.Be sure to tell us at the top of your message whether you're leaving a Genius moment, a Fail, or a Rant! Thanks!!Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Details at MaximumFun.org/Jumbotron.Visit our Linktree for our website, merch, and more! https://linktr.ee/onebadmotherYou can suggest a topic or a guest for an upcoming show by sending an email to onebadmother@maximumfun.org.Show MusicSummon the Rawk, Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)Ones and Zeros, Awesome, Beehive SessionsMom Song, Adira Amram, Hot Jams For TeensTelephone, Awesome, Beehive SessionsMama Blues, Cornbread Ted and the ButterbeansMental Health Resources:Therapy for Black Girls – Therapyforblackgirls.comDr. Jessica Clemmens – https://www.askdrjess.comBLH Foundation – borislhensonfoundation.orgThe Postpartum Support International Warmline - 1-800-944-4773 (1-800-944-4PPD)The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Helpline - 1-800-662-4357 (1-800-662-HELP)Suicide Prevention Hotline: Call or chat. They are here to help anyone in crisis. Dial 988 for https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org and there is a chat option on the website.Crisis Text Line: Text from anywhere in the USA (also Canada and the UK) to text with a trained counselor. A real human being.USA text 741741Canada text 686868UK text 85258Website: https://www.crisistextline.orgNational Sexual Assault: Call 800.656.HOPE (4673) to be connected with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area.https://www.rainn.orgNational Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/help/Our advocates are available 24/7 at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) in more than 200 languages. All calls are free and confidential.They suggest that if you are a victim and cannot seek help, ask a friend or family member to call for you.Teletherapy Search: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling

Today we bring you a special episode in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade. First, The Intercept's Washington Editor, Nausicaa Renner takes us to the protests in front of SCOTUS that formed after the radical decision to end the right to abortion. Then we turn to a livestream conversation The Intercept hosted on Friday discussing what can be done to minimize the impact on the most vulnerable people. The Intercept's Natasha Lennard talks with professor Rachel Rebouché, interim dean of Temple Law School and author of a new report titled “The New Abortion Battleground,” which looks at the legal issues that will arise across state borders and between the state and federal government; Dani McClain, a Puffin fellow at Type Media Center and the author of “We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood”; and Hayley McMahon, an abortion access researcher and doctoral student at Emory University.Livestream: The New Fight for Reproductive FreedomMore from The Intercept: In Overturning Roe, Radical Supreme Court Declares War on the 14th AmendmentWith the Corpse of Roe Still Warm, Far Right Plots Fascistic Anti-Abortion EnforcementMore People Will Die See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

While the country waits with bated breath for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, it is becoming clearer by the day that this impending decision is part of a broader, reactionary push to undo decades of social progress and solidify the US as a hyper-unequal, theocratic, undemocratic fortress state. “All that we have fought for, from voting rights to reproductive rights, has been whittled away since the right began organizing its counterattack 50 years ago. We are entering dangerous and perilous waters, my friends...” So begins this special installment of The Marc Steiner Show, in which Marc speaks with Dani McClain and Susan Simensky Bietila about the right-wing war on women, bodily autonomy, and civil rights, the failure of the Democratic establishment to protect us, and what lessons we can draw from the pre-Roe days of abortion activism that can help us navigate a post-Roe world.Dani McClain is an award-winning reporter whose writing focuses on race, reproductive health, and political organizing. She is a contributing writer at The Nation, a fellow with Type Media Center, and her writing has been featured in a wide range of outlets, including The New York Times, TIME, The Atlantic, Slate, Colorlines, EBONY.com, and The Rumpus. She is the author of We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. Susan Simensky-Bietila is a renowned activist, artist, and curator who has been producing radical artwork—including barrier-breaking illustrations for leftist newspapers like RAT and The Guardian—for over half a century. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and makes artwork in collaboration with movements for social justice advancing the causes of healthcare as a human right, public education, immigrant rights, Indigenous-led movements to protect water from mines, pipelines, and oil trains, and more. She has been a registered nurse for 49 years and worked for many years in OB/GYN care.Tune in for new episodes of The Marc Steiner Show every Monday on TRNN, and subscribe to the TRNN YouTube channel for video versions of The Marc Steiner Show podcast.Pre-Production/Studio: Adam ColeyPost-Production: Stephen FrankHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mssSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-stGet The Marc Steiner Show updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-stLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

While the country waits with bated breath for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, it is becoming clearer by the day that this impending decision is part of a broader, reactionary push to undo decades of social progress and solidify the US as a hyper-unequal, theocratic, undemocratic fortress state. “All that we have fought for, from voting rights to reproductive rights, has been whittled away since the right began organizing its counterattack 50 years ago. We are entering dangerous and perilous waters, my friends...” So begins this special installment of The Marc Steiner Show, in which Marc speaks with Dani McClain and Susan Simensky Bietila about the right-wing war on women, bodily autonomy, and civil rights, the failure of the Democratic establishment to protect us, and what lessons we can draw from the pre-Roe days of abortion activism that can help us navigate a post-Roe world.Dani McClain is an award-winning reporter whose writing focuses on race, reproductive health, and political organizing. She is a contributing writer at The Nation, a fellow with Type Media Center, and her writing has been featured in a wide range of outlets, including The New York Times, TIME, The Atlantic, Slate, Colorlines, EBONY.com, and The Rumpus. She is the author of We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. Susan Simensky-Bietila is a renowned activist, artist, and curator who has been producing radical artwork—including barrier-breaking illustrations for leftist newspapers like RAT and The Guardian—for over half a century. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and makes artwork in collaboration with movements for social justice advancing the causes of healthcare as a human right, public education, immigrant rights, Indigenous-led movements to protect water from mines, pipelines, and oil trains, and more. She has been a registered nurse for 49 years and worked for many years in OB/GYN care.Tune in for new episodes of The Marc Steiner Show every Monday on TRNN, and subscribe to the TRNN YouTube channel for video versions of The Marc Steiner Show podcast.Pre-Production/Studio: Adam ColeyPost-Production: Stephen FrankHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mssSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-stGet The Marc Steiner Show updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-stLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

While the country waits with bated breath for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, it is becoming clearer by the day that this impending decision is part of a broader, reactionary push to undo decades of social progress and solidify the US as a hyper-unequal, theocratic, undemocratic fortress state. “All that we have fought for, from voting rights to reproductive rights, has been whittled away since the right began organizing its counterattack 50 years ago. We are entering dangerous and perilous waters, my friends...” So begins this special installment of The Marc Steiner Show, in which Marc speaks with Dani McClain and Susan Simensky Bietila about the right-wing war on women, bodily autonomy, and civil rights, the failure of the Democratic establishment to protect us, and what lessons we can draw from the pre-Roe days of abortion activism that can help us navigate a post-Roe world.Dani McClain is an award-winning reporter whose writing focuses on race, reproductive health, and political organizing. She is a contributing writer at The Nation, a fellow with Type Media Center, and her writing has been featured in a wide range of outlets, including The New York Times, TIME, The Atlantic, Slate, Colorlines, EBONY.com, and The Rumpus. She is the author of We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. Susan Simensky-Bietila is a renowned activist, artist, and curator who has been producing radical artwork—including barrier-breaking illustrations for leftist newspapers like RAT and The Guardian—for over half a century. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and makes artwork in collaboration with movements for social justice advancing the causes of healthcare as a human right, public education, immigrant rights, Indigenous-led movements to protect water from mines, pipelines, and oil trains, and more. She has been a registered nurse for 49 years and worked for many years in OB/GYN care.Tune in for new episodes of The Marc Steiner Show every Monday on TRNN, and subscribe to the TRNN YouTube channel for video versions of The Marc Steiner Show podcast.Pre-Production/Studio: Adam ColeyPost-Production: Stephen FrankHelp us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer:Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-mssSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-stGet The Marc Steiner Show updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-stLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

This is a conversation with Anna Malaika Tubbs, author of the book "The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation." Support: Patreon.com/firethesetimes Website: http://TheFireThisTi.Me Substack: https://thefirethesetimes.substack.com Twitter + Instagram @ firethesetimes What we talked about: The lives of Berdis Baldwin, Louise Little and Alberta King and why their stories matter Anna becoming a mother while writing a book about black motherhood Their famous sons - James Baldwin, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr - eclipsing their own lives Contextualizing their lives an the long history of violence against black women The role of religion in their lives Books Mentioned: Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880–1920 by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClain In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker The Mothers by Brit Bennett

The Brown sisters realized halfway thru this series that they had to be interviewed, and the interviewer had to be Dani McClain (journalist, author, mother, caretaker and chosen sibling). The sisters remember things differently and tenderly, in perhaps their most vulnerable public conversation to date. This is part 2 of that conversation. --- HOW TO SURVIVE MERCH IS WAITING FOR YOU! --- TRANSCRIPT --- Dani's book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood Dani on Inside the Writer's Head --- Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message

The Brown sisters realized halfway thru this series that they had to be interviewed, and the interviewer had to be Dani McClain (journalist, author, mother, caretaker and chosen sibling). The sisters remember things differently and tenderly, in perhaps their most vulnerable public conversation to date. --- HOW TO SURVIVE MERCH IS WAITING FOR YOU! --- TRANSCRIPT --- Dani's book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood Dani on Inside the Writer's Head --- Music by Tunde Olaniran and Mother Cyborg HTS ESSENTIALS SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow PEEP us on IG https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ TWEET @ us https://twitter.com/endoftheworldPC --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message

This is a conversation with Shui-yin Sharon Yam (her 2nd time on the podcast) largely around a paper that she wrote called "Complicating Acts of Advocacy: Tactics in the Birthing Room". She is Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, and a faculty affiliate of Gender and Women's Studies and the Center for Equality and Social Justice at the University of Kentucky. She is one of the series editors for the Ohio State University Press's New Directions in Rhetoric and Materiality. Support: Patreon.com/firethesetimes Website: TheFireThisTi.Me Substack newsletter: https://thefirethesetimes.substack.com/ Twitter + Instagram @ firethesetimes Topics Discussed: Rhetorical Analysis, Reproductive Justice and Doulas: Intro to each and the links between them Three pillars of Reproductive Freedom and global implications Rhetoric of Health and Medicine: intro and explanation Technocratic model of birth: intro and explanation What makes some stories 'untellable'? The pitfalls of the 'self-made moms' rhetoric Rhetoric and the antivaxx movement Resources Mentioned: Romper's Doula Diaries on YouTube "Rhetorical Appeals and Tactics in New York Times Comments About Vaccines: Qualitative Analysis"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33275110/ "Using Rhetorical Situations to Examine and Improve Vaccination Communication" https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2021.697383/full#h4 Vaccine Rhetorics https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814214336.html Recommended Books: Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth by Dána-Ain Davis We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClain Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender by Stef M. Shuster

Welcome to the Fullstack Educator Podcast!Ayanna Hill-Gill, affectionately known as Yanni, is the Head of School at Atlanta Girls' School. Prior to AGS, Yanni worked at Purnell School, a boarding school for girls in New Jersey, where she was the Head of School since 2007. Yanni holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology and Chemistry from Dickinson College and a master’s degree from Columbia University Teacher’s College with an emphasis on Private School Leadership. She has been a yearlong Klingenstein Fellow and an EE Ford Fellow for NAIS’ Aspiring Heads Program. Prior to her tenure at Purnell, Yanni worked at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden building their community outreach program and developing curriculum for children's educational programs. In 1992, Yanni lived in Costa Rica while studying sustainable development and conducting independent research in water quality. It was these two experiences that led Yanni to teaching, particularly science. As a graduate of an all girls’ school in Philadelphia, Yanni has committed her career to creating opportunities for girls and young women to discover their voices, achieve success and become leaders in the fields of their choice.Yanni currently serves on the Board of the Heads Network and the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools. She serves locally as a member of the Advisory Board of the Global Village Project, an all girls school for refugees in Decatur, GA. Yanni has served as a Trustee on the Board of Rutgers Prep School in New Brunswick, NJ, Far Hills Country Day School in Far Hills, NJ, Link Community School in Newark, NJ, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS), The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), and Willowwood Arboretum.Here are links to the resources mentioned in our conversation with Ayanna Hill-Gill about Girls’ Education.Connect with Ayanna on LinkedIn and Twitter.The National Coalition of Girls’ SchoolsBook: American Dirt by Jeanine CumminsBook: We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClainPodcast: Curious Minds by Gayle AllenYou can connect with Matt McGee and Michael Lomuscio on LinkedIn.You can follow Fullstack Educator on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.If you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe, rate it, leave a review, and share it with a friend!Episodes of this podcast are released bi-weekly.

“If we survive this, and I think we're going to survive, it's not because anyone came to save us. It's because we helped each other.” Author Dani McClain is an unpartnered parent to a 4 year-old. She has spent years researching and reporting on networks of support around raising children in community, grounded in the experience of Black mothers. Dani, Katherine and Angela have an honest, probing, and at times hilarious, conversation about what it means to create community and connect through collective activism during an era of isolation and division. This is an episode about surviving uncertainty, tapping into resilience and finding hope. Dani is the author of “https://www.amazon.com/We-Live-Political-Power-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B07G8G21K8 (We Live for The We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood).” Read Dani's friend William Winters' https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_form_a_pandemic_pod (guide to creating pod), co-authored with Jeremy Adam Smith. If you love the Double Shift Podcast, sign up for our newsletter,https://www.thedoubleshift.com/newsletter ( thedoubleshift.com/newsletter).  Consider joining The Double Shift member community, which is a social change laboratory for moms. Learn more here at https://www.thedoubleshift.com/join (thedoubleshift.com/join).

“If we survive this, and I think we’re going to survive, it’s not because anyone came to save us. It’s because we helped each other.” Author Dani McClain is an unpartnered parent to a 4 year-old. She has spent years researching and reporting on networks of support around raising children in community, grounded in the experience of Black mothers. Dani, Katherine and Angela have an honest, probing, and at times hilarious, conversation about what it means to create community and connect through collective activism during an era of isolation and division. This is an episode about surviving uncertainty, tapping into resilience and finding hope. Dani is the author of “We Live for The We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood.” Read Dani’s friend William Winters’ guide to creating pod, co-authored with Jeremy Adam Smith. Thanks to our sponsors Usual Wines: For $8 off your first order, go to usualwines.com and use the code doubleshift. Calm: Go to CALM.COM/doubleshift for 40% off your premium subscription. Care/of: For 50% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter code doubleshift50 Want to support the work of this indie, mom-run operation? Become a member of The Double Shift. It starts at $5/mo. You get bonus content on this episode, plus other fun perks. 

Subliminal Track "I am free to love and resist at the same time. As I give birth to some of my most beautiful works, I understand that in order for them to survive I must instill in them the resilience that I possess... to ensure thriving longevity. Through sharing myself with community and the world I love heavily and resist deeply."  Track: Blood#2 by Dealz *Dealz New Project FUTUR.BALLA out now! HomeWerk We Live for The We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood - Dani McClain Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches - Audre Lorde Revolutionary Mothering - Alexis Pauline Gumbs, China Martens, and Mai'a Williams     --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/soulsubliminal/support

Dani McClain is a writer and award-winning journalist who reports on race and reproductive health. Her work has been recognized by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She is mother to one daughter and author of the book We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, which was published in 2019. In this conversation, we go deeper into Dani's personal motivations for the book. We talk about the state of affairs in the US. We talk about 'motherwork' and what it means to belong to a black family today.  Dani reflects on her own upbringing and her personal experience of mothering her young daughter in a co-parenting relationship. Let me know what you think on instagram and see my website for full show notes.  

The Black Mamas Matter Alliance centers on the experiences and leadership of Black mothers through trainings, technical assistance and capacity building. In their own words, BMMA “envisions a world where Black mothers have the rights, respect and resources to thrive before, during and after pregnancy.” blackmamasmatter.org.Black mothers die in childbirth at 3 to 4 times the rate of white mothers. The National Birth Equity Collaborative advocates for birth equity. That means increased data collection that investigates maternal health and mortality, running racial equity training sessions, and combating implicit bias in hospitals. Their website is birthequity.org. The Loveland Foundation's therapy fund gives Black women and girls the financial support to find spaces of healing. Their goal for 2020 is to provide 1,000 women with 4 to 8 therapy sessions. Their website is thelovelandfoundation.org. Since 1866, YW Boston has worked to inspire systematic change in Boston, shifting political, cultural and entrepreneurial policies to reflect gender and racial equity. Their website is ywboston.org.Reclaim the Block is a Minneapolis-based organization that advocates divestment from the Minneapolis police force. Instead, they work to re-distribute funds to services that actively benefit their communities - like education, affordable housing and health services. Their website is reclaimtheblock.org.We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClain So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Black and White: Disrupting Racism One Friendship at a Time by Teesha Hadra & John HambrickWoke Mommy Chatter Podcast      

Feminist Press hosted a conversation with authors, Trina Greene Brown and Dani McClain, to talk about Black parenting in community during COVID-19! Trina Greene Brown is the author of the upcoming book,

0:08 – Leilani Farha, is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing. 0:34 – KPFA Audio Documentary: Evicted Oakland's unhoused face untold cycles of displacement (Read and listen to the original story here) Earlier this year, KPFA brought you a documentary on day to day life in a homeless community in Oakland near Home Depot in Fruitvale called The Community of Grace. That was a community that – at the time – was more or less self-organized: the people there set rules, enforced them, choose who to let move in, and who to turn away.  This past October, the city carried out a “clean and clear” operation, stating that the trash and debris in the community posed a fire danger. Residents were allowed to move back – but only after the shelters and tiny houses that many lived in were demolished, leaving them in more immediately precarious situations. Earlier, the city announced that it intends to close that area and evict the residents living there by the end of the year. As of the date of this recording, the residents still aren't sure of when that will happen. The city did not respond to KPFA's questions on when that would take place. So we decided to explore the story of what happens when unhoused people get evicted. And that meant telling the story of a different encampment, one that didn't get to organize itself, because it consisted of people flooding in from other evictions. Reporter Lucy Kang got to know three women living there, and followed them through what came next. 1:08 – Dani McClain – for the hour – an award winning writer, journalist and author of the recent book We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. The post UN Special Rapporteur on Housing, Leilani Farha on the global housing crisis; Plus Evicted: Oakland's unhoused people face untold cycles of displacement (rebroadcast) appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode of Inside the Writer's Head, Jessica Strawser introduces us to her successor here at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, 2020 Writer-in-Residence Dani McClain. Known for her in-depth reporting on race and reproductive health, Dani McClain is a contributing writer at The Nation and a fellow with Type Media Center (formerly the Nation Institute). Her writing has appeared in Time, Slate, Talking Points Memo, Colorlines, EBONY.com, The Rumpus, and other prestigious outlets. Her work has received a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, as well as recognition by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, and elsewhere. A former staff reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, McClain has worked as a strategist with organizations including Color of Change and Drug Policy Alliance. Her book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, was published April 2019 by Bold Type Books. In this episode, they discuss McClain's path to finding her voice as a writer, making it heard, coming back to her Cincinnati hometown as a mother, and what she has in store for the Library community in the year ahead.

This special episode features a live conversation hosted by Parenting for Liberation with Dani McClain (author of We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood) and adrienne maree brown (author of Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good). In this conversation, Dani and adrienne highlight the joys and pleasures of parenting and caregiving as Black mothers, aunties, and doulas.

For our third guest podcast, we are cross posting a conversation hosted by our friend podcast Parenting for Liberation. This summer PFL, with the Underground Railroad and LOOM, invited Erica Chidi Cohen to moderate a conversation between adrienne (on Pleasure Activism) and Dani McClain, author of We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. https://danimcclain.com/ https://parentingforliberation.org/ music by Tunde Olaniran - www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow www.endoftheworldshow.org/ www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/ @endoftheworldPC @adriennemaree @meansagittarius --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message

Biz and Theresa wonder, if a parent talks in the kitchen, does anybody hear them? We realize that no matter how much we burn energy telling our kids important information about the day’s schedule or expectations, our kids aren’t listening. “You didn’t tell me!” and “I didn’t hear you!” abound! Plus Biz is back and bored, Theresa gets impulsive and we welcome back Nefertiti Austin to talk about her new memoir Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender and Parenting In America. Follow Nefertiti on Twitter @NefertitiAustin. Her book Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender and Parenting In America will be out September 23rd, but you can pre-order it now. Some book recommendations from Nefertiti: Adoption Story Written by a Black Person for Children: Heart Picked: Elizabeth’s Adoption Tale by Sara Crutcher 2016 Black Mom Narratives: Rise Up Singing: Black Women Writers on Motherhood Edited by Cecelie Berry 2004 Black Motherhood(s): Contexts, Contours and Considerations Edited by Karen T. Craddock 2015 Child, Please: How Mama's Old-School Lessons Helped Me Check Myself Before I Wrecked Myselfby Ylonda Gault 2015 Postcards from Cookie: A Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles, and a Whole Lot of Mail by Caroline Clarke 2015 Becoming by Michelle Obama 2018 Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History by Camille T. Dungy 2018 Mothering While Black: Boundaries and Burdens of Middle-Class Parenthood by Dawn Marie Dow 2019 Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence by Rebecca Walker 2008 Who's Your Mama?: The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers Edited by Yvonne Bynoe 2009 Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClain Check out Theresa's new book! It Feels Good To Be Yourself is available now wherever books are sold.  Our book You're Doing A Great Job!: 100 Ways You're Winning at Parenting! is available wherever you buy books. Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Our sponsors this week are Postmates and Michelin. For a limited time, Postmates is giving our listeners $100 of free delivery credit for your first seven days. To start your free deliveries, download the Postmates app and use code BADMOTHER. Next time when you’re looking for new tires for the family car, consider Michelin Premier® All Season tires. Michelin, performance EVERY time! Share your genius and fail moments! Call 206-350-9485 Be sure to tell us at the top of your message whether you're leaving a genius moment, a fail, or a rant! Thanks!! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Details at MaximumFun.org/Jumbotron. Subscribe to One Bad Mother in iTunes Join our mailing list Join the amazing community that is our private One Bad Mother Facebook group Follow One Bad Mother on Twitter Follow Biz on Twitter Follow Theresa on Twitter Like us on Facebook! Get a OBM tee, tank, baby shirt, or mug from the MaxFunStore You can suggest a topic or a guest for an upcoming show by sending an email to onebadmother@maximumfun.org. Show Music Opening theme: Summon the Rawk, Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Ones and Zeros, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Mom Song, Adira Amram, Hot Jams For Teens (http://adiraamram.com, avail on iTunes) Telephone, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Closing music: Mama Blues, Cornbread Ted and the Butterbeans

Dani McClain is an author and journalist, who's new book We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood is an examination of parenting, community, and social justice. Today we discuss advocating for one's self as a privilege, how non-parents can aid in the work of parenting, and about what books we would and wouldn't teaching in school. You can find links to everything we talk about on today's episode on The Stacks Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2019/08/07/ep-71-dani-mcclain Connect with Dani: Instagram | Twitter | Website Connect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | The Stacks Website | Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Patreon | Goodreads SUPPORT THE STACKS

Impeachment has been the popular thing to talk about for awhile and L.Joy wouldn’t be the fabulous civics teacher she is, if she didn’t inform us about the process. So on this episode, L.Joy gives us a lesson on impeachment and then brings Carolyn DeWitt of Rock the Vote to the front of the class to discuss their #Census2020 work. About Our Guest Carolyn DeWitt is the President and Executive Director of Rock the Vote, the largest national organization focused on building long-term political power for this country’s most diverse youth generation. Rock the Vote has recently launched an educational awareness campaign, focused on engaging young people around the 2020 census. #FirstCivicAction Congresswoman Yvette D. Clark, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing New York's 9th congressional district. #CivicBookClub Picks Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood Episode Reading List Impeachments of federal officials https://ballotpedia.org/Impeachments_of_federal_officials The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Impeachment_Johnson.htm List of Individuals Impeached by the House of Representatives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Impeachment/Impeachment-List/ The delicate process of impeachment https://www.brookings.edu/blog/unpacked/2017/05/19/the-delicate-process-of-impeachment/

While becoming a mother is often a wondrous, exciting and joyous endeavor, it can also be wrought with anxiety, fear and even danger for many black women. We begin this week by speaking with author Dani McClain about the politics of black motherhood, and her TIME essay “I Won’t Let Racism Rob My Black Child of Joy.” In the essay, McClain recounts being pregnant with her first child in the summer of 2016 -- the same summer that Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota were killed by police. “Reading the news of these men’s deaths brought to mind black children who had died just as senselessly: 17-year-old Jordan Davis, gunned down at a Florida gas station by a white man annoyed by the music Davis and his friends played; 12-year-old Tamir Rice, killed by police in a Cleveland playground as he held a toy gun; 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones, shot and killed by police during a middle-of-the-night raid on her home." In order to avoid succumbing to her fears, McClain made a plan to interview black mothers, grandmothers and other experts about how she could raise a carefree joyous child while still keeping her safe. The result became her first book, "We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood." “I understand that simultaneously demanding that our children be allowed to be children and carefully introducing them to the realities of black life in this country are just part of the work," McClain writes. "Dancing, laughing and finding pleasure in the small things may be of value to most families, but for black families, engaging in joyful practices is necessary to our survival, to our ability to fully claim our humanity.” Later in the show, we speak with Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet, MD, about her work as Executive Director of Merck for Mothers, a global initiative to reduce maternal mortality worldwide. In her op-ed, “Black Women Dying From Childbirth Is Persistent, But Here’s How We Can Reverse This Unacceptable Trend,” Etiebet notes that more women in the United States die today from complications of pregnancy and childbirth than 20 years ago. Further, Black women are three to four times more likely to die from a pregnancy or childbirth related complication than white women. We examine the causes of this trend and the work being do to reverse it. We couldn't do Strange Fruit without you! Click here to support our work: donate.strangefruitpod.org

Amelia and Edan share some moments of mom rage toward their poor little kids. Then they grapple with the abortion bans, and, later, get into a discussion of "natural" childbirth. At 27:40, they interview journalist Dani McClain about her book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. Links to books/articles we mention Please consider supporting the show!

Dani McClain reports on race and reproductive health. Dani is the author of the new book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. During the episode, Dani shares her unique perspectives of the social, cultural and political forces that impact Black parenting, the political power of Black mothering, lessons learned from interviewing other Black mothers, as well as challenging stereotypes of Black mothering and the Black family. Bio: Dani McClain reports on race and reproductive health. She is a contributing writer at The Nation and a fellow with Type Media Center (formerly the Nation Institute). McClain's writing has appeared in outlets including Slate, Talking Points Memo, Colorlines, EBONY.com, and The Rumpus. In 2018, she received a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. Her work has been recognized by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. McClain was a staff reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and has worked as a strategist with organizations including Color of Change and the Drug Policy Alliance. McClain’s book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, was published this month (April 2019) by Bold Type Books (formerly Nation Books). To learn more about Dani McClain: https://danimcclain.com/ Twitter: @drmclain Article Mentioned in this episode: https://www.thenation.com/article/black-motherhood-family-parenting-dani-mcclain/ I invite you to follow us and share your thoughts and insights Twitter: @whatisblackpod1 Instagram: whatis.black Facebook: @whatisblackpodcast We're on Applepodcasts, Spotify, Stitcher& GooglePlay #blackchildren #blackmothers #blackfamily #blackmothering #blackmotherhood #blackmothersmatter #blackfamilies

Dani McClain reports on race and reproductive health. Dani is the author of the new book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. During the episode, Dani shares her unique perspectives of the social, cultural and political forces that impact Black parenting, the political power of Black mothering, lessons learned from interviewing other Black mothers, as well as challenging stereotypes of Black mothering and the Black family.Bio:Dani McClain reports on race and reproductive health. She is a contributing writer at The Nation and a fellow with Type Media Center (formerly the Nation Institute). McClain's writing has appeared in outlets including Slate, Talking Points Memo, Colorlines, EBONY.com, and The Rumpus. In 2018, she received a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. Her work has been recognized by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. McClain was a staff reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and has worked as a strategist with organizations including Color of Change and the Drug Policy Alliance. McClains book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, was published this month (April 2019) by Bold Type Books (formerly Nation Books).To learn more about Dani McClain:https://danimcclain.com/Twitter: @drmclainArticle Mentioned in this episode:https://www.thenation.com/article/black-motherhood-family-parenting-dani-mcclain/I invite you to follow us and share your thoughts and insightsTwitter: @whatisblackpod1Instagram: whatis.blackFacebook: @whatisblackpodcastWe're on Applepodcasts, Spotify, Stitcher& GooglePlay#blackchildren #blackmothers #blackfamily #blackmothering #blackmotherhood #blackmothersmatter #blackfamilies

On the #RADIO show this week we cover how to BAN the bans and ways to work for fair treatment of all immigrant families; get the inside scoop on how taxes can be used for good (and bad); hear from the author of a spectacular new book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood; and get tips from one of the best organizers on the planet.    *Special guests include: Manar Waheed, ACLU, @ACLU; Amy Matsui, National Women’s Law Center, @nwlc; Dani McClain, author of a spectacular newly released book, We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood, @drmcclain; and Beth Messersmith, MomsRising, @MomsRising.