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Hi. My name is Kelly. I’m a recovering “good parent”. (Part 1)
Part 2, here Camila Batmanghelidjh “No Child is Born a Criminal” at The Guardian, 3 minutes and 48 seconds. If you read nothing here or only have time to skim, I ask that you please watch this video....
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part 2 (.Tenderness.)
Few insights gained in the last twenty years are so securely established as the realization that what we do to children when they are small – good things and bad things – will later form part of their...
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quick hit: feminist readers: have you leveled-up?
Sorry y'all, but your parents should have thought about that before they had you. People of Color, People with Disabilities, LGBTQAI People, plenty of marginalized persons have movements behind them,...
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breastfeeding: not just ladybusiness
This piece is featured in Squat! Birth Journal‘s Spring Issue. I encourage an exploration and/or support of this lovely zine (available in paper or digital form); certainly a great gift for an...
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a blueprint for courage
ed. note – I receive no compensation in any form for links provided here or at my journal, kelly.hogaboom.org. We are only a few days away from moving from our two bedroom rental into a larger one. The...
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Film Feministe: Room With A View OF HELL!, Or How Sometimes I Just Want To...
Like all reviews in The Film Feministe, I strive to reveal a brief synopses of a film or television series as well as an analysis. Occasionally my reviews include plot spoilers. “Game of Thrones” (HBO,...
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quick hit: this is why i can’t have nice noir
Drive (2011). Spoilers. Thinking about picking up a case of Armor-All Yeah real quick? So I just watched the 2011 action crime thriller Drive. If you have any pop culture sensibility you probably know...
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the personal: how the fuck did i ever survive being a new mama?
This post is dedicated to my friend Kiara, a kick-ass mother. A few years ago my mother announced she had a complaint. When she came over to pick my two kids up for the odd playdate (a...
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unschooling for Haters, especially my favorite kind of Hater, the “skeptic”
a typical day for my kids Hi. I’m a radical unschooler named Kelly! Listen, I feel ambivalent about labels. On one hand they are helpful for the human mind to process; on the other, the human mind...
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putting children in their place
My children Phoenix & Nels – having a typical “school day” “I have used the words “home schooling” to describe the process by which children grow and learn in the world without going, or going...
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