tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post4193789465193986850..comments2024-03-26T16:48:47.411-07:00Comments on Stories are Good Medicine: To (Feminist) Mama, With LoveSayantanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-67678827449286877322011-05-06T08:08:42.272-07:002011-05-06T08:08:42.272-07:00rah rah for feminist mamas! love reading your sto...rah rah for feminist mamas! love reading your story and your loving words.Amanda--Superhero Milk Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526449613469489618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-23510118950892985612011-05-06T05:40:14.296-07:002011-05-06T05:40:14.296-07:00Thank you all for your lovely words!
@Kari - I c...Thank you all for your lovely words! <br /><br />@Kari - I could have just as easily written this tribute to your mom -- who was another mother to me growing up. One of the most wonderful, brilliant, kind, funny generous women I have ever met (oh, er, kind of like her daughter!)Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-42914449948841682212011-05-06T02:56:59.459-07:002011-05-06T02:56:59.459-07:00What a powerful tribute to your amazing mom. Love ...What a powerful tribute to your amazing mom. Love these lines: "My mother has shown me consistently, in word and action, that parenting and politics are not separate ways of being, but must coexist. That raising socially aware, passionate, and just children is a critical feminist act."Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00408130995328170093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-80391954816811031752011-05-05T17:30:34.475-07:002011-05-05T17:30:34.475-07:00LOVE this. Love your ma, too. When I was little, I...LOVE this. Love your ma, too. When I was little, I thought she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen.Karen S. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116824802269613088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-5225988938653322842011-05-05T13:47:08.503-07:002011-05-05T13:47:08.503-07:00She is such an amazing woman and I was genuinely b...She is such an amazing woman and I was genuinely blessed to have her teach the Clinic I was in at NYU law school. I loved when you said, "With her gracious smile and lyrical voice, I'm sure she read those colleagues the riot act." I can just imagine that and I felt those descriptions were so spot on! Lucky you for having such a wonderful mother who guided you into being a conscious woman as well!<br /><br />Danielle MurphyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-44802608728466080522011-05-05T12:50:31.200-07:002011-05-05T12:50:31.200-07:00It was such a beautiful description of one of the ...It was such a beautiful description of one of the best Professor who has ever taught me in my life. So proud being her only non-American, Indian MALE student in her Anti Domestic Violence Clinic in NYU law school. May god always bless your entire family.<br />Atul AhlawatAtulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082673881268854570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-44595822877801635452011-05-05T11:20:15.943-07:002011-05-05T11:20:15.943-07:00Thanks everyone for visiting @christi - there was ...Thanks everyone for visiting @christi - there was a strange moment around 1992 my mother and I kept getting photographed as a feminist mother-daughter team: first for Ms., then for the book "The Family of Women" by photographer Carolyn Jones. My mother and I also collaborate alot - we co-wrote a book of Bengali folktales, a lot of essays, and now are writing academic articles about transnational surrogacy (wombs for rent) in India - and are thinking about editing a book soon. Pretty fantastic when mom is a great friend and colleague too! :)Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-47312779261152136762011-05-05T10:13:40.286-07:002011-05-05T10:13:40.286-07:00A lovely tribute! And, the picture is beautiful as...A lovely tribute! And, the picture is beautiful as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-22963760420771914752011-05-05T07:42:36.764-07:002011-05-05T07:42:36.764-07:00What a beautiful post--plus I got to meet your awe...What a beautiful post--plus I got to meet your awesome mom! Yay!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-9553176497086546882011-05-05T07:10:54.758-07:002011-05-05T07:10:54.758-07:00Thanks for the great post -- your mother sounds li...Thanks for the great post -- your mother sounds like an extraordinary person. Cheers!Rachel Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888199803208394249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-43927873117580126912011-05-05T06:30:23.900-07:002011-05-05T06:30:23.900-07:00What an amazing tribute to your mother! I think y...What an amazing tribute to your mother! I think you should add "fantastic" to your list of F-words describing her. I love the declaration that social justice and parenting need to co-exist. Great post! MMFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-15493751547867219812011-05-04T18:05:51.128-07:002011-05-04T18:05:51.128-07:00@Debra Amazing how many adult women know are daugh...@Debra Amazing how many adult women know are daughters of 1970's feminist movements... <br />Thanks everyone for your RTs and love - yup, love my mama too and love @Olugbemisola giving me the inspiration to do this post for a great great cause!Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-24162545797978419972011-05-04T16:34:28.848-07:002011-05-04T16:34:28.848-07:00Wow. Your mama sounds amazing. What a dynamic duo ...Wow. Your mama sounds amazing. What a dynamic duo you two make!Anjalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942336985162828835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-20457882485327891112011-05-04T15:20:50.892-07:002011-05-04T15:20:50.892-07:00I love this post! I also wrote about my feminist m...I love this post! I also wrote about my feminist mother on my blog. She was the typical "Betty Friedan - suburban housewife comes of age" feminist that you allude to in your post. She embraced that movement and also went on to found something important to women, the first teen pregnancy clinic in our city. I loved reading about your story because, though we come from different backgrounds, we have the same story.Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12292265148508096581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-83645721745773539912011-05-04T14:13:54.857-07:002011-05-04T14:13:54.857-07:00LOVE your beautiful words of praise and wisdom!
...LOVE your beautiful words of praise and wisdom! <br /><br />JenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-57883273898049812222011-05-04T13:49:18.295-07:002011-05-04T13:49:18.295-07:00What a beautiful, inspiring entry! Thanks so much ...What a beautiful, inspiring entry! Thanks so much for sharing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-11116709576216727472011-05-04T12:49:17.149-07:002011-05-04T12:49:17.149-07:00Beautifully written, experienced, shared. Thank yo...Beautifully written, experienced, shared. Thank you! I wish I could have you over for more stories! with love...Brynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532335722560588063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-3236496797757644892011-05-04T12:34:33.112-07:002011-05-04T12:34:33.112-07:00Thx all for the lovely comments - hard not gush ab...Thx all for the lovely comments - hard not gush about your mama, I guess! :)Sayantanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408914738803274489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-61493475736618885032011-05-04T12:26:35.106-07:002011-05-04T12:26:35.106-07:00She seems like a truly inspirational woman and she...She seems like a truly inspirational woman and she definitely has taught you well. <br /><br />Stopping in from SheWritesDafeenahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078199274088729529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-19179779088363984322011-05-04T10:26:05.511-07:002011-05-04T10:26:05.511-07:00i just love this post.
"She's also taug...i just love this post.<br /><br /> "She's also taught me that social justice politics are not simplistic, as neither are our personal identities. All are complex and fluid and sometimes, even seemingly contradictory." <br /><br />your mom is a great teacher!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-78564561856036920332011-05-04T09:39:35.643-07:002011-05-04T09:39:35.643-07:00What a nice feminist family! Congratulations!What a nice feminist family! Congratulations!Murielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669453005443249990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308496865542922193.post-40081836128166502582011-05-04T08:33:49.846-07:002011-05-04T08:33:49.846-07:00Bravo! Bravo! You have sure done your mama proud.Bravo! Bravo! You have sure done your mama proud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com