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The New Little Mermaid is Black
The latest story of fake outrage in America has to do with the new Little Mermaid movie that’s coming out in May of 2023. Ariel is played by Halle Bailey, not to be confused with Halle Berry. She’s a beautiful African-American singer who was just shown in the Coming Soon trailer for the movie.
By The Mouthy Renegade Writer4 years ago in Families
The Mustang Couple
I was six years old when my parents moved my family from our property close to Elk Creek Lake to Underwood, Indiana. Although I went to school in Henryville, the closest grocery store to us was either the JayC Store or Walmart in Scottsburg. Each and every time my mom loaded my siblings and me in the car to go to Walmart, she would choose to take the backroads from our house into Scottsburg. Before cellphones and iPads ruled the world, we would pass the time during the short ride by looking out the windows and observing the world around us. This is how I came to notice the Mustang Couple.
By Jessie McDonald4 years ago in Families
Tom Brady-Selfish, Egotistical, Self-Centered?
I honestly thought my opinion on this matter was an unarguable no-brainer — that Tom Brady, supposedly the Greatest (football player) Of All Time (GOAT in today’s vernacular), is selfish, egotistical, and self-centered to the point of allowing his needs to destroy his marriage and family.
By Joan Gershman4 years ago in Families
The Worn Spot on the Floor
The smell of summer morning was replaced by the sweet aroma of bacon frying when I opened my grandma’s door. She always made sure there was plenty of that salty delicacy on the kitchen table because my cousin and I loved to graze on it all morning while consuming glass upon glass of the sweet tea in the brown ceramic pitcher.
By Ginger Gillenwater4 years ago in Families
Clever Rabbit and Lion From India
In the distant jungles lived a dreaded and fearful lion. He used to hunt and kill many animals every day. There was a fear of lion in the whole forest. All the animals used to fear and hide from him. The life of the animals of the forest had become difficult. They were afraid to go out even for their food.
By Sukhdev Raj4 years ago in Families
Silence Grows
I have not spoken to my father since 2016, at least, not in the conversive sense. Words have passed between us in one sided conversations or quick reiterations that he will have nothing to do with me. Till 2018 I sent many emails and paintings to him, updates on my life, just as I had before I was banished. Of course, as my denial ended so did the emails.
By Laura Lann4 years ago in Families
Discovering Found Families
“But none of that really mattered. I had found my tribe. It felt like a family reunion for the family I'd never really known, a homecoming at the place where I was always meant to be but hadn't known how to find.” – David Levithan, Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story
By Jennifer M. Ward4 years ago in Families
The New American Dream For Women
There was a time when just about every little girl in America dreamed of her wedding day. She thought of a special day in the future, where she’d dress like a princess, invite all of her friends and family, and marry her Prince Charming. Then they would buy a house, have three or four children, and live happily ever after.
By The Mouthy Renegade Writer4 years ago in Families
Filling the void within
Watching and observing over my life the way others collect things or have a need to spend money on things, stuff, bargains that aren’t bargains if you don’t need them, the need to constantly own more stuff when there is already too much stuff, no space left vacant, has been a learning curve for me and also interesting, it has left me wondering.
By Donna Morgan 4 years ago in Families
