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    We Can Do So Much Better Than Spread Handmaid’s Tale Memes

    by Jacqueline Jannotta May 24, 2022
    Hanmaid's Tale protesters, shrouded, on left; Strong, forward-looking woman on right

    To all those who care about women’s rights, I have a favor to ask: Please stop spreading The Handmaid’s Tale memes. You know, those ones where women are dressed up in burgundy frocks and white bonnets that hide their faces? Although I admire Margaret Atwood’s brilliant novel, the last thing we need in the world are more images of women who are oppressed.

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  • IdentitiesPerspective

    The Melee of Motherhood

    by Jacqueline Jannotta August 25, 2021
    August 25, 2021

    I’m not a fan of using militaristic terms and even try to avoid using gun terminology that’s woven into idioms. But ironically, it’s motherhood—or at least the push to become…

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  • EmpowermentIdentities

    Talkin’ ‘Bout Their Generation

    by Jacqueline Jannotta July 14, 2021
    July 14, 2021

    “Liam got his period,” my middle-school-aged daughter casually mentioned. That was about five years ago, and it was the first time my brain circuitry fritzed around gender expression. When I…

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    Don’t Box Us In

    by Jacqueline Jannotta June 14, 2021
    June 14, 2021

    Overheard at the doctor’s office recently: “Do you identify as Caucasian or non-Caucasian?” A secretary was screening a patient over the phone with what’s become a common question—one I hadn’t…

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    Becoming People Who Embrace Race

    by Jacqueline Jannotta June 14, 2021
    June 14, 2021

    In my recent post (Don’t Box Us In), I explored a subtle way our society perpetuates a sense of racial division, which had me wondering how we might accelerate systemic…

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    Love Makes All Things Better

    by Jacqueline Jannotta February 13, 2021
    February 13, 2021

    Picture the type of person you think represents society’s worst enemy today. Is it a Wall Street hedge fund manager? Proud Boy Q-Anon follower? Third-world refugee? A communist? Then fast-forward…

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  • IdentitiesStories

    The Illusion of Progress

    by Jacqueline Jannotta June 11, 2020
    June 11, 2020

    Do you ever have dreams so visceral that it takes a while to get grounded in reality once you wake up? When I was about 13 years old, one particular…

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    Planting Ourselves Beyond the Comfort Zone

    by Jacqueline Jannotta October 9, 2019
    October 9, 2019

    Growing up far from my big fat Italian roots in Chicago, the only cultural underpinnings that piggybacked into my adulthood were a determination to learn the language, a magnetic draw…

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