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Anything But Dark Skin: The Rise in Black Women Disassociating Themselves from Afrocentrism
Pinterest frequently tailors its feeds to users’ interest: a sneaker lover’s Pinterest feed might be full of shoes; an aspiring home...
jonetta rose barras
Sep 12, 20213 min read
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The Strong Black Woman: A Dangerous Myth
THE STRONG BLACK WOMAN: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women By Marita Golden (Mango Publishing 2021)...
jonetta rose barras
Aug 17, 20216 min read
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Fueling Insecurity in Teen Girls--The Tik Tok Way
“I'm so sick of myself I'd rather be, rather be Anyone, anyone else But jealousy, jealousy (yeah) All your friends are so cool, you go...
jonetta rose barras
Aug 11, 20213 min read
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“She has terrible tastes in men.”
The phrase above is often said about women who “just have bad luck with men” romantically speaking. One romantic failure might be “bad...
jonetta rose barras
Jul 10, 20212 min read
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LOSING AND FINDING MYSELF, AGAIN
SHE made me do it. I certainly didn’t plan to reopen a wound I had worked assiduously for more than a decade to heal. Further, while a...
jonetta rose barras
May 16, 20219 min read
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MANY MANY MEN
BECAUSE I am authoring this essay, you might be thinking that my dad’s absence brought me to a higher point in life, made me independent,...
jonetta rose barras
May 9, 20215 min read
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Single Dads, Not Just Moms, Need Help Too
ARE fathers an undeserved population? Do single mothers get more support than single fathers? After seeing the effects of children...
jonetta rose barras
May 9, 20213 min read
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Just Don’t Bother!
I don't know who you are, or where you are, I really don't know why it would even matter. I'm your 9-year-old daughter and you are my dad...
jonetta rose barras
Apr 8, 20211 min read
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Forgiving Fair-Weathered Fatherhood
Sometimes, a person can say everything without a word. Other times, silence just isn't enough. On October 18, 2014, I saw my father for...
jonetta rose barras
Apr 7, 20215 min read
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WOMEN ARE POETRY IN MOTION
Award-winning author, poet and playwright Joy Jones conducted a very successful workshop for adult women , which is captured in this video.
jonetta rose barras
Mar 3, 20211 min read
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ESTHER PRODUCTIONS INC. ANNOUCNCES WINNERS OF ITS SECOND ANNUAL DISCOVERING ME…WITHOUT YOU
Cara Hadden, Marley McDonald, Amillyah Barnes-Wimberly were selected by a distinguished panel of judges* as First Place, Second Place and...
jonetta rose barras
Feb 25, 20212 min read
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Teen Fatherless Daughters Speak
Recently, the chairperson of Esther Productions Inc.'s board of directors, Ana Acevedo, interviewed two of the authors featured in the...
jonetta rose barras
Dec 13, 20201 min read
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How to build the father-daughter relationship
Earlier this year, I had the good fortune of speaking with Dr. Linda Nielsen, professor at Wake Forest University. She was one of the...
jonetta rose barras
Nov 5, 20201 min read
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Thankfully, My Father Wasn't There
It is a well-known fact that when procreation occurs twenty-three chromosomes come from a woman— the mother—and twenty-three chromosomes...
jonetta rose barras
Oct 28, 20204 min read
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Are Fatherless Homes What is Plaguing Younger Generations?
How empty must a child feel when there is no dad to look up to or idolize. No father to try to imitate in the yard or even be able to...
jonetta rose barras
Oct 28, 20201 min read
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An 'Undistancing' PandemicProposal for Fathers and Daughters
By Linda Nielsen The Covid-19 crisis presents a rare and much-needed opportunity to repair and strengthen father–daughter relationships....
jonetta rose barras
May 10, 20202 min read
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Reconnection vs Reconciliation
Decades ago, while in the throes of trying to discover who I was and managing an inexplicable anger, I received a telephone call from my...
jonetta rose barras
May 10, 20203 min read
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A birth, a family, and the burden some DC children are made to carry
“I think about the man who works across the street from my house, a lot. I wonder whether he ever feels guilty for only being there to...
jonetta rose barras
May 10, 20205 min read
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Daddy-Daughter Dances
By Jamie Kenney The day after my husband and daughter went to the Annual Sweetheart Dance, I met a friend for drinks. "I saw the pictures...
jonetta rose barras
Apr 2, 20201 min read
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Spotlight: Destiny I. Dicks
How Does It Feel Having A Father? I don't know. I never really have.
jonetta rose barras
Apr 1, 20203 min read
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