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		<title>857 words</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[During nap time yesterday, I was able to think about my story and plot and ended up with this word count. I just have to do this two more times, and I will have a working first draft. Yay! One thing about writing: you start out crafting a scene thinking it will go one way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wordstock Ten Short Fiction Competition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 22:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A story, a particular story and the people in it, have been haunting me for over ten years! I want to write a short version of it, a snapshot into the lives of my dear characters, and enter it into this competition. There will be ten finalists. The top submission gets the first prize of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Limp wrists? Crack &#8216;em</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 23:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the day after Spank Out Day, during which I read so many encouraging posts about positive, respectful parenting, I got to listen to a nice sermon clip (insert irony) from a North Carolina pastor encouraging his flock (and other Christians I assume) to physically assault their children if they suspect they are gay. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PDX vs. Philly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our family finally made the trip to Philadelphia to visit my side of the family. Despite #1 not taking naps half the time and having many moments of crankiness, we had fun. I spent a lot of time while working as a reporter for a community newspaper trudging up and down Germantown Avenue, a major [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are those your children???</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biracial children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always said how I&#8217;ve never been asked this question and didn&#8217;t think I ever would. But it finally happened. While visiting family in Philadelphia, a woman asked me if my children were mine. This seems to be a right of passage for parents with mixed-race children. We were leaving the hotel to go out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No respect for life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, most people have heard of Trayvon Martin the teenager who was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. If you haven&#8217;t, read the here and here. Initially, it seems police there were just going with his word that he shot in self-defense. However, after the release of the 911 recordings (where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-partum hair</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m coming up on ten months since #2 son arrived and, finally, my hair seems to be entering the recovery phase. When you&#8217;re pregnant, all of the extra hormones circulating in your body cause you to grow more hair and shed less. The result is a thick, luscious mane. The downside? About 3-4 months after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loving documentary premiers on HBO</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, I do not have HBO. *sobs* No, it will be ok. The movie will be on DVD before we know it. But for those of you that do have it, check it out. The Lovings were an interracial couple whose legal battle to live their lives as a married couple made it all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On colorblindness, part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first phase in the process of colorblindness is actually noticing that someone looks different. It&#8217;s not ignoring it. But recognizing someone&#8217;s color in this step doesn&#8217;t do anything because it can spur a negative emotion (such as with racists). It is also an identification in a general sense because it usually results in stereotyping. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blacks in Oregon history</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My latest article in Portland Family Magazine is about Black history. I highlight Oregon Northwest Black Pioneers, an organization whose goal is to preserve the historical contributions of Blacks in Oregon. Happy Black History Month!]]></description>
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