Revolutionary mothering: love on the front lines

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 5
Half Title......Page 7
Praise for Revolutionary Mothering......Page 8
Copyright......Page 9
Dedication......Page 10
Contents......Page 12
Preface—Loretta J. Ross......Page 14
Introduction—Mai’a Williams......Page 20
Organization of This Book: Roots and Branches......Page 22
I. Intergenerational Introduction: Foremothers for Mothering......Page 26
Introduction—Alexis Pauline Gumbs......Page 28
The Creative Spirit: Children’s Literature—June Jordan......Page 30
m/other ourselves: a Black queer feminist genealogy for radical mothering—Alexis Pauline Gumbs......Page 38
Motherhood, Media, and Building a 21st-Century Movement—Malkia A. Cyril......Page 51
On My Childhood, El Centro del Raza, and Remembering—Esteli Juarez......Page 55
II. From the Shorelines to the Front Lines......Page 58
Introduction—Mai’a Williams......Page 60
a conversation with my six-year-old about revolution—Cynthia Dewi Oka......Page 62
A Los Angeles Quartet: Daily Survival, Body Memory, First-world Single Mama, Identity and Mothering—Fabiola Sandoval......Page 63
Mothering as Revolutionary Praxis—Cynthia Dewi Oka......Page 70
Super Babies—Sumayyah Talibah......Page 77
Doing It All . . . and Then Again with Child—Victoria Law......Page 79
population studies—Cynthia Dewi Oka......Page 88
She Is a Radical—Tara Villalba and Lola Mondragón......Page 93
My Son Runs in Riots—Christy NaMee Eriksen......Page 98
III. The Bottom Line......Page 100
Introduction—China Martens......Page 102
Single Mama Moments—Christy NaMee Eriksen......Page 104
Why Don’t You Love Her?—Norma Angelica Marrun......Page 106
Mothering—Vivian Chin......Page 109
Brave Hearts—Rachel Broadwater......Page 115
Scarcity and Abundance—Autumn Brown......Page 123
The Clothesline—Layne Russell......Page 128
This Is What Radical Mamihood Looks Like—Noemi Martinez......Page 129
IV. Out (of) Line......Page 132
Introduction—Alexis Pauline Gumbs......Page 134
Forget Hallmark: Why Mother’s Day Is a Queer Black Left Feminist Thing—Alexis Pauline Gumbs......Page 136
Three Thousand Words—Katie Kaput......Page 141
my first poem as a radical mother—alba onofrio......Page 149
Beacon, Bridge, and Boulevards—Gabriela Sandoval......Page 152
In this Pure Light—Cheryl Boyce Taylor......Page 157
Queering Family—Ariel Gore......Page 161
V. Two Pink Lines......Page 164
Introduction—Mai’a Williams......Page 166
Step on a Crack: Parenting with Chronic Pain—Claire Barrera......Page 169
Birthing a New Feminism—Lisa Factora-Borchers......Page 174
Choice—Esteli Juarez......Page 179
The Darkness—Fabielle Georges......Page 182
Birthing My Goddess—H. Bindy K. Kang......Page 185
Night Terrors, Love, Brokenness, Race, Home & the Perils of the Adoption Industry: A Journey in Radical Family Creation—Terri Nilliasca......Page 197
From the Four Directions: The Dreaming, Birthing, Healing Mother on Fire—Irene Lara......Page 204
What Does the Daughter of a Chicana-Lesbian Teenage Mom Know About Having Babies?—Panquetzani......Page 209
VI. Between the Lines......Page 212
Introduction—China Martens......Page 214
Collective Poem on Mothering—Mamas of Color Rising (Austin, Tejas)......Page 216
Telling Our Truths to Live: A Manifesta—tk karakashian tunchez......Page 218
Love Balm for My SpiritChild—Arielle Julia Brown......Page 223
“You Look Too Young to Be a Mom” Excerpts from Girl-Mom, a Play Created from Posts to GirlMom.com 2001–2003—Lindsey Campbell......Page 233
Letter to Aymara—Micaela Cadena......Page 239
My Birthday Present—Karen Su......Page 244
Editor Bios......Page 253
Contributor Bios......Page 256
Acknowledgments......Page 268