{Tribute to Kindness on a Historic Day}

 On the day Joe Biden and Kamala Harris became President- and Vice President-elect of the United States, we pay a tribute to kindness....

Poet Tracy K. Smith Pays Tribute to Kamala Harris in Vogue:

When the news reached me in August that Senator Kamala Harris had been selected as Joe Biden’s running mate, it struck me that the Democratic Party was ready to listen—and to learn. Harris’s courage, brilliance, energy, and her decades of experience have long qualified her to help lead America forward out of our current national moment. And her perspective as a woman of color is critical to doing the work of helping all of us heal from the strife of racism and racial division. Knowing that Harris’s voice will be central to this dialogue makes me believe that our American union can be strengthened and deepened. [Read full article]

"Why a President Biden Will Make Parenting So Much Easier"

[by Taylor Antrim in Vogue, November 5, 2020]

“Joe Biden never lies! He’s very nice!”

 My son, William, 6, started saying this a few weeks ago, a bit mysteriously. He wasn’t parroting me or his mom. We’re solidly blue parents in blue-bubble Brooklyn, but we haven’t been talking about the election at the dinner table with him or his sister, Vivian, 8. This is probably a civic failing of ours, but I’m sorry, it’s just too stressful. How do you explain the Trump presidency to young kids? As a resiliently popular exercise in criminality and power? How would we explain four more years of it? [Read full article]

and another parent speaks..."An Emotional Van Jones Spoke for America When Joe Biden Was Declared President"

“Well, it’s easier to be a parent this morning. It’s easier to be a dad. It’s easier to tell your kids that character matters.” [Read full article]

Vice President Auntie

{Greta the Good}

It began when Greta Thunberg wrote an essay on climate change in May 2018 that was published in a Swedish newspaper...read about her brave adventure since then, including, at the age of 16, addressing the United Nations Climate Action Summit...and how she handled being criticized by narrow-minded adults, even the president of the United States...then became Time magazine's 2019 "Person of the Year."

And now Hulu is presenting a documentary about Greta!

Read what Vanity Fair said about its perfect timing....and why Vogue said "why we can't wait for the Greta Thunberg Hulu documentary".... Thank you, Greta!!

{Steph Curry Speaks for His Girls}

On Women's Equality Day last month, Steph Curry, a champion on the basketball court, was also a champion of women's rights. The father of two girls, Curry wrote an essay "This Is Personal" for The Players' Tribune. Vogue's Michelle Ruiz comments in "Steph Curry's Essay on the Gender Gap and Women's Equality Is Gold."

{Celebrating America...}

"Celebrating America When You're Feeling Less Than Patriotic" 

[Bridget Read, Vogue, July 4, 2018}

Listen to people who are brave and kindhearted...

{pictured here: U.S. Representative John Lewis at the U.S. Capital}

show your love...xoxo

{First Girl President!}

I was visiting family in Alabama last November; I arrived a few days before the election (I had voted early in North Carolina) and my four great-nieces were so excited about the first woman president! Just turned 18, Ella was thrilled to be voting for the first time—and what a landmark time to vote. Six-year-old Ina showed me all the things she had written in her school notebook like: "Hillary! Our First Girl President!" drawn inside a big, pink pendant! 

When we all awoke that Wednesday morning to the heartbreaking news, I told Ina that Hillary didn't win, so "YOU may be the first girl president!"

I thought of that today when I read in Vogue, "In the Aftermath of Hillary Clinton's Loss, More Women Want to Run For Office Than Ever Before"—so maybe little Ina will not be first, but the 3rd or 4th woman president! (She won't mind!)

Senator Kamala Harris of California 

{Women Rule!}

Women in the World recently featured "Anna Wintour discusses women, politics, and a year of firsts for Vogue"...highlighting the Vogue editor's recent interview in the Wall Street Journal and Vogue's March 2017 "Women Rule!" cover. (All part of the magazine's 125th anniversary fete.)

Pop Sugar celebrates the cover celebrating "beauty in all forms" with: "Vogue's March Cover Is a Powerful Push in the Right Direction." And Fashionista adds: "Vogue Taps a Bevy of Diverse Supermodels for Its March Cover" ...quoting one of the models: "With all that's going on in the world, this covers makes such an important statement."