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Annette in Africa

Annette in Africa

The Future can be Female, but I’m a Woman

Lately the use of the word female has been triggering me. For instance, when it’s used in the title of an article, as the lead in to a…

Feb 19, 2018

The Future can be Female, but I’m a Woman

Feb 19, 2018

Annette in Africa

When running

The other day, on my first run from my new place, I was greeting a group of children as they pushed a janky little wheelbarrow across my…

Jul 20, 2017

Jul 20, 2017

Annette in Africa

The intersex baby who wasn’t:

A contemplation of sex in Uganda

Mar 19, 2017

The intersex baby who wasn’t:

Mar 19, 2017

Annette in Africa

The time I accidentally on purpose lost my groceries

An unintended good deed

Mar 7, 2017

The time I accidentally on purpose lost my groceries

Mar 7, 2017

Annette in Africa

You are not America. America is US.

The beautiful thing about the US is that it’s a rainbow. People of different races, national origins, gender, sexual orientation, belief…

Feb 24, 2017

Feb 24, 2017

Annette in Africa

Resistance Recess — Love Letter

Thank you, women and men who have decided that this is not okay, and that the stakes are too high to stand silently by.

Feb 20, 2017

Feb 20, 2017

Annette in Africa

Kucha: A Meditation

In which personal heartache proves useful in distracting from political pain for a short while

Feb 10, 2017

Kucha: A Meditation

Feb 10, 2017

Annette in Africa

An attempt to explain white privilege

The first step to promoting dialogue is to make sure we’re speaking the same language. You don’t seem to understand the definition of white…

Jan 25, 2017

Jan 25, 2017

Annette in Africa

New Year’s Resolutions

It’s been awhile; let’s just say I haven’t been in the mood to write much, as I’ve been despairing since, oh, November 9th or so…

Jan 15, 2017

New Year’s Resolutions

Jan 15, 2017

Annette in Africa

Common ground for city folk and country cousins

This article reminds me of campaigning for Obama in rural Iowa. A losing battle I wasn’t fully prepared for and didn’t really understand at…

Oct 26, 2016

Oct 26, 2016

Annette in Africa

Annette in Africa

Int’l development. Women’s & girls’ empowerment. The content of this site is mine & doesn’t reflect the views of any other entity or org. Kweening wherever I go

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