An important post detailing what white women should say in response to Beyonce's expressions of black pride


What I want you to know about being a step-mother
What I Want You to Know  is a series   of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this seri...

What I want you to know about homeschooling
What I Want You to Know  is a series   of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this seri...

What I want you to know about healthy love versus unhealthy love
What I Want You to Know  is a series   of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this seri...

Antaeus Theatre Company presents Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9 on March 10 - April 24
Sex and gender. Race and power. Politics and family. Plus Queen Victoria!  Antaeus Theatre Company  presents  Caryl Churchill ’s outrageous, hilarious and bitingly satirical  Cloud 9   in a fully partner-cast production.  Casey Stangl  directs for a  March ...

What I want you to know about living with adult ADD
What I Want You to Know  is a series   of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this seri...

That's what SHE said: Super Bowl Prep for theatre folks, NOT saving for your kid's college, to love and lose a foster child, Trayvon Martin should have turned 21 this week, how to be the happy mom, best TED talks of 2015 and more...
SUPER BOWL PREP! FOOTBALL TERMS EXPLAINED FOR THEATRE PEOPLE | playbill.com For those of us who could use a glossary that actually makes sense this Sunday... "Sudden Death: We call this: Callbacks (and I think we take it more serious than football players d...

Winter: the season of phlegm and darkness
This post is sponsored by ZicamTotal Immune Warning: California resident about to whine about winter.  Temper resentment accordingly. I hate winter. I HATE IT. I’ve never liked it.  I spent most of my childhood in Central Florida, where the winter was a tim...

The Humans opening on Broadway February 18
via nytimes.com The best-reviewed play of the year is coming to Broadway.  Already considered a new American classic,  The Humans   keenly observes, with humor and compassion, our modern age of anxiety. The angst, anguish and amity of the American middle cl...

What I want you to know about the difference between a special need and a disability
What I Want You to Know  is a series   of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this seri...