The Los Angeles Review of Books published my review of Linda Sarsour’s new memoir We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance, which you can read here and below.
Author: Stephanie Abraham
Our Beloved Tita
Our beloved Juana Clarisa Vera Birba has been called home. She is technically my “grandmother-in-law,” but from the moment I met her she’s been my abuelita, my Tita.
There are so many things I love about Tita. For example, her quirks – what she called “tiki-tikis.” She was unapologetic about them and turned them into ritual. Ours was the fact that she never learned my name. Every time I’d see her I’d ask: “Tita, como me llamo?”
“Ay, chica, esperate, no me digas,” she’d say, as if it were on the tip of her tongue. (more…)
New film Harriet is worth your time
Check out my interview on Rising Up with Sonali in which we talk about the new blockbuster film Harriet, which represents Harriet Tubman as the real-life superhero that she was, leading her people to freedom.
If You Haven’t Binge Watched Ramy Yet, What Are You Waiting For?
Just two weeks after the new series Ramy debuted, Hulu has just announced that it’s been renewed for another season. Because there are so many reasons to watch it, I talked about it on Rising Up with Sonali and wrote about it for Ms. Magazine. Check them both out below. I’d love to hear your thoughts about the show! (more…)
New Article on Communicating to Gen Z
Photo credit: Anibal Ortiz
It turns out I know a thing or two about my day job! Or at least the Public Relations Society of America thinks so, given they published my article on communicating to Gen Z! Check it out here: Social Strategy: Telling Stories That Matter for an Increasingly Influential Generation.
Join us at the LA Times Festival of Books!
I’m thrilled to be speaking at the LA Times Festival of Books! The panel, entitled “Feminisms in Motion: Intersectional Voices for Social Change,” will take place Saturday, April 13, from noon–1 p.m., at USC. Attendance will require a ticket, which you can get the day of on-site for free, or as of April 7 for $1 online. The festival is an amazing gathering of book writers and book lovers.
Here are more details about the panel and the whole weekend event schedule.
And a glimpse of our panel:
I hope you can join us!
Feminisms in Motion at Cal Poly Pomona
Join us this Thursday for a performance by Amitis Motevalli and a reading by Jessica Hoffmann, Mia Mingus and me! Books will be on sale for $20. The gallery space on campus is beautiful and the show that’s up right now–Somewhere in Between–is incredibly moving. See you there!
Join us at Cal State LA for Feminisms in Motion
Join Daria, Jess and me for a discussion about LOUDmouth, make/shift and Feminisms in Motion. Tuesday, March 5, from 6–7 p.m at Cal State LA in the University-Student Union Los Angeles rooms.
Join Us At Cal Poly Pomona
Join us this Thurs. 1/31, from 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. at the Kellogg University Gallery at Cal Poly Pomona for Somewhere in Between, a poetry, prose and performance event. I’ll be reading an essay about growing up Arab American. See you there!
Cheat Sheet for Nov. 6 Ballot
Based on numerous requests from friends, I’m sharing my endorsements for the (tremendously long and difficult to understand) Nov. 6 election here, see below. Next election, a very wise union organizer friend and I will give you a summary of our thinking but I have too much on my plate to do so now, which is why this is a “cheat sheet” not a thorough endorsement with explanations.
Stephanie Abraham 