When I look at my job as their mom, I know that one of the most important things I can do is raise white men who will fight for a better world for everyone. It was a quiet March afternoon when my phone rang and the name of my kids’ school flashed across my screen. […]
Do not dismiss or diminish people’s fear. People are not overreacting, and it’s not your job to tell them to be positive. The physical and emotional well-being of our friends and families require that we show up. This means leveraging our privilege, should it come in the form of religion, class, gender, race, etc., to […]
Dear Dana is a bi-weekly advice column for humans who engage in romantic relationships. Please send your dilemmas, issues, conundrums, assumptions, conflicts, anxieties, worriments, obstacles, complications, predicaments, queries, questions, and any other synonyms for “problems” to deardana@rolereboot.org. Dear Dana, I’ve always liked the quote “Justice is what love looks like in public,” and I’m trying to […]
A chameleon can adapt, but no matter how they change themselves in order to survive, they remain a chameleon. It was the middle of my workday when I received a call from Hispanic Executive magazine. “We would like to do a feature story on you,” the caller said. “We have done our research and believe you […]
Steve Friess wrote an article in TIME asking black women not to push white gay men away, because they, too, know what it’s like to be ostracized and pushed down. Preston Mitchum says black women don’t need Friess’ kind of solidarity. Dear Steve: It’s me, Preston. A queer, black man writing to explain something critical to […]
