all we do is pin

When biracial Buzzfeeder Rachel W. Miller decided to live by the “Most Popular Pins” page for a week, this was her experience:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelwmiller/all-we-do-is-pin

It’s interesting how not only does she find the ability to comment on the way it makes women overall feel somewhat incompetent, but as a biracial (although lighter, and straighter-haired) working woman, she notices that it’s really catering towards people who are home at a certain time of day, the makeup tips don’t all work (follow HypheNation on Pinterest, we’re building a Pin Board to fix that!) for her, the hair tips sort of work ridiculously, and, well, just click the link!

Published by SwirlGirl

German Jewish mom + Black Catholic dad = skilled navigation in discussions about racial, economic, class, educational, gender privilege. Biracial advocate, interracial family adviser, general race conversationalist. I blog, I speak publicly, and I run classes for interracial families on socio-racial identity development (or, how to make sure your kids are secure in themselves without sacrificing your own identity).

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