This week, Alex Andreou wrote about caring for his mother with Alzheimer’s for BuzzFeed Idea’s Carers Issue. Read that and others from The New Inquiry, Hazlitt, The New Yorker, and more.
"Caring for My Mother With Alzheimer’s Gave Me the Best Birthday I Ever Had" — BuzzFeed Ideas
Alex Andreou's mother has Alzheimer's disease, which has robbed her of many memories of her son. On his 44th birthday, Andreou chose to celebrate with his mother by helping her remember his childhood and their time together. He wrote about the experience in a moving essay for BuzzFeed Ideas' Carers Issue. Read the piece at BuzzFeed Ideas.
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"Summer Heat" — The New Inquiry
Mariame Kaba dreads summer. She explains why in a piece for The New Inquiry. Simply put, "It’s the season of hyper-surveillance and even more aggressive policing of young people of color in my neighborhood." In her essay, she touches on the recent McKinney pool party chaos, the Baltimore riots, and past police aggressions. Read it at The New Inquiry.
"What Do Muslim Women Need?" — Hazlitt
Growing up, Sarah Hagi rejected feminism because it didn't seem like something that included girls like her — black and Muslim. "Within mainstream feminism, the only time we seem to get attention is through the most extreme and rare stories ... honour killings, forced marriages, etc.," she writes in an essay for Hazlitt. "These things do happen, of course, but their pervasiveness in the discourse shows me we’ve been dehumanized; pawns in a political debate more than anything else." Read her piece at Hazlitt.
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"How an Atheist Answered Her Daughter’s Question About God" — BuzzFeed Ideas
When you're an atheist, talking about God with your kid can be tricky. Prompted by her 9-year-old daughter's questions about God, Kate Cohen wrote about this conundrum, her own views on religion, and parenting. "The few books that offer advice to atheist parents counsel us not to be definitive. They tell us to let children decide for themselves what they do or do not believe," she writes. Read it at BuzzFeed Ideas.
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