Author Archives: Tami

About Tami

Tami Winfrey Harris writes about race, feminism, politics and pop culture at the blog What Tami Said. Her work has also appeared online at The Guardian’s Comment is Free, Ms. Magazine blog, Newsweek, Change.org, Huffington Post and Racialicious. She is a graduate of the Iowa State University Greenlee School of Journalism. She is mom to two awesome stepkids and spends her spare time researching her family history and cultivating a righteous 'fro.

Teaching a child to refer to her genitalia as “the C word”

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Tami

written by Love Isn’t Enough contributor Renee; originally published at Womanist Musings Every parent eventually has to make a decision regarding what to teach their children about their genitalia. Some people simply cannot bear to give their children the correct … Continue reading →

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To you and yours…

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Tami

May the waning days of 2011 be joyous. See you in 2012! Tweet

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Yes, Tintin is crazy racist and anti-Semitic. No my kids won’t see it.

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Tami

written by Love Isn’t Enough contributor Liz Dwyer; originally published at Los Angelista Back in the late 1970s when I was a kid roaming the stacks at my local public library, I wandered across a set of adventure books with … Continue reading →

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Yes, there are black people in your Hunger Games: The strange case of Rue and Cinna

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Tami

By Guest Contributor Roxie Moxie, originally published at Nerdgasm Noire Network Last week the Hunger Games character posters were revealed to fans. There were the usual complaints of actors not meeting book loyalist expectations. However, among the usual complaints of “She … Continue reading →

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“Why’d you give that n***** your eraser?”: When your 10-year-old is called racial slurs at school

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Tami

written by Love Isn’t Enough contributor Liz Dwyer; originally published at Los Angelista “Why’d you give that n***** your eraser?” I send my two sons to school to learn, not so that they can be called racial slurs. But on … Continue reading →

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Boys, social control and school dress codes

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Tami

Written by Gwen Sharp; originally published at Sociological Images Tara C. sent us a link to a story about a 4-year-old boy who has been given in-school suspension (and was threatened with expulsion) for having hair that breaks the dress code … Continue reading →

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The love of a single mother is enough

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Tami

written by Love Isn’t Enough contributor Renee; originally published at Womanist Musings I recently came across a piece about single motherhood on Clutch magazine that I thought would lead to an interesting conversation. Nobody wants to grow up without a … Continue reading →

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The (bluest) eyes have it

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Tami

[Note: Forgive your tired, over-burdened editors. Okay, actually one editor--me--for re-posting the article about #blackparentquotes, which had already appeared here back in September. You can still participate in discussion on that thread. Here is a replacement post.] written by Love … Continue reading →

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Re: Can I touch it? The fascination with natural, African American hair

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Tami

written by Love Isn’t Enough guest contributor Relando Thompkins, MSW “Your hair is so neat. Can I touch it?” When I walked into work this morning, one of the students I worked with showed me an interesting article titled “Can … Continue reading →

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Quoted: Tough titty–on feminist mothering and the breast feeding doll

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Tami

The Crunk Feminist Collective has a thoughtful post up about breast feeding and feminism. The piece also touches on the messages we send young girls about mothering. Dolls and doll-play have been a long-standing point of entry into discussions about … Continue reading →

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America the Beautiful

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Tami

Who benefits when young girls and women feel ugly? Tweet

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Sex education and my son

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Tami

written by LIE contributor Renee; originally published at Womanist Musings I came across an article in Madame Noire that neatly dovetailed around a conversation I recently had with a friend. The article concerns parents who have decided to allow their … Continue reading →

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Why I know for sure our healthcare system is f*&^%d up

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Tami

written by Love Isn’t Enough contributor Liz Dwyer; originally published at Los Angelista I grew up down the street from a boy whose mom rushed him to the doctor if he had even the slightest runny nose. I am not … Continue reading →

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What we believe: Love isn’t enough

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Tami

We are thrilled to have acquired many new readers over the past year. To acclimate new folks to the LIE community, we thought it would be helpful to re-publish a few posts that communicate this blog’s core values. The following … Continue reading →

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What we believe: Race is still an issue

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Tami

We are thrilled to have acquired many new readers over the past year. To acclimate new folks to the LIE community, we thought it would be helpful to re-publish a few posts that communicate this blog’s core values. The following … Continue reading →

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What we believe: Respect this house

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Tami

We are thrilled to have acquired many new readers over the past year. To acclimate new folks to the LIE community, we thought it would be helpful to re-publish a few posts that communicate this blog’s core values. The following … Continue reading →

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July 7: What Tami Said and Shakesville host My Planned Parenthood blog carnival

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Tami

Originally published at What Tami Said We are at war. American women are fighting to retain the right to govern our bodies, to own our sexuality and to have access to good and affordable reproductive health care. It is no … Continue reading →

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Forcing boys to perform masculinity

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Tami

written by Love Isn’t Enough guest contributor Renee; originally published on Womanist Musings I love to paint my nails. Right now they are an awesome lime green. Every time I pull out my nail polish, Mayhem stares at my hands … Continue reading →

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Putting the white in multiculturalism

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Tami

written by Love Isn’t Enough co-editor Tami; originally published at What Tami Said In her latest Salon column, Joan Walsh takes on the recent study that reportedly shows white Americans believe that anti-white bias is on the rise and that it … Continue reading →

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“Rio” a carnival on race

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Tami

written by guest contributor Renee; originally published at Womanist Musings So yesterday, the family and I decided to watch the movie Rio. Rio is the story of a blue macaw from Minnesota, who travels to Rio with his owner, when … Continue reading →

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