Cheri Lucas Rowlands

@cherilucas

editor, . story wrangler, . junglist for life. she/her.

northern california
Joined April 2009

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    16 Oct 2020

    I've joined the party, and late as usual. (Thanks to and for being my first two subscribers and believing that I'll actually keep this up 😭)

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  2. 6 hours ago

    Raising a child, abelism, and the performance of happiness: what an essay. This is the long writing (almost 5000 words) we want all students to experience before college. Gorgeous work.

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  3. 7 hours ago

    "What I didn’t realize until having Fiona is that if a person is intellectually disabled, a parent’s feelings often become a barometer for their kid’s worth." New essay on , by : (Illustrator: )

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  4. Feb 25

    I wrote about our daughter's experience, the reality of pediatric brain cancer – 6 surgeries, infections, the ICU, seizures, chemotherapy, and her death. I spent weeks learning what we can do to save other kids. I'd be honored if you'd read & share.

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  5. We don't talk enough about how "integration" historically meant placing Black and Brown people in white supremacist environments. That's still what "diversity and inclusion" means today..

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  6. Feb 16

    A friend recently suggested I approach something I was resisting with curiosity rather than dread, and the more I think about it, the more I am convinced that this small shift may be the key to life.

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  7. Feb 23

    A massive immigration raid sent Edgar López from his Mississippi home to Guatemala. He was killed last month in a massacre near the U.S. border trying to get back home— to his wife, 3 children & 4 grandchildren.

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  8. Feb 24

    The project organizes volunteers to walk with people around Chinatown in Oakland so they feel safe when out and about in the neighborhood.

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  9. Feb 22

    I feel like someone should tell Daft Punk this is literally the worst time to hang up your masks.

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  10. Feb 20

    My heart breaks for the family of - a 30yo Filipino American who was killed by the police. His family called 9/11 for a mental health crisis & instead a police officer puts a knee on his neck that knocks him unconscious. He died 3 days later.

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  11. Feb 16

    A Black couple in Marin made $400k in renovations to their home and got an appraisal for only $100k more than what they paid. When they had a white friend pretend to be the homeowner a few weeks later it was appraised for $1.5m — $500k more than before

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  12. Feb 16

    "This one night, he says, there was a woman who complained about the price tag: $150 a head, $300 a table. And for what? For Black food? For collard greens? The collards, in particular, seemed to really get under this woman’s skin."

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  13. Feb 15

    "It does feel like we're all playing in a nuclear waste dump."

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  14. Feb 13

    The Native vote helped turn Arizona blue for a victory. In return, the government allows the sale of Native land for mining. Are you really surprised about today’s vote? This is the US government, always has been. Its design is conquest.

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  15. Feb 13

    An East Tampa man is gaining notoriety after he used his COVID-19 stimulus check to start a garden at his home. He’s trying to share his produce with the neighborhood and teach others about food independence.

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  16. Dancing into the weekend with 9-year-old Isaiah Jordan “Singin’ in the Rain"...

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  17. Feb 10

    so much of the pleasure of having a cat is getting to watch this creature make decisions that will always be at least partially inscrutable to you. it’s such a pleasure, inexhaustibly fascinating because cats can’t speak or explain. like why did you go over there

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  18. Feb 9
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  19. Feb 9

    And 's first essay, "Becoming Family," explores this journey of building a family from a different angle:

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  20. Feb 9

    "I felt like an interloper in the corporate world, snooping around with my mother, looking for sperm." Thrilled to publish an adapted chapter from 's new book on fertility, feminism, and queer family-making.

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  21. Feb 8

    European politicians appear to be making some sort of coronavirus vaccine beefcake pinup calendar

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