A Mother’s Wild, Extravagant Love

A Mother’s Wild, Extravagant Love

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How Alan Cumming Escaped His Father and Became Himself

The actor Alan Cumming is not the man his father wanted him to be. Growing up, Cumming says, his father had specific ideas about how he should look and what he should do with his life, ideas he enforced with abusive violence. However, Cumming tried to stay true to himself: As a t ...  Show more

I’m Black, Even if You Don’t See it

For most of her life, Kelly McWilliams has felt as though people aren’t seeing her clearly. Kelly is biracial, and she was raised to be proud of her identity: she grew up surrounded by African American culture and literature. But when she walks into a room, a lot of people percei ...  Show more

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