Word: motherism
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...definitely defies the stereotype that girls aren’t good at video games,” Doolin says. Growing up on Fort Peck Reserve in Poplar, Mont. Youpee-Roll was quickly exposed to the economic struggles of much of the Native American community in the United States. Her mother, Florence, describes the reserve as a “depressed, dysfunctional society where it is hard for kids to grow up and be successful at anything.” Despite growing up in this poor community—in a single-parent household, to boot—Youpee-Roll says...
...much fun,” Razon says. Chen, he describes, is the type of person who does her organic chemistry problem set “buzzed—with a deep purple Asian glow.” In the end Razon agrees Chen has more resemblance to Mother Theresa than a fun tsarina. “I make fun of her sometimes for having this terrible allergic reaction to peanuts,” Razon says. One time, he recalls, she was working for PBHA’s Summer Urban Program, and one program hadn’t received the lunch...
...mother called me last Wednesday afternoon to tell me about the shooting before I could hear it on the news and start to worry. The store where it happened is Omaha’s version of Saks, so it’s conceivable that anyone might have been there on an afternoon close to Christmas. I even had a high school friend who worked there—not so close that I had her phone number, but close enough that I was concerned. No one knew who had been there, who had been hurt, or who had died. A horrifying...
...definitely a struggle to try to find a balance between being a good mother and being able to accomplish what I needed to at school,” Woo said, her youthful appearance belying the difficulties of her life. She speaks energetically, flashing a dimpled smile...
...University in Arkansas. Instead, she switched gears, heading to Washington and the Department of Education; along the way she has worked on two of her Dad's gubernatorial campaigns, a local race in Oregon and President Bush's reelection campaign in Ohio. She inherited the organizational talents of her mother, Janet (who until recently worked for the Red Cross in Little Rock), and the passion for politics of her Dad, and no small amount of his famous charm. Asked about boyfriends, she fends off the question with a coy smile: "You're not going to put that in your story...