A Canadian queer-friendly feminist who made a baby in Italy and blogs about it at www.mapleleafmamma.com. Follow me on Twitter !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Subscribe to Made in Italy by Email var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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A taste of what’s to come in my new series <a href="http://www.mapleleafmamma.com/2013/12/mother-art-monday-the-madonna-del-latte-by-ambrogio-lorenzetti/" target="_blank">“Mother Art Mondays”</a> over at Maple Leaf Mamma.</p>https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/71311577172https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/71311577172Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:32:35 +0100breastfeedingcontemporary artmother art<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c52c6e46a6ec556d3ab76d597b46416f/tumblr_mxdmyzEtkd1qb1605o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.mapleleafmamma.com/2013/12/nelson-mandela-and-my-dad-human-rights-warriors/" target="_blank">“Nelson Mandela and my dad: human rights warriors”</a></p>https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/69157032870https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/69157032870Fri, 06 Dec 2013 09:44:59 +0100Nelson Mandelahuman rightsWalter Tarnopolsky“It’s easy to write a pro- and con- list about Italy. And the con- list seems to be a lot...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/67653123541https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/67653123541Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:26:50 +0100Italydolce vitaexpat life“It’s sad, really. When our society treats anything associated with femininity like a deadly...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/66311449519https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/66311449519Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:09:57 +0100boysgenderheteronormativityhomophobiafemininity“[P]laying the desirability of black female bodies as a “wink-wink” joke is a way of lifting...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/62182840289https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/62182840289Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:28:00 +0200racismmiley cyrus“Because conception is something that women and girls do to themselves, presumably by...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/59804164953https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/59804164953Fri, 30 Aug 2013 23:31:50 +0200feminismmotherhood“The purpose of a writer is to make revolution irresistible.” - Toni Cade Bambara (via...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/56085026923https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/56085026923Sun, 21 Jul 2013 23:42:42 +0200“Jews went into Auschwitz and came out as Jews. Africans went into the ships and came out as...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/54946020415https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/54946020415Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:01:43 +0200racism It’s common to refer to prostitutes as women working on a street corner. Perhaps this is because...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/52125846311https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/52125846311Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:22:55 +0200street artsex worker rightsmotherhoodhuman rights“The power that Italian women wield on the home front seems to be the coiled serpent lying at...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/50334025017https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/50334025017Mon, 13 May 2013 12:33:24 +0200Italywomenfeminism<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c037694e2ae05d72f0b9d8ac8afcb658/tumblr_mml3axyPG61qb1605o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’d prefer my lunch without the sexually objectifying images thanks #everydaysexism (at Edi house)</p>https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/50086742805https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/50086742805Fri, 10 May 2013 15:11:21 +0200everydaysexism“When you grow up as a girl, the world tells you the things that you are supposed to be:...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/50043283795https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/50043283795Fri, 10 May 2013 00:43:29 +0200 How much do I love the fact that Italy&rsquo;s first-ever minister of colour is a woman? A...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/49255069278https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/49255069278Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:44:28 +0200ItalyracismAfrican ItaliansItalian governmentCecile KyengeHip Hop, Cunnilingus and Sex as a Gendered Issue: Wow. This post by Maddie Collier is freaking...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/47025694086https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/47025694086Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:14:22 +0200feminismcunnilunguship hopwomen and sex“There is a great tendency in us to see the desire to reach our potential as being in...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/46540525151https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/46540525151Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:44:53 +0100motherhoodself-actualization“When I was a little girl, growing up in france, my mother worked sewing tapestries. Some of...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/45411601328https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/45411601328Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:19:20 +0100louise bourgeoisculture clash<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/b0f70589fe3d2612c24afc62704a4d53/tumblr_mjedzqLhhe1qb1605o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Congratulations on being a woman” said the German male cashier as he gave me this rose #IWD2013 (at Berlin)</p>https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/44939173840https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/44939173840Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:38:14 +0100iwd2013This is what businesswoman Angela Bruno has come to be nicknamed in the aftermath of...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/43717681249https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/43717681249Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:55:00 +0100misogynyBerlusconiItalysexism Sexy indeed :) Performing highlights from his &ldquo;blues and motown-inspired&rdquo; latest...https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/43231856728https://made-in-italy.tumblr.com/post/43231856728Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:14:00 +0100Lucas Silveiratransgender rightsCanada