Irina Gonzalez

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Pandemic Mama with Carmen Perez

12. How to Advocate for Yourself in Pregnancy with Carmen Perez

Posted on December 2, 2020February 2, 2021 by Irina Gonzalez

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE! Irina talks with Carmen Perez, a mom of two, social justice activist, and co-founder of the Women’s March. They get into the sadness of not having any baby bump photos with her 2nd pregnancy, the loneliness of spending this pregnancy in a pandemic, and how she learned to advocate for…

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Why do we still tell women that their lives begin when they get married?

Posted on December 27, 2017April 6, 2018 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. “Tomorrow my life begins.” I can’t even tell you how many times I have heard this phrase uttered on the various wedding blogs, websites, and groups that I have been a part of ever since getting engaged earlier this year. Although, as a society, we are…

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Today I voted because I’m a bisexual Latina immigrant and it’s important

Posted on November 8, 2016October 8, 2017 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter to get writing news and updates. Today is Election Day! If you don’t know or understand the importance of the 2016 election, then it’s very possible that you have been lying under a rock for the past year and a half. And that’s totally NOT okay. So this is my very last…

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Irina Gonzalez is a journalist, editor, and sober bisexual Latina mom with ADHD. She is the author of the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter—for those of us who are raising social justice-minded families and getting real about mental health for parents navigating life on the difficult setting. She is also working on an upcoming book on impactful Latinx Americans with The Quarto Publishing Group.

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