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Kerala Taylor has Important Things to Say

Writer profile #14 in my 30 day reading challenge

Mary DeVries
4 min readAug 28, 2021
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I write about motherhood, feminism, race, and the end of the world. Aiming to make you laugh, cry, and want to punch something all at once. — Kerala Taylor

I love it when a writer’s tagline matches their writing. Kerala's aim is clear in her writing and she reaches her goal. As a white woman married to a Black man raising biracial children she certainly has experiences to share and she does so eloquently.

1. Do you work full-time?

If NO, congratulations! You may not be totally screwed. Please proceed to question 2.

If YES, you’re kind of screwed. You will find that about half of daycares and preschools inexplicably close around 3 p.m. And public school lets out even earlier. We don’t get it, either.

You can rant about the problem of childcare in America or you can write a hilarious quiz to drive the point home. Kerala wisely and brilliantly chooses the latter. You don’t have to be a…

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Mary DeVries
Mary DeVries

Written by Mary DeVries

I delight, despair and write about a life lived around the world. Fueled by Yorkshire Gold tea.

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