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Darlena Cunha
Darlena Cunha is a contributor to TIME
Recent Articles
My Third-Grader's Teacher Told the Class She Supports Trump
I’m a blue parent in a red state. I ignored the warning signs and believed the polls. Buoyed by my social media bubble, I was so sure Hillary Clinton would be our president that I...
By Darlena Cunha
June 9, 2017
Today I Strike, Alone In My House
'Striking isn’t about striking anymore. Striking is about making noise'
By Darlena Cunha
March 8, 2017
What Hillary Clinton Does Is No Longer Our Concern
'Taking the high road has led us off too many cliffs, lately, and we need a new strategy'
By Darlena Cunha
January 20, 2017
Donald Trump's Administration Is a Basket of Deplorables
"None of this is normal"
By Darlena Cunha
November 22, 2016
Dear Men: Here's How to Talk to the Women in Your Lives About Trump
'Do not talk over us'
By Darlena Cunha
November 10, 2016
I Cried When I Told My Daughters Donald Trump Will Be President
'How do we tell our kids that we did this to them?'
By Darlena Cunha
November 9, 2016
Donald Trump’s ‘P-ssy’ Comment Inspired Thousands of Women to Share Assault Stories
"We can defeat ISIS and also not assault women"
By Darlena Cunha
October 10, 2016
'Grab Them By The P- - -y' Proves Donald Trump Has Zero Respect for Women
And does not deserve anyone’s vote
By Darlena Cunha
October 9, 2016
Donald Trump Is Wrong—Hillary Clinton Is Brimming With Stamina
His attack was contradictory and sexist
By Darlena Cunha
September 27, 2016
Donald Trump’s Childcare Plan Is Completely Preposterous
It sounds good—but it won’t help most Americans
By Darlena Cunha
September 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton Is Human. Hillary Clinton Got Sick.
Why is that such a problem?
By Darlena Cunha
September 13, 2016
Shaming Women for Drinking Is Just More Shaming Women
Women are individuals, with agency, wine or not
By Darlena Cunha
August 25, 2016
Shaming Women for Drinking Is Just More Shaming Women
Women are individuals, with agency, wine or not
By Darlena Cunha
August 25, 2016
Harambe the Gorilla Is Dead. Get Over It.
The meme has gotten old
By Darlena Cunha
August 24, 2016
Stop Shaming College Girls for Fancy Dorms
My girls can decorate their dorms if they want—just not on my dime
By Darlena Cunha
August 19, 2016
How to Talk to Your Kids About Pot
If we go overboard with punishment, we risk pushing our kids away
By Darlena Cunha
August 11, 2016
Bill Clinton's DNC Speech Was a Saxaphonic Love Song
'It was literature in the spoken word'
By Darlena Cunha
July 27, 2016
A Parent's Worst Enemy: The Gnawing Boredom of Summer
Stop telling us to embrace it
By Darlena Cunha
July 25, 2016
You Can Like Ivanka Trump and Still Hate Donald
As a liberal, I shouldn’t feel guilty liking Trump’s daughter
By Darlena Cunha
July 22, 2016
Alcohol Doesn't Rape People
The Stanford sexual assault case should not be a learning moment about drinking
By Darlena Cunha
June 9, 2016
Parenting Is Now Officially Impossible
The Internet has all but extinguished any hope parents ever had
By Darlena Cunha
June 8, 2016
The Idea That the Cincinnati Zoo Mom Did Something Criminal Is Outrageous
A mistake? Yes. Worth of jail time? No way
By Darlena Cunha
June 2, 2016
The Cincinnati Zoo Mom Is My Hero
"If that had been me, I don’t know that I could have kept it together"
By Darlena Cunha
May 31, 2016
Roe v. Wade
Ruined Our Chance for True Abortion Rights
Abortion rights should be based on equality—not privacy
By Darlena Cunha
March 2, 2016
The CDC's Alcohol Warning Shames and Discriminates Against Women
On Christmas Eve, 2007, I was celebrating the holiday with my husband’s family—laughing, drinking, talking and singing karaoke with my newfound relatives. As the clock edged toward midnight, my father-in-law refilled the glasses, and I...
By Darlena Cunha
February 5, 2016
Michael Jackson Should Not Be Played By a White Man
It’s tone-deaf at best and intentionally racist at worst
By Darlena Cunha
February 5, 2016
Why Hillary Clinton's Warmth Should Not Matter
Male candidates don’t have the same pressure to be likable
By Darlena Cunha
February 2, 2016
The Point of a Disney Princess Isn't Her Talking Time
It's the example she sets for girls today
By Darlena Cunha
January 27, 2016
My Daughters Will Never Be 'Freedom Kids'
It’s wrong to burden children with a public political message when they don’t understand the implications
By Darlena Cunha
January 15, 2016
'Where's Rey' Proves Kids Are Light Years Ahead of Toy Companies
Boys and girls are asking why they haven’t seen as much of their favorite Star Wars character
By Darlena Cunha
January 7, 2016
This Christmas Picture Sets Back Women’s Rights
Showing women bound and silenced isn’t funny—it’s harmful
By Darlena Cunha
December 18, 2015
Mall Santas Are the Worst (Sorry, Mall Santas)
The whole experience is expensive, crowded and traumatizing
By Darlena Cunha
December 16, 2015
Donald Trump Could Save the Republican Party
For better or worse, he's forcing members of the GOP to confront the party’s futue
By Darlena Cunha
December 2, 2015
What
Gilmore Girls
Would Have to Do to Stay Relevant
The main characters would have to branch out from their small-scale feminism and represent a broader worldview
By Darlena Cunha
October 21, 2015
I'm One of the 56% of American Mothers Who 'Prefer' to Stay Home
But not for the reason you think
By Darlena Cunha
October 9, 2015
Society Needs 'Normal Barbie' Who Gets Her Period
We need to stop thinking of biological processes as dirty and taboo
By Darlena Cunha
September 23, 2015
Bernie Sanders Is Wrong To Ignore 'Black Lives Matter'
He should pass the microphone willingly over to those who most need to be heard
By Darlena Cunha
August 13, 2015
Target's Decision to Remove Gender-Based Signs Is Just the Start
We need to tell ourselves that ‘girl' and ‘boy' interests do not exist
By Darlena Cunha
August 10, 2015
If a Toddler Getting Yelled at Makes You Happy, You're a Bad Person
Any parent with a crying child needs a helping hand, not a tongue-lashing
By Darlena Cunha
July 22, 2015
That Cartoon of the Rainbow Flag Replacing the Confederate One Is Dangerous
It's possible to celebrate a victory for one marginalized group without trampling all over another
By Darlena Cunha
June 30, 2015
Don't Blame Women When Family Policies Backfire
Businesses should be doing more to ensure fair hiring practices
By Darlena Cunha
June 5, 2015
Don't Like Minimum Wage Increases? Be Mad at the Top Earners
All workers should have equal opportunity to a livable wage
By Darlena Cunha
May 27, 2015
Americans Are Crowdfunding Health Care. They Shouldn't Have To.
Health care costs are the No. 1 cause of bankruptcy in the United States
By Darlena Cunha
April 30, 2015
Sorry, Gwyneth Paltrow, Poverty Tourism Is Gross
Her food-stamp stunt makes a mockery of those who don't have a choice
By Darlena Cunha
April 13, 2015
Social Media Is Helping Moms Win the War Over Public Breastfeeding
The enemy is our cultural fixation on women as objects to titillate and entertain
By Darlena Cunha
April 6, 2015
Businesses Should Treat Transgender Policies as Good Business in 2015
2014 was a benchmark year for transgender people in popular culture. There are simple things companies can do to be on the right side of history
By Darlena Cunha
January 14, 2015
Ferguson: In Defense of Rioting
The violent protests in Ferguson, Mo., are part of the American experience. Peaceful protesting is a luxury only available to those safely in mainstream culture
By Darlena Cunha
November 25, 2014
Corporate Egg Freezing Is a Benefit, Not a Mandate
No matter how nefarious you think Apple and Facebook are, the bottom line is that women are getting more choice
By Darlena Cunha
October 20, 2014
What Happens When You Stop Testing and Start Teaching
While Florida wasted students' time with computer testing, my kindergarteners weren't learning how to write the alphabet
By Darlena Cunha
September 22, 2014
Why Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Is a Waste of Taxpayer Money
States already do a good job of ensuring no one gets a "free ride." We don't need another one--especially one that stimgatizes
By Darlena Cunha
August 15, 2014
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