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Kenrya Rankin Naasel is an award-winning author and editorial consultant whose insight has been tapped by leading outlets, including The New York Times, Huffington Post and ThinkProgress. She has published three books, most recently Bet on Black: African-American Women Celebrate Fatherhood in the Age of Barack Obama. As a journalist and editor, her work has appeared in more than a dozen national publications, including Reader’s Digest, Ebony, Glamour and Redbook, and has been translated into 21 languages. Kenrya is founder and editorial director of parenting site BlackAndGreenMama, and currently serves as contributing editor for Latina and ShopSmart magazines, and as a writer for Fast Company and BET.com. She previously served as editorial associate at Reader’s Digest, lifestyle editor at Latina, and DC editor for Uptown Magazine. Kenrya earned her undergraduate degree in journalism from Howard University, and her master’s degree in publishing from New York University. She is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and currently lives in the Washington, DC-area with her family.
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During our conversation, Kenrya talked about:
– Where her passion for writing came from
– The reason why she wrote the article and the her story about being with a man who was abusive towards her including what she experienced and why she did not tell her family about it for a long time
– Her thoughts about Janay and Ray Rice, Roger Goodell and the National Football League
– The reaction to her article and the story behind it
– Society’s attitude towards domestic violence against women
– Her thoughts on manhood in today’s society
– The media’s impact in regards to domestic violence to women
– How has the subject of domestic violence against women effected her raising her daughter
– Her father’s reaction to her article and makes her dad special
– Her message on domestic violence to: men, society, the National Football League, the media and women have experienced domestic violence
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