Taye Diggs had the audacity to call his son ‘mixed’ race
Attacked this week was Hollywood actor Taye Diggs over his son, Walker (6) whom he shares with his former wife Idina Menzel. Menzel is caucasian and so it follows their son is biracial. But Diggs had...
View ArticleNew show Make it Pop! champions Asian tween representation
This is from a blogger called Hyphen America based in the States who posted about the growing Asian representation in American kids programming. Please do read her full blog post. This particular show...
View ArticleI’ve been published in the Huffington Post!
I’m very excited because today I’ve been published in the Huffington Post! I love writing this blog and thank every one of you for your support so far. Please family and friends, share, share,...
View ArticleSubscribe to Mixed.Up.Mama and Win!
Subscribe to receive Mixed.Up.Mama’s newsletter and you could win! Throughout the month of January and February, if you sign up to receive our newsletter, you could win a set of 2 Curly Q hair...
View ArticleWhy I won’t be watching the Oscars this year
Another year, another set of Oscar nominations. For the second year in a row, no black actors have been nominated. Sadly, many of us will read the #oscarssowhite controversy as just another news story...
View ArticleNew Mixed Chicks GIVEAWAY!
Even Mixed.Up.Mama has caught the gift giving bug! For every share on Facebook, you will be entered to win any 2 of these amazing products from Mixed Chicks! Make sure you join the Mixed.Up.Mama...
View ArticleBlack or Multiracial? Figuring Out Mixed Kids’ Identity
Black or Multiracial? The other day I came across a post from a fellow multiracial mama about how she refuses to call her kids black but always refers to them as multiracial or mixed. It generated an...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW: PRINCESS CUPCAKE JONES WON’T GO TO SCHOOL
Princess Cupcake Jones Book Review by Ylleya Fields I love love these Princess Cupcake books. Not just because of the illustrations. They’re fun, colourful, sweet and quite obviously representative of...
View ArticleMixed Like Me! clothing and accessories Shop- NOW OPEN!
The Mixed.Up.Mama shop is now open! Gift your curly kids the chance to see themselves with with these gorgeous new t-shirts. The post Mixed Like Me! clothing and accessories Shop- NOW OPEN! appeared...
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