About Tomas Moniz

Tomas edits and writes for Rad Dad, loves zines, and lives with two amazing daughters, a bunch of chickens, bees, a cat and dog in south Berkeley.

How to Tell a True Family Story

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Family is the stories we tell to give ourselves roots, to make connections, to foster new possibilities.

Riot Parent, Riot Kids: Reflections on Teen Sexuality, Becoming a Feminist, and the 90s Riot Grrrl Movement

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A feminist father recalls raising a baby while in college, and how the Riot Grrl movement changed him.

Low And Slow: My Sequel to Dad’s Sex Talk

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Tomas Moniz takes a cinematic look at a father, three kids, the evil media, and the perils of sex education.

Beautiful on All Sides

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‘The privilege of being white in the U.S. is that you don’t have to see race. But for a growing majority of people, ethnicity is fluid; it’s piecemeal, chosen, reclaimed, refused, relearned.’