Part Three of I-Don’t-Know-How-Many in a series of posts inspired by “Miss Representation.” If you haven’t seen the trailer for this movie, and you have 8 minutes, please watch it here now. A great friend of mine is supremely frustrated that people in the middle are being drowned out by the shouts of extremists on […]
Women in da HOUSE! Not…
Part Two of I-Don’t-Know-How-Many in a series of posts inspired by “Miss Representation.” If you haven’t seen the trailer for this movie, and you have 8 minutes, please watch it here now. From “Miss Representation” – Women are 51% of the U.S. population, and 17% of Congress. From my 15-year-old daughter and her 17-year-old friend […]
Beauty and the Beast
Part One of I-Don’t-Know-How-Many in a series of posts inspired by “Miss Representation.” If you haven’t seen the trailer for this movie, and you have 8 minutes, please watch it here now. Once upon a time, women were valued for their intellectual and creative contributions to society. They were sought after candidates for positions […]
Multiple Choice
I am a fan of brevity, an economy of words, viewpoints concisely made. In keeping with this philosophy, I may have to write a series of blog posts to give each facet of this complex issue its due. But first – got 8 minutes? Watch this. Whether you’re male or female, how are you feeling […]
Bully for You.
Certain names have been changed to protect – well, me, let’s be honest – from lawsuits and beatdowns. We always walked home from school. Always. Rachel (my older sister by 2 years) and I walked home from our elementary school on East 17th Street in Brooklyn. Unfortunately, we usually had company. For whatever reason, we […]
Second-graders and Truck Drivers
Clearly, I missed the memo. Apparently there is a special bond that formed over the summer. It wasn’t like this on the last field trip I chaperoned…towards the end of first grade for my youngest kiddo, I don’t know, in May or so. Surely if the signs were there last time, I would have seen […]