The first (and only) time I was ever in a room with you, I was unimpressed. It was at Lardarius Webb‘s 1st Annual Bowling Classic. This was an event he held to raise money for disadvantaged youth. I was there because I bid on and won tickets at Casey Cares’ silent auction. (Casey Cares is […]
Women CAN’T have it all. Neither Can Men.
Anne-Marie Slaughter, the first female director of policy at the State Department, wrote a very powerful piece in The Atlantic about the pain and conflict experienced by women who were raised being promised the falsehood that “You can have it all! Career! Family! Balance! Health! And if you don’t, we’ll be sooooo disappointed in you!” In “Why […]
A Silly Aversion, A Serious Question
Okay, okay, enough already with the vagina. Even I, with my newfound comfort level around the correct for term lady-parts, am getting a little tired of the jokes. (Though, I must say, my favorite from this list of “Vagina” alternatives has GOT to be “God’s Stab Wound.”) Something I hinted at in my previous post, […]
Vaginas to the Left, Vaginas to the Right.
Here’s one of the things I’m good at. Seeing the other side. I do it in many of my pieces about women’s rights…especially when it comes to advocating legal and safe abortions. I’m going to try it again, here. This is me, playing devil’s advocate, tongue-in-cheek style. Let’s just asssseeewwwwwwwme that the censure of Michigan […]
Time to Go.
To the Editor of Time Magazine, Rather than play into the outrage you so transparently tried to provoke, I shrug my shoulders. Rather than blog about the unfairness and insensitivity of your cover, I leave that to others who have done so with far more aplomb than I could. Rather than read the firestorm of […]
Mommy Wars, Cadillacs and Etch-a-Sketches
Oh, for the love of Pete. Okay, I am not a news junkie – nor am I an expert on anything other than being minimally overscheduled. I just really need to vent here. Bit of a tantrum – sorry in advance. Hillary Rosen and the dubiously-named “Mommy Wars?” Eager to pounce on the slightest misstep, […]
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