It’s Not Me… It’s You.
The other day, a good friend who is Swedish emailed me a link to post by Ann Charlott Altstadt, a Swedish writer who suggests that when life gets us down, we’d sometimes be better off ditching the...
View ArticleThe Glorious Gloria Explains It All
It happened again the other day: I was being interviewed by my introductory journalism class when I got The Question:Are you a feminist? Of course, I shot back. Beat. Are you?The young woman was...
View ArticleAir(Brush) Apparent
The other day, in the midst of a meeting of my paper’s editorial staff, I found myself waving my Feminist card in a manner reminiscent of when I used to referee kids’ soccer games, and had to deploy...
View ArticleOn Presidents, Apron Strings, and Second Shifts.
I’m starting to wonder if this presidential election might hinge on apron strings.In the wake of the last debate, we’ve all been caught up in binders and trapper-keepers and funny Facebook memes –...
View ArticleWoo What Women?
With the election looming, we decided to write this one together. Call it our endorsement. Because we’re women! Two generations of them. And between the two of us, we’ve held all kinds of roles:...
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