Things I want baby to know #27
Falling in love isn’t really a choice, and it shouldn’t be– if you are choosing to love someone, then it’s a reach. The key in life is not to look […]
My favorite posts from April-June 2008
Here is a round up of my favorite blogs posts from spring, early summer 2008. April 1st’s This is what a feminist looks like. April 2oth’s What’s a girl to do […]
That Happened to Me
I recently came across an interesting project called That Happened to Me. Vanessa Torres is the creator, and I think what she is doing will resonate with some of you. […]
Why do we stay?
My essay for Skirt Magazine’s November issue won’t be online much longer so I hope you’ll go check it out right now if you haven’r already. Here is the background: […]
Why do we stay?
So, be straight with me. Have you you stayed with someone you shouldn’t have just because ______? I have. A lot of us have. And I learned a helluva lot from […]
On being recognized
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DN4Dw3tyLY] I never heard the phrase “my people” until I was teaching in the late 1990s. It was a phrase one of my students– who I taught for two years– […]
The Bachelorette, Relationships, and Risk
So I have to admit that I am a little bit obsessed with The Bachelorette this season. I fell into it, I like to think, accidentally when I was on […]
What's a girl to do without a boyfriend? Everything.
Last week I had lunch with the sixth grade girls I visit at the local middle school. “What’s up?” I asked them as we started settling into our seats with […]
