The 9th Edition of the Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival is now posted! Check it out! We need hosts for future editions, so if you are interested, contact me or leave a comment! Related PostsTake a Cue from the Runners: My… Read more ›
I think you all probably know by now that I am very conscious about gender in almost every aspect of my life. I mean, I am the type of teacher that prefers to call a group of students “y’all” because… Read more ›
I had a freebie day off today. A freebie day off is when you are pretty much the only person you know who has the day off. Everyone else is at work, so I stayed home, ate copious amounts of… Read more ›
The Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival is now accepting submissions for the 9th edition on Women in Art! Check here for more information, and get your posts in! The deadline is March 15! Related PostsSubmissions Open for the Feminist Odyssey Blog… Read more ›
Today, I am responding to the #femfest day two questions at fromtwotoone.com. The questions are as follows: What is at stake in this discussion? Why is feminism important to you? Are you thinking about your children or your sisters or… Read more ›
I’m very excited to be hosting this month’s Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival! This month, we are talking about Feminism and Love, and what better time to do it than the shortest, coldest month of the year the month that holds… Read more ›
Today, I am responding to the #femfest linkup on loveiswhatyoudo.com. The questions are as follows: What is your experience with feminism? What’s a story or a memory or a person that you associate with that word? Why does it have… Read more ›
The Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival Edition 8 deadline has been EXTENDED! I will now be taking posts on Feminism & Love for the February blog carnival until February 22, and the carnival will be posted on February 27. So what… Read more ›
Y’all saw that my Fearless Females were featured on the Bitch blog for their awesome list of female role models in pop culture, right? Oh, and you saw it on Jezebel, too? Pretty sweet, right? Well, since it got such… Read more ›
I’m also at the Bitch Magazine blog today talking about pop culture role models for my Fearless Females! I’m a feminist and a high school English teacher in the south suburbs of Chicago. Last year, one of the students in… Read more ›
It seems all of my best lessons happen on accident. I believe that the reason for this is twofold. First of all, I am willing to listen to my students and discover what they are interested in discussing. Secondly, I… Read more ›
I love reading articles on Role/Reboot. In fact, I am on their list of regular writers. I try to write for them once a month because I appreciate their work in questioning gender norms in relationships – something I’ve been… Read more ›
In an effort to be more present, I’m trying to stop comparing myself to others. It seems that this envy or grass-is-always-greener syndrome is an epidemic among women in their late 20′s and early 30′s – at least it seems… Read more ›
Apparently, my husband is taking part in a national trend that shows that more and more men are doing the household shopping. While I cook the weekly meals, Tim does all of the grocery shopping. Even if we need an… Read more ›
There was not a single dull moment for me in 2012, that’s for sure. Last year brought me the best year of teaching I ever had, a few new blogging gigs, our new house, a failed attempt at publishing a… Read more ›
The seventh edition of the Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival is now posted at our feminist {play} school! It has a bunch of WONDERFUL posts about one of my favorite topics: Women and Literature, so go check it out! We had… Read more ›
I am a self-professed crime drama television show geek. It started with Law & Order: SVU during one winter break when I was ridiculously sick and watched about three seasons in three days since I couldn’t leave my bed and it… Read more ›
If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know that I started a group for girls called Fearless Females at the school where I work. It has been awesome and transformative for me, and I hope it… Read more ›
Submissions for the next edition of the Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival at our feminist {play} school are still open! We decided to extend the deadline until January 6 so people could celebrate their winter holidays and take much needed blogging… Read more ›
Bitter is the New Black : Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office by Jen Lancaster My rating: 3 of 5 stars I checked out Jen Lancaster’s… Read more ›