I have my first ever piece up at The Guardian today! I’m so totally excited!! The piece is published in the Comment is Free section today, and I’m talking about armed guards in schools: On Monday, Congressman Mark Meadows, a… Read more ›
This post was written for the November Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival on Feminism and Activism hosted at Diary of an Accident Prone Feminist. Writing – blogging, tweeting, facebooking, tumbling, or however you do it, is undoubtedly a form of activism.… Read more ›
I’ve been thinking this week that I need to get back into a routine that incorporates writing. This year has been a difficult one because we have so many new things going on at school, and I haven’t been able… Read more ›
My first full week of school is complete. I even already have an essay that is piled up, waiting to be graded. And here I am, avoiding grading the essays, which means school has OFFICIALLY started! I haven’t been writing… Read more ›
I was deeply saddened yesterday to learn of the passing of my very first undergrad English professer, John O’Leary. He was with his son on a boat when it capsized. His son made it back, but he did not. John… Read more ›
It’s time for July’s Monthly Review! Here’s where I share my favorite pieces I’ve written, my favorites from the internets, and where you can promote your own! Enjoy! Top 5 From Care2 Causes These are my top 5 favorite articles… Read more ›
Many of you know – and even if you don’t know, you probably won’t be surprised to learn – that I have been working on a book for the past year. It was an anthology of essays about how modern… Read more ›
I am the type of person who always needs something to do. Ever since I was little, I’ve always needed some kind of project to work on. It’s probably why, even now, I write and keep up this blog and… Read more ›
I have had the great honor of being featured on The OpEd Project Byline Blog very recently. They said really great things about me, too! Check it out. You, too, could have such a great honor. If you’re in the… Read more ›
I don’t know if you all know this, but I’ve been doing quite a bit of writing elsewhere. Sometimes, I write things that might interest you, so I’ve decided to start doing a monthly round-up of my writing elsewhere,… Read more ›
I love writing. I have opinions, and I think it’s important that I express them, especially because the number of women publishing op-eds in major news outlets is so dismally low. When I presented at the CWWN conference two summers… Read more ›
I’ve been neglecting you again, internets. I have so much to write, and yet I haven’t written anything at all for the past week. I mean, I guess it’s understandable, seeing as I’m going to be a homeowner as of… Read more ›
By now, most of you in the feminist blogging community have probably heard that Gender Across Borders is closing its doors. From the site: While we haven’t finished our global gender justice fight, due to several reasons, we can no… Read more ›
Hey all! Exciting news! I am officially a Causes Blogger at Care2.com! That’s right, yours truly will be blogging several times a week about women’s rights and education! My first post – about standardized testing and fostering a love of… Read more ›
I’ll never forget sitting in our hotel room in San Diego in July 2010. We had just moved in together, and we were taking a pre-wedding, post-move-in honeymoon for me to present at a conference and to visit my cousin… Read more ›
I applied for a bunch of freelance copywriting jobs last night because I started getting a little jittery about the house buying expenses (not that a couple hundred extra bucks per month is really going to make a dent in… Read more ›
You absolutely must read this awesome post on Offbeat Home about how making your home is similar to writing. Making a home is writing. It combines what is already available, like a blank sheet of paper, with human creativity and… Read more ›
This week, I have been on overload. You may have guessed by my absence here. Seriously, though, I’ve been doing too much. The way I see it, I have four separate things going on in my life: Blogging and writing… Read more ›
I’m on Offbeat Home today, talking about our decision to wait on buying a house. It’s something I’ve mused about on here before, but this post is pretty good, if I do say so myself. Our search began with houses… Read more ›
Well, I said I was coming back, and then I posted nothing for a week. I promise you, readers, I AM coming back. With a vengeance. Just as soon as our Internet starts working again. Yes, in true Thanksgiving irony… Read more ›