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 ›
I know you all are dying to hear about my recent Great American Train Adventure and vacation to the great city of Boston, and I don’t like to disappoint my readers, so here is a roundup of the best Boston had… Read more ›
As many of you may know, I’ve started a series over at Care2.com about Teaching Feminism. The topic has interested me pretty much since I started blogging, and for a long time before that. I do try to incorporate a… Read more ›
It’s blog carnival day!! The best day of the month by far. This month’s carnival is about Women and Film, and our host, Carrie, did a fantastic job putting it together. So what are you waiting for? Go check it… Read more ›
No, it’s not my birthday. No, I haven’t recently turned 30. But… In light of a lot of recent realizations I’ve made about what it means to be successful – and what it means to enter a new decade in your… Read more ›
This post was written as a submission to The Last Name Project, a joint series by from two to one and The Feminist Mystique that explores what people do with their names when they get married, or what they are… Read more ›
This is a cross post from Carrie at Don’t Be Afraid to Open Your Eyes, reprinted here with permission. And, don’t forget, she’s hosting our July Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival on Wednesday, July 25! Be sure to check that out,… Read more ›
This is a cross-post from Danielle at from two to one. Danielle is a twenty-something newlywed who writes about the intersection of marriage, faith, and feminism at from two to one. Connect with her via Facebook, Twitter, and her blog. Not long ago, Relevant posted a… Read more ›
This is a cross-post from Danielle at The Collegiate Feminist, reprinted here with permission. Confession: I have a mental checklist for my perfect guy. Tall, dark, and handsome… smart, a little nerdy, worldly, and artsy (piano skills for serenading me… Read more ›
This is a cross-post from The Mamafesto, reprinted here with permission and edited from the original for language and length. Trigger Warning: Multiple mentions of rape, rape culture, and sexual assault throughout this post. If you’ve somehow been unplugged for the… Read more ›
So I’m taking one. That’s right. In perhaps the best stroke of awesome timing yet, we’re leaving today for Boston. Our train leaves from Union Station at 9:30 tonight, and by 9:30 PM on Thursday, we’ll be in Boston. That’s… 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 ›
If you are even remotely close to my age (i.e. pushing 30), you probably know a little bit about the Gilmore Girls. If you know even a little about the Gilmore Girls, you know that Rory – my teenage idol… Read more ›
If you have a house, you probably have ants. No, let me correct that: If you live on the ground floor of anything, you probably have ants. And a whole manner of other bugs, for that matter. We have a… Read more ›
In case you haven’t noticed yet, the BlogCarnival.com site is down. According to a few twitter friends who have used the site for some time, this happens quite frequently. That’s not good! So we decided to create our own form… Read more ›
I have to officially weigh in on the “have it all” debate. I’ve been thinking about it a lot – and I’ve been reading most of the articles in response to Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article that have come across my dash.… Read more ›
I can’t even make this stuff up. OK, here’s the story, and it all starts with the fact that I finally have a grown-up driver’s license. For those of you who don’t know, a grown-up driver’s license is two-fold. First, it’s… 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 ›
