Size was a huge consideration for us when we were looking for a house. Unsure if we would ever want to have children, we wanted to be sure that whatever house we chose was the right size for us. We… Read more ›
I’m over at Role/Reboot today, talking about a clean house and feminism: I’d pick fights with [my husband] when I got really frustrated. After I’d balled my last sock, I’d find something that wasn’t done and I’d whine and complain… 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 ›
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 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
I spend a lot of time on here (and elsewhere) talking about how women – particularly wives – are portrayed in the media. What I haven’t covered in a while is how the media portrays husbands. Sarah Haskins did a… Read more ›
There are so many terms in our society that people don’t even think about before they say them. They’re colloquial, and their literal meanings are often very different than what the terms have come to mean. As a teacher, I… Read more ›
This is a cross-post from Avital Norman Nathman at The Mamafesto. Her and Carrie Nelson are good friends of mine and they are working on a new project to allow teen moms to share their own stories. This is a… Read more ›
Finally, we’re back online. It took a little while, and a ton of phone calls, but we finally have internet. Apparently, we chose a suburb that is widely recognized as “too far west” for many cable and internet companies. But,… Read more ›
I still have no Internet and am not even close to being done unpacking, but just a quick update about the house. We own it, and it is awesome. Also, this is my new office. I’m literally going to be… 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 ›
Objectively, I hate movies that fall under the romantic comedy heading. Modern romantic comedies are usually completely degrading to women, and almost always follow the exact same plot line: Boy meets girl. Girl and boy resist falling for each other… Read more ›