Working On a Kinder Marriage
Tim and I have been fighting this week. If you read this blog regularly or know me even a little bit, you are probably not surprised. Why ever would we be fighting? Whatever could we have to fight about? It… Read more ›
Have an Engagement Ring? You Probaby Don’t Need a Job.
Thanks to Amanda, I saw this article the other day that told me and every other woman with an engagement ring out there, When On An Interview, Leave The Bling At Home. Apparently some jobseekers have damaged their chances for… Read more ›
Discussing Censorship in the Classroom
We’re reading Anthem and Fahrenheit 451 in my College Prep and Honors classes respectively (all sophomores), and they all read The Hunger Games for their summer reading, and I’m using this infographic to discuss the modern implications of censorship and… Read more ›
I’m going to teach like all that doesn’t matter.
I had a moment yesterday when I looked at my calendar of lesson plans, and only the second half of August is filled out. Because it isn’t even September yet. How is it not even September yet?! I realize it… Read more ›
Advice from a plan-everything-and-then-plan-a-back-up type of person.
Two years ago today, Tim proposed to me. He did it by taking me to the Arboretum (which totally faked me out because it was my idea to go there in the first place that day), getting down on one… Read more ›
Guest Post: Teachers are Academic First Responders
Janni is one of my favorite bloggers and tweeters out there. As a teacher, she is passionate and cutting-edge. As a feminist, she is ardent and intuitive. Her support has meant the world to me, and just being able to… Read more ›
Guest Post: Feminism, TV, and Men
You may remember Cat Rocketship from her guest post last year about feminism and being a housewife. I absolutely loved that post, and I absolutely love this one, too. My favorite thing about Cat, which is also why I asked… Read more ›
Guest Post: Queering Traditional Marriage
I am so fortunate to have had the opportunity to interact with Carrie. Since well before I joined the Gender Across Borders team, and ever since, Carrie has literally had nothing but wonderful things to say to me, about me,… Read more ›
Guest Post: Defying Social Norms
An internet friend of mine recently introduced me to Stephanie’s blog, Practicing Parenting, and I am so glad she did. This blog is awesome. She’s a feminist parent, and a stay-at-home mom who teaches her kids about gender equality. How… Read more ›
Guest Post: Lost in Translation
When I met Colleen, we were at a reading for Reality Bites Back with Jenn Pozner. After the reading, she pulled me aside and said “I don’t know you at all, but I hear you’re a teacher and I want… Read more ›
Guest Post: Nothing’s Perfect
I have been so fortunate to make the acquaintance of Liana on Twitter (what a cool tool for meeting new, like-minded people!). She has been great fun to interact with, and has been incredibly supportive. When she reacted to a… Read more ›
Guest Post: Honoring my Foremothers
Can I just say I love Jillian? OK, I’ll say it: I love Jillian. I have been asking her to write this post pretty much since we met, or at least since she told me the story about her grandmother… Read more ›
Guest Post: Not Just About Me
Lauren and I originally connected through our love of teaching, even in spite of her giving it up to pursue a career in the nonprofit sector. She became a writer for Equality 101, and after that, we were fortunate to… Read more ›
Quick Hit: Women Find Jobs in Guide and Trekking Industries During Nepal’s Tourism Year
Today, I’m over at Gender Across Borders talking about women working in Nepal’s tourism industry. Employing women as tour guides has so many wonderful implications for women, the economy, the tourism industry, and the tourists themselves. Women working in the… Read more ›
Guest Post: Food, Farming & Feminism
I have been so fortunate to meet Avital through Twitter and our work with Gender Across Borders. She is always ready to provide advice, an ear, or – in today’s case – a guest post. Avital’s feminism and activism has… Read more ›
Quick Hit: Can the Aftermath of Disaster Be Beautiful?
This letter from a Sendai teacher gives me hope. My freshman year of high school, my English teacher refused to read Lord of the Flies with us because he couldn’t believe that, given the worst possible situation, humans would sink… Read more ›
Never Stop Teaching
An article from WBEZ today states that teachers are feeling ‘beat down’ as the school year starts. As students prepare to begin another school year, their teachers are hopping mad. They’re facing layoffs and deep budget cuts and many say… Read more ›
The Chore Wars
Penny has fleas. Apparently, this is something that happens to dogs, and it really isn’t a big deal unless the fleas go undiscovered and vampire too much blood out of the dog, causing anemia. Yes, I just used vampire as… Read more ›
A Little More Love for Matt Damon
Yesterday, I gushed about Matt Damon. Today, I saw his entire speech at the Save Our Schools rally, and I love him even more. Here’s the text of the speech from the Washington Post for your reading pleasure: I flew… Read more ›
… In With the New
Remember from a few days ago how we were getting ready to move out a bunch of our old, college-style furniture and replace it with new, grown-up furniture? Well, it’s done, and I could not be happier with our apartment.… Read more ›