When it comes to my home and my personal relationships, I like my life. A lot. Granted, sometimes I come on here and talk about various arguments I have with my husband and how we’re working on making our marriage… Read more ›
Sex and the City has always bugged me for reasons I could never put my finger on. That is, before yesterday. I was sitting at an awesome, feminist lunch with my pal Amanda (who I am SO GLAD is back… Read more ›
This story about 1950’s pin-up girl pictures came across my Google Reader shared items (sorry… I missed who shared it!) and left me thinking. From the site: The pin-up paintings (and photographs, of course) were created by Gil Elvgren, one… Read more ›
Yesterday, I alluded to an argument Tim and I have been having about pushing in the chair at the dining room table. It’s right by the door of our apartment, and he sits there to put his shoes on any… Read more ›
I know, I know, I know. I’ve been absent from this site lately. But there are a few really good reasons for this, and I haven’t really been ready to write about any of it until just now. Honestly, blogging… Read more ›
This past weekend, despite a 104 degree heat index and running out of water at various rest stops, my mom and I walked 26.2 miles around Chicago and raised over $1800 each to fight breast cancer. (We didn’t make it… Read more ›
Tomorrow and Sunday, I’ll be walking 39.3 miles around Chicago – starting and ending at Soldier Field – to raise awareness for breast cancer. I’ve raised the funds, and now I’m ready to walk! You can virtually follow me on… Read more ›
I make more money than Tim. Not much more, but enough that it’s sometimes noticeable. Our checks are about the same amount each time we get them, but he gets paid twice a month and I get paid every two… Read more ›
Today, I’m over at Gender Across Borders talking about international adoption, and I’ve already received some really great comments! Here’s a little teaser: My husband and I have given quite a bit of consideration to adopting a child. We’re not… Read more ›
A few weeks ago, my first official post as a senior editor at Gender Across Borders appeared. I wrote about Shame and Breast Cancer in Saudi Arabia, inspired by an article on the Ms. Magazine Blog. I wrote the post… Read more ›
“Will you miss us?” At the end of every year, this is the question on the tip of all the students’ tongues. They want to know if you’ll miss them, if you’ll think about them over the summer, if you’ll… Read more ›
Last week in the Chicagoland area, we were blessed with about four days of blissful, summeresque heat and sun. (True to Chicago form, however, this was followed by a weekend of rain and near-freezing temperatures.) On the first hot, sunny… Read more ›
Today’s guest post comes from Mandy Van Deven. Mandy is a progressive activist, co-author of Hey, Shorty!: A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets and editor The Scholar & Feminist Online’s “Polyphonic Feminisms: Acting… Read more ›
Let’s keep the baby train rolling today, shall we? Today’s link comes from Janni, who alerted me to this via Twitter yesterday. This story is about a woman who made a twitter list of tweeps over 30 without children and… Read more ›
Today, the baby theme continues. I was reminded through yesterday’s post and the subsequent (awesome) comments of a time in my classroom when I told my students I’m not having kids 1. There was an audible gasp, and then silence. In… Read more ›
When I tell people that Tim and I don’t necessarily want to have children, I get a lot of mixed responses. Mostly, people ask why which, I’ve come to understand, is maybe a fair question considering Tim and I are… Read more ›
I did not wake up any earlier than usual today. When my alarm went off at 5:30, I pulled my phone off my iHome charger and checked my Twitter feed (without getting out of my bed), like I always do. … Read more ›
Today’s guest post is from Shelly, one of my favorite internet friends. Shelly served on the editorial staff of Equality 101 with me, bent over backwards to help me out, and always has made me laugh with her poignant observations… Read more ›
If you had a wedding and you’re anything like me – and probably 90% of women all over the world – you felt some pressure to be perfect for your wedding. This may or may not have included extra workouts,… Read more ›
The following is a guest post by Becky Beaupre Gillespie and Hollee Schwartz Temple, authors of Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood, which I reviewed here. Hollee and her husband, John, started regular… Read more ›