So… I Got Spammed Again…
… or maybe I just never actually fixed the problem in the first place. I was working with my host to fix the problem with these spam links, and they said it would be fixed if I removed the Global… Read more ›
Running on To-Do Lists, Compliments, and Love
I’ve posted some posts here, but, let’s face it, I haven’t really blogged on here in almost a month. Many of you have asked what I’ve been up to, and have told me that you miss my blogging and feel… Read more ›
Avon Walk for Breast Cancer: Seven in ’11!
Did you know that every three minutes, another woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer? On June 4-5, I’ll spend the weekend walking, along with thousands of other people, in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. I… Read more ›
Spammed
So. Small Strokes was spammed. There are links to purchase drugs showing up in almost a years’ worth of posts. And I didn’t put them there. I contacted my host company, and they discovered that the problem was with the… Read more ›
Ask a Feminist: Guest Speaking on Feminism in a High School Classroom
Apparently, I am the resident expert in feminism in my school. This doesn’t necessarily surprise me, though I do think many of the young teachers here fall somewhere on the feminist spectrum. However, as the one who A) wrote her master’s… Read more ›
Punishing Teens Who Are “Gender Nonconforming”
According to a recent article from the Ms. Magazine Blog, parents, teachers, police, and other adults in charge of discipline are more likely to punish the victims of bullying rather than the bullies when it comes to LGBTQ youth. Thus,… Read more ›
Oh, baby!
So. The conversations about babies have started. I’m surprised it took this long. I think a lot of it started because we’ve been sort of idly searching for houses but it’s been a difficult process because we’re not really sure… Read more ›
More on the Selfish/Selfless Balance
Why I love my Mommy: She will always gently remind me when I border on the too-selfish while NEVER telling me I’m a bad wife if I tend too much to myself and not enough to my husband. There are… Read more ›
Selfish! Selfless! Is there an inbetween?
Tim signed up for the Chicago Marathon this week. Guess when it is? October 9. Does that date ring a bell? (Hint: white dress, big ceremony, happiest day of my life…) Historically, this has always been a big weekend for… Read more ›
Assignments Do Not Exist in a Vacuum
I have spent some time recently working in collaboration with several people who are not teachers to develop activities, projects, assignments, and unit plans for my classes. These experiences are both essential to good curriculum planning and so frustrating that… Read more ›
Re-Thinking Body Image
I need to start re-thinking my body image, and I need to get into a healthier headspace regarding food and weight. Allow me to explain. I’m a stress-eater. When I’m stressed, I eat. A lot. I’m not a busy-eater. When… Read more ›
Yea, we fight. You don’t?
Tim and I haven’t had a good, blow-out fight in a really long time. That’s usually how it goes; we go for a long time in happy, coupl-y bliss and then something starts building up – usually with me –… Read more ›
Wedding Recap, With Pictures – Finally!
I have been promising a wedding recap on this blog complete with pictures since, probably, around October 10. Every time I sit down to blog, I think: Gosh, I really should post some pictures from the wedding since I’ve been… Read more ›
Columbine by Dave Cullen – Full Review
The cameras missed the outside murders and could not follow Eric and Dylan inside. The fundamental experience for most of America was almost witnessing mass murder. It was the panic and frustration of not knowing, the mounting terror of horror… Read more ›
Shameless Self Promotion! – NEW BLOG!
Hey feminists! There’s a new feminist blog on the market. Deconstructing The Fairytale: Feminist Perspectives on Weddings and Marriage! If you love Small Strokes (and you know you do), you’ll love this blog! Rosie, Jillian, Safa and I will be… Read more ›
Columbine by Dave Cullen
I started reading Columbine by Dave Cullen (book #4 in my 30 Before 30 challengeyesterday and made it through a third of the book in a nonstop reading session. At that point, I physically had plenty of time to read more,… Read more ›
In Sickness and In Health…
It has been two weeks of uninterrupted sickness at the Sam/Rob household. (Just to confuse you more, I have now shortened our last names for purposes here.) This is the first time since we moved in together that both of… Read more ›
I’m looking for guest posts!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted some guest posts on feminism and relationships – mostly because now all of my submissions are coming from people trying to advertise for free on my site. 🙁 I miss your brilliant posts! … Read more ›
#chifems Book Club – New Book!
We have a new book for the Chifems Book Club! For February 25, we’ll be reading Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez and discussing it in light of a situation with NBC trying to adapt it for the small… Read more ›
In Which I Discuss Politics for the First and Maybe Last Time
I don’t talk much about politics. Much of this is because, like many Americans I assume, I tend to tune in to discussions about politics that matter to me and tune out the rest. I also tend to believe that… Read more ›