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 ›
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 ›
I’ve been off the grid for a few days while Tim and I have worked on deciding what to do with the next year of our lives. As you can imagine, it’s been a daunting few days and lots of… Read more ›
Tim and I have spent a good deal of time over the past few days debating about what we want the next step in our lives to be. We’ve been looking at houses and town homes in the suburbs of… Read more ›
I am having one of those my-pants-don’t-fit-right, I-didn’t-even-want-to-stand-up-to-shower-this-morning-let-alone-deal-with-anything, I-don’t-want-to-talk-to-anyone days. You know the sort. I’m sure you’ve been there before. As a teacher, these days are particularly challenging. At my job, I can’t avoid dealing with things or talking to… Read more ›
When we’re two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we’ve found the right person. Our soul mate is the one who makes life come to life. -Richard Bach, from The Bridge Across Forever I was never the… 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 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 ›
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 ›
I can’t even tell you how good it is to be typing this right now. I’m really excited to be back! I waited for a few days and, seeing no more spam links, I devoted some time to getting rid… Read more ›
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 ›
A recent survey showed that 4 in 10 Americans now believe that marriage is obsolete. I saw this on the news a few weeks ago, but I was too busy reading The Hunger Games to comment. It’s too bad, too,… Read more ›
When I started my new job three years ago, the author of this post and I quickly discovered that we were very alike – we both consider ourselves feminists, we both work very hard to do a good job teaching,… Read more ›
Today’s guest post literally moved me to tears. I was sitting, waiting for the train after the last Chicago Feminist Tweetup when I first read it, and it was so powerful and honest, I just had to share it with… Read more ›
This is a guest post in a series on feminism and relationships, but is also about the author’s relationship with feminism! It’s a feminist guest post double-whammy, if you will! And, Gwenn has guest posted here before! You can see… Read more ›
And I thought this sort of stuff only happened in movies… …or maybe it does happen in movies and I’m now socialized to believe it should happen to me, too, and that’s why it happens. Chicken or the egg, eh?… Read more ›