A Feminist Wife
“Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.” – Lady… Read more ›
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Small Strokes Podcast: Does Confidence Attract Bullies?
Click here to subscribe via iTunes! Today’s podcast is an excerpt of my “good wife” paper about whether or not my confidence caused some of my former coworkers to bully me. The original piece was inspired by Dara Chadwick and… Read more ›
What Feminism Is and What It Should Be (with a little help from bell hooks)
This is a section from my Diversity paper (intro here) about what it means to be a “good woman” or a “good wife” and why a few women seemed to feel the need to coach me toward their idea of… Read more ›
Identity and Difference
This is a section from my Diversity paper (intro here) about what it means to be a “good woman” or a “good wife” and why a few women seemed to feel the need to coach me toward their idea of… Read more ›
Contemporary Myths
I have just finished reading White Lies: Race and the Myths of Whiteness by Maurice Berger for my class on the literature of diversity. It is a decent read, especially for anyone interested in the problems surrounding race in our… Read more ›
What makes a good woman, part 2
What follows is the introduction to my paper for this class. It is what is called a “quest paper,” meaning my thesis is a question that will be answered by using specific examples from our readings in class, as well… Read more ›
When did you lose your gravity?
For Eden Abigail Trooboff, the loss of gravity happened the first time she felt her body in relation to a man: …But I was wearing a pink dress with a big V in back and I felt too female to… Read more ›
Response to “The Gravity of Pink”
I was originally attracted to this essay because of the title. Over the past few months, I have had several discussions with friends and participated in a few interviews and conversations about feminism, and immediately I knew that this essay… Read more ›
What makes a “good woman?”
Let’s start with a story and a few questions. All comments welcome. My first teaching job was in a very small town. I was far away from my friends and family, living by myself, and feeling as if I didn’t… Read more ›