I was deeply saddened yesterday to learn of the passing of my very first undergrad English professer, John O’Leary. He was with his son on a boat when it capsized. His son made it back, but he did not. John… Read more ›
It’s time for July’s Monthly Review! Here’s where I share my favorite pieces I’ve written, my favorites from the internets, and where you can promote your own! Enjoy! Top 5 From Care2 Causes These are my top 5 favorite articles… Read more ›
Many of you know – and even if you don’t know, you probably won’t be surprised to learn – that I have been working on a book for the past year. It was an anthology of essays about how modern… Read more ›
I am the type of person who always needs something to do. Ever since I was little, I’ve always needed some kind of project to work on. It’s probably why, even now, I write and keep up this blog and… Read more ›
I have had the great honor of being featured on The OpEd Project Byline Blog very recently. They said really great things about me, too! Check it out. You, too, could have such a great honor. If you’re in the… Read more ›
I don’t know if you all know this, but I’ve been doing quite a bit of writing elsewhere. Sometimes, I write things that might interest you, so I’ve decided to start doing a monthly round-up of my writing elsewhere,… Read more ›
I love writing. I have opinions, and I think it’s important that I express them, especially because the number of women publishing op-eds in major news outlets is so dismally low. When I presented at the CWWN conference two summers… Read more ›
I’ve been neglecting you again, internets. I have so much to write, and yet I haven’t written anything at all for the past week. I mean, I guess it’s understandable, seeing as I’m going to be a homeowner as of… Read more ›
By now, most of you in the feminist blogging community have probably heard that Gender Across Borders is closing its doors. From the site: While we haven’t finished our global gender justice fight, due to several reasons, we can no… Read more ›
Hey all! Exciting news! I am officially a Causes Blogger at Care2.com! That’s right, yours truly will be blogging several times a week about women’s rights and education! My first post – about standardized testing and fostering a love of… Read more ›
I’ll never forget sitting in our hotel room in San Diego in July 2010. We had just moved in together, and we were taking a pre-wedding, post-move-in honeymoon for me to present at a conference and to visit my cousin… Read more ›
I applied for a bunch of freelance copywriting jobs last night because I started getting a little jittery about the house buying expenses (not that a couple hundred extra bucks per month is really going to make a dent in… Read more ›
You absolutely must read this awesome post on Offbeat Home about how making your home is similar to writing. Making a home is writing. It combines what is already available, like a blank sheet of paper, with human creativity and… Read more ›
This week, I have been on overload. You may have guessed by my absence here. Seriously, though, I’ve been doing too much. The way I see it, I have four separate things going on in my life: Blogging and writing… Read more ›
I’m on Offbeat Home today, talking about our decision to wait on buying a house. It’s something I’ve mused about on here before, but this post is pretty good, if I do say so myself. 🙂 Our search began with… Read more ›
Well, I said I was coming back, and then I posted nothing for a week. I promise you, readers, I AM coming back. With a vengeance. Just as soon as our Internet starts working again. Yes, in true Thanksgiving irony… Read more ›
… but you can’t take the blog out of the girl. After an hour of wandering around the apartment, checking Twitter and Google Reader and Tumblr and Facebook obsessively, whining about how bored I was, I looked at Tim and… Read more ›
I have been struck with the notion that I’m doing too much. Writing here, writing at GAB, doing admin tasks for GAB, trying to get articles published, trying to make some extra money so we can buy a house and take… Read more ›
Yea, so I haven’t been posting here so much this week. Why? Well, honestly, I haven’t really felt like it? I’m trying to compose an anniversary post about Tim and my anniversary – since that is what this whole blog… Read more ›
It’s that time of the summer again, when I get tired of listening to myself talk. This doesn’t happen often, so take advantage of it now! 🙂 I’m looking for some guest posts from you, lovely readers. It’s tough to… Read more ›