6th grade was awesome for me. Or was it 7th? I’m not exactly sure. I started shaving my legs, wearing a training bra, and got braces.
But the mensies, that was definitely 7th because I remember that time in Mrs. Breitzman’s class…I can’t even talk about that time. Continue reading
A few weeks ago, around 9pm, I yelled so loud I woke the children, my husband, and scared our dog into a tailspin. My husband frantically ran downstairs to make sure I was alright. My kids ran after him asking, “why are you laughing? Or are you crying? What’s wrong mommy?” Continue reading
With my first pregnancy when it was time to break the news to the co-founders of my company I started with the one whose office was next to mine. I walked in with a mix of nervousness and excitement. I strung together some combination of words to convey that I was with child. He Continue reading
I recently succumbed to a headline I couldn’t ignore. I clicked through to find this article. You can read the underlying study here or I’ll sum it up for you: 70% of Americans think married women should change their name. And 50% think it should be the law.
The most common reasons cited that a women should take her husband’s name were Continue reading
We stand less than a week away from the ability to cast a vote for a female candidate in the U.S. presidential election. 96 years after women were given the right to vote. 44 years after Title IX prevented discrimination against women in a federally funded education program.
You may be thinking that dirty word in your head: feminism. You may be thinking you want to stop reading.
Despite the numerous understandings and approaches to feminism, at its core, it is about equality. If feminism is a dirty word, so is equality.
