Thank you, Women’s Voices for Change, for the shout-out to Emmy Award-winning actor Jane Lynch and her 2012 commencement speech at Smith College. It’s a funny and inspiring twenty minutes (see below), filled with humor and smarts from this multi-talented dynamo. I strongly recommend that you watch and listen, not only enjoying Ms. Lynch’s wit, […]
Dear Hillary: Two Words
Dear Hillary, Thank you. Thank you for insisting that your brain and your chutzpah matter more than how you wear your hair or if you’re seen in glasses. Thank you for not taking the bait when it comes to the perpetual picking at your style, rather than your substance. Thank you for the debate that […]
Why I Need to Hire a Wife
Working long hours? In need of a wife?
Stopping the Stereotypes
First, I stumbled into the observations of Lisa at Amid Privilege. Her commentary on the depiction of smart women on television – or rather, their relative flatness as compared to their male counterparts – offers an interesting opening to a broader topic of discussion. When it comes to men, endearingly quirky characters are tolerated and […]
Baby Boom or Bust? Why Demographics Concerning Women Suck
When demographics don’t tell the real story.
How to Hook a Man… Or How to Stay Healthy
I thought it would be an innocent article on fitness, likely encouraging women to be kinder about our genetic predisposition to certain body types, changing metabolism with aging, and the value of weight training for good health. Apparently, Caitlin Constantine’s column on body image at the Huffington Post was perceived by some as more “shoulds” […]
Contraception. Personhood. Let Me Say This… About That.
I’m just trying to read my Sunday Times. And enjoy perusing my fave Must-See sites. But it’s impossible to avoid news coverage on contraception and the ongoing battle of wills and words over health insurance, abortion, personhood, and related subjects. For most of the women I know over the age of 40, and of course […]
Politically Correct
Ah, the politics of language… Not so simple. Anywhere.
Female Body Image: Care to Share?
Female body image. Not a simple subject, is it. We carry our personal histories, our inherited traits, and we’re bombarded by conflicting messages from the time we’re little girls. So how do we make sense of it? Do we, eventually? I have questions as I continue to find my way to my own answers. But […]
Getting Naked
When’s the last time you got naked… and felt good about it?