I’m feeling swamped. Not in a bad way, but swamped all the same. Not with mother duties. Certainly not with household chores, as anyone stopping by for a visit might agree, raising an eyebrow and thinking I ought to man the mop and dash for the dust cloth. In fact, I’m up to my eyeballs […]
Putting Motherhood on the Resume
Working motherhood? Challenging expectations.
The (Family) Meal Plan
The family dinner. Especially tough for single moms.
(Dating) Double Standards – Two to Tango?
Women and sexual double standards…
The F Word. No, Not That One.
Feminism: Just one of many “F” words we need to understand more fully.
Do Women Have a Voice? What Does That Actually Mean?
Must women shout to be heard? Must anyone shout to be heard? And if we are heard – then what? In the past 24 hours, I came across two very different articles to do with women in America. The first concerns women entrepreneurs in technology. The second addresses women in media and an appalling lack […]
Movable Truth
Accepting variations on “truth” in light of divorce.
Fixer-Upper
Do you date a man expecting to change him? The Fixer-Upper.
Territorial Claims
Are you territorial about your work space? Your kitchen? The sock drawer? Is the configuration of your environment so important that it causes a strain between you and the Hubby, you and the Girlfriend, you and the roommate? I’ve spent weeks combing through piles and files, not only to prepare taxes and financial documents necessary […]
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 […]