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.
The Testosterone Tumble
Here’s a provocative piece of news that came out earlier this week and gives me pause – and not applause. Apparently, testosterone plunges in men who actively exercise Daddy duties. Say what? The New York Times offers its interpretation of this (disturbing?) data on maleness and fatherhood, and a “politically correct” spin which I find […]
It’s Raining Men (Older Men)
More men? More older men? Apparently the traditional age gap is closing. Men are living longer. Isn’t this good news for all of us? All the business of caring for an aging population aside – health care, insurance, pharmaceuticals, retirement communities, financial planning – what could this mean for American society? For our beleaguered employment […]
Battle of the Sexes
Yes, I’m old enough to recall watching the televised match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, back in 1973. Touted as “The Battle of the Sexes” and seemingly a symbol of Woman-Beating-Back-Male-Braggadocio, Billie Jean, then 29, crushed Bobby in three straight sets. He was 55. Looking back, the theatrical aspects and the terminology tossed […]