Just The Way We Are
I’m getting divorced. I just got dumped. I went from being a wife to a girlfriend in a very short period of time. Every self-help book is rolling its tear-stained eyes at me- I told you so. Rebound. Rebound. I suppose, technically, it was a rebound- but it was with someone I’ve known for twenty [...]
It’s a weird week for news and not news news (do I sound like a horrible love child of Gertrude Stein and Donald Rumsfield? No? I should…). Syria is still a mess btw, we still have a small portion of our gerrymandered electorate holding the country hostage on our sixth day of government shutdown. But [...]
Disclaimer: I’m not on Kim Kardashian’s radar. I’m not even a blip in her world. I’m also not a fan of reality T.V., think that Honey-Boo-Boo is a good idea on any level, or appreciate what Snookie did to my brain when I tried reading her book (Hey, I was curious.) Nor do I [...]
Back in the late 80s when I was a women’s studies student and knee deep in the identity politics of the era, I read (and read and read) about women being in competition with each other instead of being friends with one another. I didn’t fully understand the concept because I truly didn’t get it. [...]
Just the other day, I was on my way to dinner with my ex-boyfriend. It was almost 90 degrees outside, the sun was beginning to set and the streets were filled with people. Mostly, people in their late twenties to mid-thirties. As we walked, he commented on every woman we passed. “What about her?” “She’s [...]
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