Just The Way We Are
by Kelly Wickham “Don’t step directly over the graves, mom,” my youngest warned me. “It’s earth. It’s ok. We’re not here to disturb,” I called over my shoulder. It’s Fall and I like taking pictures. Sometimes, Morgan comes with me and then I spot a graveyard. I am calm with him, calmer than I was [...]
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 [...]
No one ever said I was subtle. Well, maybe that one time when I mistakenly took two of The Husband’s muscle relaxers thinking they were my thyroid medication and then found myself falling asleep trying to get pantyhose while getting ready for work. The Husband came home to find me in bed, drooling, and confused [...]
by Jenna Glatzer If you’ve missed the hoopla, here’s the abridged version: A 16-year-old girl got very drunk at a party. While she was unconscious, two boys at the party raped her, and more than a dozen party-goers watched, took pictures and videos, bribed each other to urinate on her, joked about it on [...]
When I was a kid I hated gym class. Hated it. Hated it because I wasn’t good at any of the sports. I was afraid of the ball. I was afraid of the monkey bars. I could barely do a cartwheel. It was humiliating. Things only got worse as I got older. We actually took [...]
“I think my mom feels insecure about herself because every time we go to take family pictures she always says that she’s too fat.” Kaitlin, 11. “My mom is always comparing herself to other people and my grandmother is always like, “Oh my God, look at my belly fat, it’s disgusting!” Jasmine, 10. We [...]
Rape is always everywhere: in America, in India, in Somalia, in Saudi Arabia, in Israel. We all know the newest news stories: a small town divided, a girl dead in Dehli– the conversation is back on the table. And in all these conversations, there seems to be something missing. Yes, we need to protect our daughters, [...]
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