So I Can Kiss You Anytime I Want
There’s a flashback scene in the movie Sweet Home Alabama, where the main character asks her friend (and later barely-out-of-high-school-shotgun husband) why he wants to marry her, and his response […]
It Couldn’t Be Me
Because I am female. I presumably have ovaries. I have breasts. Because I am a woman. It couldn’t be me that has kept my partner of going on six years […]
Raising Daughters… or What Any Woman Deserves to be Told
A friend recently shared a blog article titled “Raising Daughters in a World that Devalues Them: 7 Things We Must Tell Them,” and I thought it was a very interesting […]
Lack of Empathy is Heartless
I’ve lost count of the times my mother has insinuated that I’m heartless. I can’t be sure of the number of times she’s come right out and said it, either, […]
Little Bits of Rebellion
Every once in a while, my mind goes on a small rebellious streak, and I get satisfaction in being contrarian. It’s almost silly how small a degree I take this […]
A Quick Activism Roundup
I’m not really an activist (probably obvious by the anonymous state of this blog). That said, there are a few petitions and calls to contact your members of congress floating […]
Dear Teenage Me—On Sex
You grew up with the stories of how your grandmother was the one to tell your 19-year-old mother that she was pregnant with you, because Mom was so sheltered by […]
