So, as of Monday, I’m officially a working mom. I’ve got my bags and bags of stuff that I carry with me to the office every day, the largest of which is my pumping bag so I can collect all the milk for Baby B during the day and she can eat it. I’ve got […]
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Personal – The Impossibility of Planning the Unknowable
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you probably get that I’m a planner. It’s a thing that I actually like to do, and that I’m pretty good at. This means anything from planning parties, to my wedding, to vacations, moves, and whatever else. Give me a situation with a need, […]
TV – The Handmaids Tale (Hulu)
5 years ago if someone asked, you would probably have said that in the future, things could only be better for women. But we now live in a world where organizations which provide healthcare services to women are being rapidly defunded, health care bills in which pregnancy and rape could count as “pre-existing conditions” which […]
Personal – A Day Without Women
I am a feminist. This means that I believe in political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. It also means that I support groups that fight for women’s rights. In this case, “women’s rights” are those topics that strive to bring women to an equal footing with men. Not above. Equal. We are currently living […]
Personal – The Power of Public Education
Yesterday I saw a post on Jezebel after Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education asking readers to post their experiences within the public school system. Since I didn’t have a plan for today’s post, I’m going to answer the call. I went to a really good high school. Like, low-low triple-digits in the […]
Personal – On Presidential Elections
I love voting. It gives me such a sense of civic pride. As the Boy and I walked to our polling place this morning, we commented on how the act of voting is the gravest responsibility that can be bestowed on a person. We are making a choice for our country as a people – […]
Articles – Lenny Letter
I am so tired. It’s only a partial lack of sleep, but a large portion is that there’s just so much going on, and it’s easy to get into a rut. And then you drive further into that rut and get stuck and die. Maybe not. I’m exaggerating. Perhaps it’s our election which feels like […]
Book – Hope Was Here
I am a big fan of YA novels. Adults reading YA tends to get a bad rap because we’re seen as reading “childrens books“, that they’re not deep or nuanced enough to be counted as real literature. My thought on the matter is that the way that there are shallow cotton-candy type of books for adults […]
Personal – Brexit
I was going to post about write about something light and silly today – one of my favorite TV shows of late, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. I can’t do that. Not today. Today is sad. Last night was scary. The future is…unknowable now. The UKIP leader who was the face of Brexit said it was a victory […]