Stopping Our Sons
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...
View ArticleWhen moms need help
“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...
View ArticleStrong & Fast
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...
View ArticleThe Upside of CNN’s Disgusting Steubenville Rape Trial Coverage
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...
View ArticleKumbaya, Bonfire Chats, & Fuckability
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...
View ArticleClosed Minds and Open Letters
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...
View ArticleManifesto: On the Practicalities of Life
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....
View ArticleThe Mistress’s Rabbi
Yad: archon.brandeis.edu By Shoshana Kohn Every year, the stories of sexual misconduct find their way to the media spotlight: Josh Duggar molesting girls as a teenager including his sisters. D.C....
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