May 2011
Don’t Be So Sensitive: Derailing Important...
I’m pretty sure all of us have been told at one point or another, after taking down someone who perpetuates any one of a sea of -isms, “don’t be so sensitive.” When I was a kid that cowed me. I was afraid of being perceived as weak and hysterical (ah, internalized misogyny!), and as everyone well knows, sensitive is but one step down the dangerous path of unchecked (and feminine!) emotion.
But...
Lucky Lady
by Jay on 8.3.2010 · 30 comments
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Originally published at Two Women Blogging
“Aren’t you lucky! He helps around the house!”
Yup. He helps. Because picking up his laundry, cooking his meals, paying his bills, and raising his child is by rights my job. Of course, my laundry and bills and meals are my job, too. Along with the playdates and the grocery shopping and scheduling babysitters....
Spoken Silence
Check out the live recording of Josiah’s band this past weekend at Bonds007 Rockbar. They got a roudy encore!!!!
I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not” — Kurt Cobain