That Area Between Black and White
(This is the second part of the post – see the first part here – short version: words matter, and using them to bully or demean women makes you look ignorant, petty, and sexist so choose your words carefully, even when forming private thoughts.) I’ll do the #NotAllMen and #NotAllWomen disclaimer again so we can get …
We have such good intentions, us feminists. Perhaps, though, being a “feminist” – a human who believes that all people, regardless of their gender or sex, deserve the same rights and opportunities – is just being a normal person? Maybe we should first start with being regular people and assuming that all regular people agree …
Independence is an illusion. We’re supposed to be raising our children to be independent. We think that being independent is a good trait. And it is, but it only works as long as we understand that nobody – no-bo-dy – is ever truly independent in this country or in most of the world. We need …
“I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction,” King said in his acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality,” he continued. “This is why …
We are at the beginning of something very old and yet somehow new. Even though women and LGBTQ and people of color have been asking for equality for, well, forever, we finally seem to be making some headway. While we’ve still not gotten the E.R.A. passed, at least we do have legal marriage equality. Even …
Before we get any further in: SPOILER ALERT. If you have not seen the new Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi, then move along; these are not the thoughts you’re looking for. I do hope you’ll come back once you have seen the movie. You know I’m a Star Wars fan, already biased, but it …