Twenty-one is supposed to be some landmark year for us Americans: it's supposed to be crazy—like Eurotrip-meets-Vegas crazy—and unforgettable—but only to be completely forgotten because you've had one too many tequila shots the night before. Call me jaded, but it seemed like a horrible way to spend ... Read More
Happy 80th, Gloria Steinem!
Thank god for Gloria Steinem. .  .  . "We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters." "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." "People think being pretty or beautiful solves ... Read More
International Women’s Day
Funny, isn't it, how in order to be powerful or successful, women are told (or pushed) to be more "masculine," to emulate "male" habits, behaviors, even dress. There's no wrong in being a woman, no fault in being "feminine" and embracing femininity. (And besides—what is masculine/feminine anyway but ... Read More