What’s In A Name?
A feminist NYU columnist asks this question in her recent op/ed on taking your husband’s name. I haven’t thought this issue through enough to properly comment on it, but I think it’s a good introduction to this article: What’s in a name? The new one my husband, Gary (formerly Ruderman), and I (formerly Wilgoren) adopted [...]
...read moreWell, this is a switch.
Someone actually wrote a book encouraging women to try to have it all.
...read moreThe Dread Pirate Parton
Suddenly, she makes more sense now: I’m developing a new theory: that Dolly Parton is an enterprise run almost identically to that of the Dread Pirate Roberts. So when the Dolly Parton we know grows weary and decides to retire, she identifies a replacement who will seamlessly merge into the life of Dolly Parton and [...]
...read moreOverkill
This is a story about old news. David Riehm, who was seventeen and a high-school student when all this started, wrote a story about a guy who wakes from a wet dream, proceeds to accidentally sodomize himself with his little brother’s Fischer-Price toy (good detail!) and then gets his head run over by the school [...]
...read moreHarper Lee and Courage
I found this beautiful post by flea through a post at tbogg. Flea reflects on the school integration of the 1960s and the quiet courage of common people in standing up for their beliefs, even as other, good people were reluctant to do so if it meant bringing harm to their families. My oldest sister [...]
...read moreWhere Are the “Girl” Designers?
I’ve been wondering the same thing — why aren’t there more famous female fashion designers under the age of 18? I mean, given that so many boys are fashion designers these days, where’s the equality? Girl designers deserve attention, too! Confused yet? Saying to yourself, “Uh, Jill, there aren’t any famous fashion designers under the [...]
...read moreTranslating Arabic Into Injustice
Take this scenario: NYU grad student works as a translator. He is hired by a local attorney, and translates numerous conversations between her and her client. While doing so, he does research for his graduate dissertation. She breaks a court order, and releases a statement from her client to the public; the translator was never [...]
...read moreFace Transplant Patient Makes First Appearance
The French woman who received a partial face transplant made her first public appearance since the surgery. She actually looks pretty good (picture with article), although I guess she’s going to have some trouble speaking for a while until things heal. But here’s the part that jumped out at me about this. I’d heard that [...]
...read moreUK Stands Up For Women’s Lives
Maybe I’ll move to London. The British government will today publicly defy the United States by giving money for safe abortion services in developing countries to organisations that have been cut off from American funding. Nearly 70,000 women and girls died last year because they went to back-street abortionists. Hundreds of thousands of others suffered [...]
...read moreTrans 101
I bring you pretty much every question I’ve ever been asked:
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