Damn, this book. Let me back up: Netflix recently released a show based on this book. I hadn’t heard anything about the show until my friend Becky told me about it. Her exact words were “Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Watch ASAP.” Since we have similar taste in tv and she’s not…
Are you one of the 8.5 million people who’ve watched this video in the past couple of days? If you’ve been here for any length of time you’ll know that I have some *thoughts* about this commercial and the response to it. Hi, rabid intersectional feminist, right here. First and foremost: I don’t love that Gillette…
This wasn’t the post I had planned for today, but… it’s been a day, and I’m having some feelings. I don’t generally talk about politics here. I think I’ve alluded to my affiliations, but ultimately that doesn’t matter today. What does matter is that there’s a man in the midst of confirmation proceedings for a…
Over the past several weeks a few of the men in my life have made snarky, disparaging comments about the #MeToo movement, and it got me thinking; why are otherwise decent men so clueless about the actual meaning of this movement? For example, my father: on the one hand, he’s stated emphatically that if he…
