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Why Is It Still A Big Deal When Boys Play With 'Girl Toys'?

By Kasey Edwards

May 22, 2013

When a friend's son asked her for a pink floral bike helmet, she lied and told him they didn't have the floral ones in his size. He went home with a plain blue one instead. "I hate myself for doing it," she tells me. "But I worry that he'll get teased." No doubt she was also trying to avoid invasive queries. She's regularly subjected to lectures from friends and strangers about the perils of ...

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The Culture Of The Celebrity Over-Share

By Emily Heist Moss

May 22, 2013

Is the recent trend of celebrities sharing their deeply personal stories an effort to shine a light on issues everyone faces? Or is it more about lining their own pockets? Emily Heist Moss says it's both, and that's OK. Angelina Had Breast Removal Surgery. Christine Quinn Opens Up About Her Struggles with Bulimia and Alcoholism. Gwyneth Paltrow Discusses Miscarriage Trauma. Catherine Zeta-Jone...

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Men Feel The Pain Of Miscarriage Too

By Kim Christensen

May 21, 2013

Men are often expected to support their grieving female partners after a pregnancy loss, but who's supporting them? Chris had a miscarriage. We were about nine weeks in when the doctor unceremoniously announced he could no longer detect a heartbeat in our pea-sized bundle to be. I stared and stared at the ultrasound monitor, willing it to show movement, to emit that rhythmic whoo-whoo-whoo so...

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Why I Don't Tell People I Was In A Cult

By Lynn Beisner

May 21, 2013

How can you tell someone the truth about your past when there's a good chance they won't believe you? I am part of a minority group that I call "People with a Big Story" for lack of a better term. People with Big Stories have two things in common. First, something has happened in their lives that is so outside the range of the ordinary that it seems unbelievable to most people. The second thin...

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I Don’t Know What I Weigh: The Case For Stepping Off The Scale

By Claire Mysko

May 20, 2013

The June issue of Allure has the usual headlines about what beauty products to buy and how to get good hair and better skin. Also thrown into the sexy, sun-kissed mix is this tidbit of information about their cover girl: “Zoe Saldana: 115 Pounds Of Grit And Heartache.” Hey, she’s slight but this gal’s got might! Do the editors of a beauty magazine think of a celebrity&r...

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How My Old School Dad Raised Me To Be A New School Feminist

By Katerina Zacharia

May 20, 2013

When Katerina Zacharia and her brother were kids, her father gave her brother more money to spend at the roller rink. When she asked, “Why the difference?” He replied, “He’s a boy.” My dad grew up a poor boy from a small fishing village, just minutes away from the site of Shakespeare’s Othello. He spent his childhood playing along the walls of the great Vene...

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Why Men Need To Feel Their Feelings

By Jayson Gaddis

May 19, 2013

I was emotionally shut down for years. Every woman I dated had to deal with my inability to identify a feeling. She would ask, “Hey is something bothering you?” I would reply, “No, I’m fine” with a hint of defensiveness. The closest I ever came to identifying what was really going on was “I’m in a funk.” Many folks know this as feeling off someho...

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Why I've Turned Down Good Men

By Cynthia Kane

May 19, 2013

We accept the love we think we deserve. I looked out the window to make sure my car was still there. I had parked it in a tow away zone. If he drove past it right now he wouldn't know where I was, because where I parked left options for my whereabouts. Maybe he would think I was grabbing a coffee at the student center, or maybe he would think I was visiting a friend, but what I really wanted h...

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The Friday Five

By Role/Reboot Staff

May 17, 2013

This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. How Motherhood Is Changing Dramatically—In 11 Graphs by Derek Thompson of The Atlantic says moms are different these days. They’re more likely to have gone to college, more likely to work full-time, less likely to have more than two children, and less likely to be married than...

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Why The Personal Is Political

By Emily Heist Moss

May 16, 2013

Emily Heist Moss discusses how the decisions at the top trickle down to affect our everyday lives. "Nothing personal, but…” Uh oh. Nothing good ever comes from a statement that starts with "Nothing personal." “Nothing personal, but I just think marriage should be between men and women.” "Nothing personal, but I don't get what's wrong with a guy paying for dinner." ...

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