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How Do You Take Care Of You?
By Katerina ZachariaDecember 31, 2012
Single mom Katerina Zacharia shares her self-care strategy for the new year. Three years ago, a child therapist asked, “So, what are you doing to take care of you?” I wanted to leap across the table and strangle her throat. “What the heck kind of question is that? Why would you ask something so ignorant, arrogant, and insensitive?” In my own hypercritical arrogance, I c...Posted in Family, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Singledom, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
There Is No Such Thing As A New Beginning
By Emily RappDecember 30, 2012
On this New Year's Eve, Emily Rapp says change can only be truly transformative if you take the past with you. I’ve always found New Year’s Eve, the last hurrah of the holidays, a disorienting and irritating end to the already “out of time” feeling of the season. Now, instead of sweet advertisements about beautiful women being handed engagement rings by their hot boyfri...Posted in Emily Rapp, Life, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
The Friday Five
By Role/Reboot StaffDecember 28, 2012
This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The Year In Sex by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says it was a good year for sex. Whether it was K-Stew’s infidelity or kinky “mommy porn,” we just couldn’t stop talking about it. Here’s a handy guide to what defined our sexual culture in 2012. 2. The Gende...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Friday Five, nfti-home, Politics, Pop Culture | (0) Comments »
Lust Is Not Uncontrollable
By Emily Heist MossDecember 27, 2012
Emily Heist Moss says her tight yoga pants aren't the problem, it's your self-control, dudes. A few weeks ago, I wrote an open letter to a man who harassed my roommate and I outside a Chicago bar. My goal was to address harassers and their apologists and to add a few layers of context around the issue. First, the singular incident that each man contributes to a woman's experience builds on the...Posted in Culture and Politics, Emily, Manhood, nfti-home, Sexual Violence, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
'Single' Does Not Mean 'Available'
By Maree TaliduDecember 26, 2012
I’m single. At 32, many of my friends are married with 2 kids. Due to my age and my status of ‘single’, people assume I’m actively looking for love. Or that I need help in finding a man, when the fact of the matter is yes: I am single. But no, I am not available. The word ‘single’ seems to conjure up responses of pity from people who think I must be desperat...Posted in Dating, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Singledom | (0) Comments »
One Man's Story Of The Night He Was Raped
By Annamarya ScacciaDecember 26, 2012
Annamarya Scaccia tells the story of James, a former Marine who was drugged and raped by an older woman when he was 19 years old. James Landrith was 19 years old when he was raped. He met his friend at a club he frequented near Camp Lejeune, the North Carolina base where he was stationed as a United States Marine. He wanted to listen to music and dance, to relax after a long week. But his fe...Posted in Manhood, nfti-home, Sex, Sex and Relationships, Sexual Violence | (0) Comments »
I Am Not A Nag
By Emilie LittlehalesDecember 26, 2012
Emilie Littlehales says it's time to reevaluate what it means to "nag" and the impact it can have on gender and relationship dynamics. Curious about the origins of the verb to nag, I decided to look it up. The definitions I found in the dictionaries I consulted (Merriam-Webster, the OED, and dictionary.com) showed a consensus about the verb's meaning and where it originated: To nag is to const...Posted in Gender Roles, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Should Parents Hide Their Sex Lives From Their Kids?
By Lynn BeisnerDecember 25, 2012
Despite all their attempts to keep their sex life secret, Lynn Beisner and her husband's kids know full well what's going on behind closed doors...but is that such a bad thing? Last Thursday night, my kids had a little end of the world party. They held it in the basement apartment of our house that my daughter shares with her partner. With all of our offspring two floors away, it seemed like a...Posted in Lynn, nfti-home, Parents, Sex, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
I Hate To Admit It, But Being Single During The Holidays Sucks
By Leah BerkenwaldDecember 25, 2012
Feminists aren't supposed to let their singledom bother them during the holidays, but not everyone is immune. I never thought I would internalize all the crap out there about being a single, straight woman, but somehow this holiday season I found myself unwittingly trapped in a rom-com desperation cliche. “Meet Leah. She’s an independent woman with the perfect job, perfect apartme...Posted in Feminism, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Singledom, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
Confessions Of An Older Mom
By Laurie CunninghamDecember 23, 2012
Laurie Cunningham became a first-time mom just days shy of her 40th birthday. She shares why she refuses to worry about all the risks associated with older parents. A few days ago I was Christmas shopping with my friend, Erin, when we stopped at a café to grab lunch. For the two hours we’d been perusing cookware at the kitchen store, top-sellers at the local bookstore, and knitted...Posted in Family, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
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