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Open Relationships, Infidelity, And Cheating
By Charlie GlickmanJanuary 31, 2012
I’m generally in favor of anything that gets more discussion of sexual and relationship diversity into the news, but the recent allegations by Newt Gingrich’s second wife about his demand for an “open marriage” after having an affair for six years has highlighted the general confusion about what these words mean. For example, W. Bradford Wilcox, the Director of the Nati...Posted in Infidelity, Marriage, nfti-home, Politics, Sex, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
Liberal, Lesbian, Activist On Fox News? Meet Sally Kohn.
By Nicole RodgersJanuary 31, 2012
Sally Kohn is a veteran community organizer turned political commentator, and is interested in movement building for equality and justice. Last week, Kohn officially joined Fox News as a contributor. Role/Reboot co-founder Nicole Rodgers talks to her about what it’s like to be a lone wolf progressive amidst the conservative pack. Nicole Rodgers: First, congrats on your new gig. A lot of ...Posted in Culture and Politics, LGBT, nfti-home, Nicole, Politics | (3) Comments »
Smoke And Ashes: On The End Of A Friendship
By Kerry CohenJanuary 29, 2012
Alison and I met when we were both fresh from graduate school. It was impossible to get full-time jobs in our field without books or much experience yet, so we both applied and got jobs at a college preparatory organization looking for people to teach high school students how to write college acceptance letters. We met at the all-day training we had to attend, which was held in a hotel conferen...Posted in Life, Marriage, Mothers, nfti-home, Womanhood | (8) Comments »
Single And Happy?
By Bailey ElliotJanuary 29, 2012
I’m a single 32-year-old woman with no kids. I’m going to pause for a second to let that sink in, and to let you think about the images and feelings that spring to mind when you hear that phrase. Pop culture would tell us that I am either: Standing in a leopard print dress at a bar saying extremely loudly, with a slightly to very crazy look in my eyes, “I LOVE being single! I...Posted in Dating, Life, nfti-home, Singledom, Womanhood | (25) Comments »
The Friday Five
By Role/Reboot StaffJanuary 27, 2012
This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Rick Santorum On Opposition to Abortion In Cases of Rape: ‘Make The Best Out of a Bad Situation’ on The Huffington Post presents the GOP presidential candidate’s (disgusting and offensive) stance on abortion, which is that even a child conceived through an act of rape is...Posted in Abortion , Culture and Politics, Current Events, Gender Roles, Infidelity, LGBT, nfti-home, Sexual Violence | (0) Comments »
Our Household's Third Parent
By Deborah GlennJanuary 27, 2012
Before I met A, our 20-month-old son’s full-time caregiver, I could scarcely imagine having a virtual stranger spend every day in our home while my husband and I were at work. Of all the things to worry about when choosing somebody to look after your beloved child, this is the shit that kept running through my head: This person would not only be spending hours each day with our son, she&r...Posted in Family, Fathers, Mothers, nfti-home, Working Mothers | (0) Comments »
Mica: A Strange Binary
By Clarisse ThornJanuary 26, 2012
It’s been a while since I felt simultaneously very into someone, and very sure about him. It’s a strange feeling. I’ve been playing with theories about how “flirtation is basically an exercise in strategic ambiguity” and “insecurity is an integral part of romantic intoxication” and “uncertainty is an emotional amplifier,“ and I do think that...Posted in Clarisse, Dating, Gender Roles, nfti-home, Sex, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
The Thread: On Losing A Mother And Fighting To Stay Together
By Scott BrambleJanuary 26, 2012
My Mom died of cancer in the late evening hours on May 17, 2008. I remember standing behind my dad as he huddled over her bed, his huge hand holding hers and his other covering his own face. I listened to him, unnerved by his uncontrollable sobs, as he called her name over and over again. This was, to me, the culmination of both love and loss from a 43-year relationship with a life partner in t...Posted in Family, Fathers, Mothers, nfti-home | (1) Comments »
When My Daughter Googles My Name
By Hugo SchwyzerJanuary 25, 2012
“What are you going to do when Heloise is old enough to Google your name?” I’ve been asked that question at least a dozen times in the past month, as the controversy around my pre-sobriety past has grown into a moderately noticeable kerfuffle in the blogosphere. I’ve written several times—and at several different sites—about my struggles with drugs and alcoh...Posted in Culture and Politics, Fathers, Hugo, Internet and Social Media, Mothers, nfti-home, Pop Culture | (5) Comments »
Transformation And Transcendence: The Power Of Female Friendship
By Emily RappJanuary 25, 2012
In 1997 I arrived in Geneva to work for a year at the headquarters of a relief organization. Feeling overwhelmed by my job and lonely in a city of overworked expats passing through for two to three year stints at the United Nations or other organizations with the rather nebulous goal of “changing the world,” I made friends with a group of women. I was 22, and all three women—o...Posted in Life, Mothers, nfti-home, Womanhood | (1) Comments »
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