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Why I Don't Tell People I Was In A Cult
By Lynn BeisnerMay 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...Posted in Life, Lynn, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
I'd Like To Ask The 'Deranged Sorority Girl' Why It's A Woman's Job To Entertain Men
By Lynn BeisnerApril 21, 2013
Lynn Beisner weighs in on the "deranged sorority girl" email that went viral last week. In a week packed with news, this so-called "deranged sorority girl" email still managed to go viral. It is from a senior sorority member to the rank and file members of the University of Maryland chapter of Delta Gamma. If you have not read the email, let me make a long and profanity-laced story short for ...Posted in Current Events, Gender Roles, Lynn, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Sexual Violence | (0) Comments »
Depression After Surgery Is A Real And Dangerous Thing
By Lynn BeisnerApril 17, 2013
Countless people suffer from post-surgical depression for months on end, so why aren't more people talking about it? I have lost count of how many surgeries I've had in the wake of an accident that left me with internal injuries and scores of broken bones. I know the drill, how to prepare, and what to expect during recovery. There are two fairly predictable but distressing things that I go th...Posted in Life, Lynn, nfti-home | (0) Comments »
Children Are No One's Property
By Lynn BeisnerApril 11, 2013
Children "belong" to no one, says Lynn Beisner, but it's a parent's role to shape them and society's job to provide parents with the resources to do that. In the year 2013, this should go without saying, but apparently some people have not gotten the memo: No human being is entitled to own another human being. And at this point in human history, no one should receive support and attention for ...Posted in Class, Culture and Politics, Current Events, Fathers, Lynn, Mothers, nfti-home, Parents, Politics | (0) Comments »
Why I Have To Stop Ogling Jon Hamm's Penis
By Lynn BeisnerApril 02, 2013
Lynn Beisner discusses why it's not OK to objectify men. I don’t usually have celebrity crushes, and I am not usually attracted to men on a purely visual level. One of the few celebrity crushes I have is for George Clooney. It only developed after I saw him on Inside the Actor’s Studio talking about how he is helping to end genocide in Darfur with satellite imaging. Suddenly he was...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Gender Roles, Internet and Social Media, Lynn, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Sex | (0) Comments »
How I Screwed Up My Kids With My Happy Marriage
By Lynn BeisnerMarch 28, 2013
Lynn Beisner didn't mean to teach her two kids that the only way to find security was in a relationship. The great thing about having adult children is that you not only get to worry about how you're screwing them up now, but you also have front row seats to watch the results of how you screwed them up when they were younger. My son just went through a bad break up. As I listened to him talk ...Posted in Family, Lynn, Marriage, nfti-home, Parents | (0) Comments »
Everyone Deserves To Heal At Their Own Pace
By Lynn BeisnerMarch 21, 2013
Do we re-victimize abuse victims by expecting them to hurry up and heal? It took 15 years after I crushed my legs in an accident before an orthopedist finally explained the prognosis using words I could understand. He said something along the lines of, "I think you have been misled about what is a reasonable outcome. You will never regain full function, and there will be few days that it won'...Posted in Life, Lynn, nfti-home, Sexual Violence | (0) Comments »
For The Sake Of Your Relationship, Take A Vacation Together
By Lynn BeisnerMarch 13, 2013
Lynn Beisner shares the marriage maintenance formula prescribed to her by a therapist, which includes fun, laughter, and the occasional vacation. This week, my husband Pete and I are on vacation. That might not seem like a radical thing to you, but for me it is an act of cultural disobedience. For starters, this is not a good time. Pete is one of the many Americans who has seen their secure j...Posted in Husbands, Lynn, Marriage, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Wives | (0) Comments »
It's OK To Put Your Relationship First And Children Second
By Lynn BeisnerMarch 05, 2013
Lynn Beisner discusses E! TV host Giuliana Rancic's recent controversial comment about putting her marriage before her child. Last weekend, the conversation among my friends was about the controversy ignited by Giuliana Rancic when she said in an interview that she and her husband “put our marriage first and our child second.” She backed up that statement by going on a vacation wit...Posted in Current Events, Family, Lynn, nfti-home, Parents, Pop Culture | (0) Comments »
An Open Letter To Cosmo Magazine: You Lied To Me About Sex
By Lynn BeisnerFebruary 27, 2013
Despite what the pages of Cosmopolitan have said for decades, men need romance too. Dear Cosmopolitan Magazine, Imagine my shock when this week I discovered that you have been lying to me and American women for decades now. Ninety percent of young women in America look to you as a significant source of sexual education, and now we discover that you have just been making stuff up. You told us...Posted in Lynn, Manhood, nfti-home, Pop Culture, Sex, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
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