We all have the right to show up and speak. I also know it takes practice. The patron saint of leaning in co-wrote an article in the New York Times Review this weekend called Speaking While Female. The title caught my eye, as it brought to mind similar phrases such as Driving While Drunk or […]
We have managed to kill a day intended to celebrate death. It’s time to admit it, America: We have a Halloween problem. I’ve just come home from a year in England where Halloween isn’t really much of a thing. In the past decade or so, dressing up and going to parties has become more popular […]
Pubic hair is a reminder that we are mature, sexual beings able to create and bear life. The way it’s groomed is irrelevant and a matter of taste. There’s a painting in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris called L’Origine du Monde by Gustave Corbet. That’s a link to it, but you shouldn’t click on it […]
This originally appeared on AimeePerkins.com. Republished here with permission. I was sitting in a pub with two fellow students from my grad program, both of whom are in their early 20’s, one male and one female. Our conversation meandered in the way they do when there’s beer on the table and I found myself saying, […]
