David Brooks devoted his column Tuesday to bemoaning moral relativism. The most sensational example Brooks trots out to highlight the lack of morals among the poor and uneducated comes from Robert Putnam’s Our Kids, his new book about the opportunity divide between college- and high school-educated America. It involves Elijah, a boy with a troubled […]
Greetings Role Rebooters, In early 2014 we celebrated Role Reboot’s third anniversary, and I’m excited to finally announce a long overdue re-launch of the site. You’ll notice some things may look slightly different, and that we’ve integrated a few (hopefully not-so-intrusive) ads as part of an ongoing effort to make the site sustainable for the […]
Role/Reboot Editor-in-Chief, Nicole Rodgers, discusses the privileges she enjoys as a white woman that a black teenage boy will never have. Ever since Zimmerman was tried was acquitted, I’ve felt indignant, unsure how to express and process my anger and shame. Travyon’s story is not my story, so initially I chose to hang back, read […]
Sometimes poetic nostalgia for an idyllic “traditional family” past just masks a stubborn refusal to accept reality, says Role/Reboot’s Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rodgers. Conservative men love to summon righteous indignation anytime it’s brought to their attention that the real world does not resemble an episode of Leave It To Beaver. So strong reactions to Wednesday’s Pew […]
Nicole Rodgers spoke with regular Role/Reboot contributor Emily Rapp about her latest book, The Still Point of the Turning World, released today. The book, which details her journey caring for a terminally ill child, was one of Amazon’s Editor’s Picks this month for biographies and memoirs. Nicole: As many of your readers may know, Ronan […]
Role/Reboot’s Editor-in-Chief, Nicole Rodgers, spoke with Darren Spedale, founder of FamilyByDesign, an online community that pairs parenting partners. Nicole: Give us the elevator pitch: What is FamilyByDesign? Darren: FamilyByDesign is a community for parenting partnerships. We help people find their ideal parenting partner, and we’re the only community to bring together leading authorities and experts […]
This originally appeared on The American Prospect. Republished here with permission. The women’s movement isn’t the enemy of men, like Venker believes; instead, it can serve as inspiration for a new generation of men who wish to rewrite masculinity. The “war on men” article on the Fox News website, which—spoiler alert!—blames women for ruining modern men, has been snaking […]
Mitt Romney’s attack on unmarried people during this week’s debate left Nicole Rodgers asking: Are his outdated family values becoming a threat to ours? During Tuesday night’s second presidential debate, while answering a question about assault rifles, Mitt Romney veered off on a family-values tangent. “But gosh, to tell our kids that before they have […]
What could be a more perfect service for a Role-Rebooted world than a site that helps individuals who want a child find a co-parent? This week, Role/Reboot’s Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rodgers spoke with Ivan Fatovic about his new site, which seeks to do just that. Nicole: First of all, I love this idea. Can you give […]
Valentine’s Day is a lot like New Years Eve, in the sense that for those who buy the hype, it never measures up. As many anti V-Day proselytizers point out, the holiday has become a consumerist hoax, pressuring coupled folks to buy each other expensive boxed chocolates, flowers, jewelry, and lingerie and willingly partake in […]
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 […]
A few weeks ago, “Nancy” started commenting regularly on Role/Reboot. Every comment was basically some version the same mean-spirited critique: Your website is not feminist enough. When she wasn’t attacking the site in general terms, “Nancy” went for the jugular with individual writers. Soon I began to worry that the haters club was growing, as […]
