So, the part I don’t understand: Why does it take a celebrity to draw attention to this most basic of human conditions? The rancor over Patton Oswalt’s engagement 15 months after his wife’s death drives home the point that only the grieving can decide how to grieve, or conversely, when to be done mourning. In the case of […]
We draft letters. We hold meetings. By the day’s end, I and others like me all over the country (working in affected fields like immigration, women’s health care, and environmental science) are thoroughly Trumped-out. I let out a heavy sigh and enter the conference room. “Policymaking in International Education: The View from Washington,” the poster […]
Researchers have also discovered that fathers are often perceived as competent employees and are more likely to be hired than mothers. Tara worked full-time and was already caring for a toddler when she had her second child. Like many American mothers, Tara was not granted maternity leave. Instead, she cobbled together vacation days to give […]
“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.” I was 16 starting my junior year at a Quaker Christian high school when 9/11 happened. I remember the rush of patriotism and nationalism that swept over me—it was amazing. We had been attacked and I wasn’t about to idly sit by and let the […]
If there had been period-havers at the table when these sales taxes were originally drafted, you can bet that there would’ve, at the very least, been a conversation about where the lines are drawn. In college, I worked as a janitor at night to help cover my rent and food. Going to school full-time was […]
If the feminist men—the men who proudly declare their progressive politics and their fight for quality—aren’t safe, then what man is? No man, I fear. I have two sons. They are strong and compassionate—the kind of boys other parents are glad to meet when their daughters bring them home for dinner. They are good boys, […]
Admittedly, I came for the outrageous costumes and nostalgic soundtrack. But I stayed for the much-needed positive messages GLOW has for women. As a ‘90s kid, it’s hard to remember my childhood without professional wrestling. I was more of a Beanie Babies and Ribbon Dancer girl, mind you, but the boy I played with seemed to always […]
I don’t recognize my country anymore, and on this Independence Day, I’m having a hard time celebrating what it’s become. When my family was in the military in the 1960s—which is to say my father was a commander in the Navy at that time and we packed up and moved about every two years when […]
