This piece was originally published on The Current Conscience. Republished with permission. You’re so sensitive. You’re so emotional. You’re defensive. You’re overreacting. Calm down. Relax. Stop freaking out! You’re crazy! I was just joking, don’t you have a sense of humor? You’re so dramatic. Just get over it already! Sound familiar? If you’re a woman, […]
When the New York Times recently asked “Are You as Fertile as You Look?” the question was rhetorical. The reporter suggested womenfolk are ignorant about their declining fertility because they confuse youthful looks with having youthful ovaries. It’s easy to judge women like the ones trotted out for this piece; in their late 30s through […]
This post originally appeared as a series of three posts on 1PeachyMama. Republished with permission. In my home Superwoman died. Thank God! The ever present anxiety to keep the house immaculate, the laundry folded and put away, the children engaged and enriched, and (if that weren’t enough) to also keep myself looking fly was weighing […]
Charlotte, Samantha, Carrie, or Miranda. It seems many women I know can tell you – without skipping a beat – which Sex and the City persona they most accurately match. Whether they be traditional and romantic, wildly sexual, in a six year long on-again-off-again relationship, or a workaholic with a penchant for unfortunate haircuts, it […]
Maybe it’s the romantic in me, but I’m one of those people who loves a wedding. Having had two of my own and attended my fair share, I get a kick out of them. There’s always a couple in love, vows being exchanged, rings on fingers, and a gorgeous dress. Yet, while a wedding ideally […]
This post originally appeared on Feministe. Republished with permission. Back when pretty much the only men wearing makeup were either rock lords or Boy George, I privately came up with the guideline that if any particular piece of grooming was something women generally performed while men generally didn’t, I could safely consider it “beauty work.” […]
Women expect more from their husbands than ever before. The days of us husbands putting our feet up or refusing to share our feelings are long gone. Though we acknowledge this shift, we struggle to adapt to these new expectations since we lack role models for doing so. When I talk to other young married […]
This post was originally published on the Good Men Project. Republished with permission. Mark D. White wrote a post today that gives an honest look at a guy struggling to understand a woman’s relationship to beauty, and how he, as a guy, should talk to her about it. Compliment her looks? Her intelligence? But why—when the […]
