I’d like to think men have higher standards for themselves in relationships than avoiding a prison sentence. In electronic artist Moby’s recent memoir, Then It Fell Apart, he claims to have dated actor Natalie Portman when she was 20 years old and he was 33. Portman, who clarified that she was actually 18 during their […]
I want to live in a country where women can say no and not be sentenced for it. There is a line from my favorite novel, White Oleander, when Astrid loses Claire. I wanted to throw something into the fat ugly eye of God. I feel that now, deep in my bones. The helpless rage […]
With Buttigieg in the national spotlight, conservative Christians will ramp up their efforts to marginalize the LGBTQ community. The rest of us need to counter with more support. Many liberals are excited about Pete Buttigieg’s early impact on the presidential primary. In the wake of the elections of LGBTQ like Jared Polis and Kyrsten Sinema […]
I’m not sure there is any single force more detrimental to social progress than the deep and abiding belief that if you didn’t get help, nobody should. On Monday, Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren announced a plan to offer relief to more than 95% of Americans with student loan debt, and make public universities tuition-free. Given […]
I am weary of this story. And if I’m tired of it, I can only imagine how audience members of color might feel. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A racist white person, cartoonishly evil, meets a black person and, for the first time, really gets to know them. This personal experience with […]
As women find their voices to say I am not OK with this, men will have to do the introspective work of turning that entitlement into respect. I have to hand it to my partner. He called Joe Biden’s conduct with women months ago, long before Lucy Flores, Amy Lappos, Caitlyn Caruso, and D.J. Hill […]
It is entirely possible to invade the privacy of your child, regardless of how close you are or how many other intimate things you share in other spaces. One day during a public speaking class, I had assigned group work and was walking up and down the aisles to help my students as needed. All […]
From the corner office to the Oval Office, cleaning up messes is all too often left as women’s work. The second woman to occupy 10 Downing Street offered to step down if Parliament passed her latest Brexit plan. Though lawmakers rejected it, Theresa May’s apparent “sweetener” marks the latest instance of female executives rising to […]
