Reporting this way about an issue as important as this one does a serious disservice to public understanding and our ability to frame problems and seek solutions. “One Year Later, Many Are Finding Relief in Health Care Law,” read Sunday’s New York Times front-page headline on the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. “The law has clearly reduced […]
What if there’s a way to be a selfless mother while still retaining access to that deep space from which we create? The space where you are not your gender, your role, your obligation, but simply human and able to let your imagination run freely? I found out I was pregnant the same day a […]
Do you have a burning question about pregnancy, modern parenting or family life? Send it to Evie at AskEvieColumn@gmail.com or click here to submit your question anonymously. Dear Evie: I am a mom. I have a proper name, but I think I forgot it. Even my husband refers to me exclusively as “Mommy.” My day starts […]
Does he defend Bill Cosby? Run. Seriously, run. I’ve been on this planet for more than three decades now and I’ve learned a lot about being a straight feminist woman post-puberty in romantic relationships. Importantly, I’ve learned that there are some generally solid ways to figure out if the guy you’re dating is worth the […]
Do you have a burning question about pregnancy, modern parenting or family life? Send it to Evie at AskEvieColumn@gmail.com or click here to submit your question anonymously. Dear Evie: My husband and I didn’t take the decision to have a baby lightly. We had many enlightened discussions about how we would care for our child, believing […]
Roughly 63% of working mothers agree with the statement “Sometimes I feel like a married single mom.” Many women know all too well how it feels to try to accomplish the suffocating expectation of succeeding as a full-time professional while also being a full-time mom. They know the true meaning of catching conference calls on the […]
I like food, but other people just like it more. Still, I can’t quite shake the feeling that domestic-goddessery is expected of me, and I’m failing miserably. I dumped a cold glob of Seafood Portofino—the remains of the previous night’s dinner—into a bowl to microwave, unaware that I was approaching a deeply erotic moment. “I could […]
Much attention is paid to the parenting choices of privileged white women, but what about the women of color and poor women in the background who are often doing a significant portion of the domestic work? It’s a photo that is shocking and almost dystopic—a group of dark-skinned women in neat rows donning hospital gowns […]
I am a stay-at-home dad and my wife is a physician, so gender roles in our home are usually fluid and negotiable—unlike in the “real world.” “Dad, why does that sign say ‘Men Working’? Isn’t that sexist?” My 13-year-old daughter and I are driving to the store, and there is road work ahead. “Yes,” I sigh. […]
This originally appeared on The FBomb. Republished here with permission. Teaching young men and women how to care for themselves ensures their self-sufficiency. Home Economics, renamed Family and Consumer Sciences in 1994, had its heyday in the mid-1900s. It was taught in almost all schools and offered as a major in college. Unfortunately, despite being conceived […]
Confidence comes from knowing you can get shit done. When I was in my 20s, I lived alone in New York, in a tiny studio apartment. Aside from a few sporadic, months-long relationships, I was mostly single, so when things broke, I just took care of it. Of course, I could always call the super […]
