This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Do American Women Need Guns? Self-Defense Pro Paxton Quigley Says Yes by Abigail Pesta of The Daily Beast says that as the debate over gun control rages in the wake of the Colorado shootings, one […]
This was originally posted at The Feminist Mystique as part of the Last Name Project. Republished here with permission. Our naming story is complicated, but ultimately shallow. When we got engaged, my wife and I discussed what name we would take. Our choice of name mattered little as a signifier; we’re both Jewish and at the time enjoyed […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. When Parents Hover and Kids Don’t Grow Up in the Room for Debate section of The New York Times asks if “helicopter parenting” is starting to crash and burn. 2.
You can’t pick your parents, but that doesn’t mean you have to have a relationship with them. Sometimes it’s necessary for adult children to separate themselves from their abusive parents, but finding support in the process can be difficult, says Lynn Beisner. My mother-in-law, Joan, was best described by my brother-in-law as “casually cruel.” In […]
This was originally posted at From Two To One as part of the Last Name Project. Republished here with permission. Upon getting married and having children, determining what to do with last names isn’t always cut and dry. Mike explains how he and his wife made their final decision. What option for last name did you […]
Society says we should be elated for our friends and relatives who announce engagements, weddings, and babies, but happiness isn’t always the feeling that comes up. It’s almost a week later, and I am still finding glittery confetti in strange places. It’s a strange, but not unpleasant problem to have. There is something particularly intoxicating […]
The cliche of men ignoring their rambling wives on the phone isn’t just tired, it’s disrespectful to both men and women. So why is an old commercial depicting just that getting so much recent attention online? The world of Reddit tends to draw witty, connected, a tad nerdy, and generally tasteful individuals to its tomes […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The Three-Parent Family by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says a new bill allows children to have more than two legally recognized parents. Cue: Conservative freakout. 2. Dusting Off the Sewing Machine by Laura M. Holson […]
This originally appeared on In Our Words. Republished here with permission. In relationships, we get hung up on a lot of stuff that doesn’t matter too much, like whether or not they know who our favorite obscure indie director is or their weird chest hair pattern. People break up every day for all kinds of […]
This originally appeared on the Huffington Post. Republished here with permission. Where do our dreams for the perfect wedding come from? I found some answers to that tricky question recently, listening to a really smart undergraduate, Gillian Gualtera, defend her Sociology Honor’s thesis at Kenyon College. She presented some fascinating, and disturbing, answers after hundreds […]
Lynn Beisner shares Joey’s trials at home, a resentful husband who says he’s tired of working for “the man” all day then coming home to work for “the wife.” Joey is one of several conservative men that I have been interviewing about how they interpret their role as father. “The real problem is The List!” […]
When traditional roles and responsibilities look like they’ll be shuffled, it’s time to talk. There is a guy at my gym who loves to talk about his girlfriend. I love to listen. His problems are unique and his perception on how he might fix them so utterly disastrous that any insight would be helpful. He’s […]
