Role Reboot

Please Don’t Touch My Child Without Their Permission

Just because someone doesn’t have the vocabulary to articulate their boundaries doesn’t mean those boundaries don’t exist or matter. Why, in the name of all that is good in this world, do people feel so entitled to touch children? When I worked as a nanny in college I was always shocked by how frequently people […]

Motherhood Freed Me From The Male Gaze

The Eye was so much more than a passive watcher. It was a pervasive social force with a destructive aim. But I wouldn’t fully understand this until, finally, I experienced life without it. The Eye started following me at puberty. It watched me from building sites and vehicles and outside pubs. Until seven months ago, its […]