Role Reboot

Questions I Don’t Get To Ask My Grandmother

My life doesn’t look the way that she thought women’s lives should look—no husband, no children, an unkempt house, and a penchant for oversharing on the Internet—but is she proud of me? For a while now, I’ve been writing a eulogy for my grandmother. I don’t know when, or even if, I’ll ever give it. […]

‘Men Working’ vs. ‘Women’s Work’: A Father-Daughter Story

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. […]