I sat on a pile of concrete fence posts across from her. She juggles her baby, almost a year old now, she says. She doesn’t really know because the baby’s father has taken all of her birth records. I ask her to tell me how she came to be “married”. […]
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Promise to my Daughters
Dear Daughters, As you continue to grow, not only in size, but in beauty and brains and all that good stuff, I feel the need to make you a couple of promises. I promise, as you enter into the full blush of womanhood to not stand behind you in the […]
Read MoreDear Religious Right, you might be doing this wrong
Dear Santorum and Co. et. al, I know. It was supposed to be about religious freedom, about the right to conscientious objection and the laws of this country. It was supposed to be about preserving, or establishing, the right of employers who believe that certain issues of a woman’s reproductive […]
Read MoreSkirts vs. Pants- Majoring on the Minors
Apparently, in several circles there is a great debate raging over whether or not women should wear skirts or pants. Seriously. This week I’ve read several different posts from different bloggers, Catholics, Protestants, conservative homeschoolers of both traditions, (surprise) and others are of the opinion that modesty and sincere faith […]
Read MoreA Woman’s Worth
There’s something I’ve been mulling over all day with regard to International Women’s Day, and a comment from an online discussion I was reading yesterday. I’m just not sure I can put it into words yet. But here’s a beginning of sorts. I spent a lot of my young life […]
Read More7 quick takes
I’m loving quick takes this week as a place to wrap up all those odds and ends that I keep meaning to follow through on and haven’t yet. 1. My friend Megan made us a birth announcement for jellybean. Then, ’cause she knows me well, she made another that I […]
Read MoreCould China’s “Gendercide” end up changing it’s gender roles?
So, there are a lot more boys than girls in China now. Everyone knows this. Though it’s hit the news again recently. China’s government is even concerned enough about the disparity to start trying to convince citizens to allow more girl children to be born alive. Though they’re not likely […]
Read MoreGender Differences
The Boy is four. He is sweet, and smart and very coordinated. The Girl is two, and really is the cutest girl you’ve ever seen. The Boy likes to play fighting games that involve wrestling and swords and shooting pretend guns. He likes to run and jump and climb and […]
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