Why Don’t We Have More Women in Public Office? Look at Who’s Running the...
Tweet Every election season, I ask myself the same question: Why aren’t more women running for public office? Over the past ten years, I have been hopeful for the prospect and rise of women political...
View ArticleA Fast Car Following Rosa’s Footsteps
Tweet I love to drive. I love the freedom that comes with getting in my car and driving off to wherever I want to go. In my car, I feel like my options are limitless. Manal al-Sharif loves to drive...
View ArticleShe’s Not a Time-Bomb: Are Men Teaching Kids to Respect Women?
Tweet This past weekend, as I was leaving the shopping mall near my apartment, I overheard a man tell his son and daughter that they needed to rush home for dinner because, “We don’t want mommy to get...
View ArticleA Change of Heart: The Real Housewives Can Do Real Damage
Tweet Last December, I sat in my friend’s living room, glued to her television as we watched one of the last episodes of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I was completely hooked on The Real...
View ArticleIs The Equal Rights Amendment For Hippies Like Richard Nixon?
Tweet A few weeks ago, there was a hubbub over Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s decision to sign, “The Marriage Vow,” a fourteen-point pledge drafted by Iowa conservative Christian group, The Family...
View ArticleMen Will Never Truly Understand A Day In The Life of Women. But Shouldn’t We...
Tweet The other day, my friend Dina was talking about her experiences of being catcalled—street harassment is a more accurate term—while walking around the streets of New York. This wasn’t the first...
View ArticleOn Menopause: Men Know Nothing. It’s Time To Change.
Tweet It’s September, which means it’s Menopause Awareness Month. But most of you don’t know this. Nothing comes up on a cursory search on Google news: no real news stories on menopause, despite the...
View ArticleA Message To Women From A Man: You Are Not “Crazy”
Tweet You’re so sensitive. You’re so emotional. You’re defensive. You’re overreacting. Calm down. Relax. Stop freaking out! You’re crazy! I was just joking, don’t you have a sense of humor? You’re so...
View ArticleIs It Dangerous To Date Men?
Tweet Trigger warning: discussion and exploration of domestic violence and sexual assault. The title of this column has probably led some of you to think that I’ve finally lost it. I have just given...
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