Tag Archives: Parenting
“You’re worth a billion of them”: A writer’s advice to her daughter (and to girls everywhere)
Author and podcaster Mur Lafferty writes a must-read letter to her daughter, offering the love and support that I hope I’m giving my own: So. The world hates you. You are considered the worst thing to be compared to. Throw … Continue reading
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It’s not cute. It’s abuse.
I highly recommend this righteous rant from the blog Views from the Couch: I am sure every girl can recall, at least once as a child, coming home and telling their parents, uncle, aunt or grandparent about a boy who had … Continue reading
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Jenny Holzer rocks so damn hard
I’ve loved Jenny Holzer’s work ever since I discovered her “Truisms” — “Lack of charisma can be fatal,” “Confusing yourself is a way to stay honest,” “Children are the cruelest of all” (or, conversely, “Children are the hope of the … Continue reading
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The bullshit of gender-coding, cont’d
Nate DiMeo writes an open letter to the toy company Melissa & Doug, care of two of their merchandise characters: Dear Abby and Emma (the girls in my daughter’s magnetic dress-up doll kit from the toy company Melissa & Doug), … Continue reading
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“Keep going! Keep going!”: Crosby and Nash at Occupy Wall Street
Filmmaker and activist Sandi Bachom has posted this video of David Crosby and Graham Nash, singing for the Occupy Wall Street protesters yesterday: What a powerful, and powerfully symbolic, moment: the musicians who helped supply the soundtrack to previous movements … Continue reading
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Ten years on
We heard the first boom and didn’t think much of it — perhaps a van or garbage truck or some other anonymous vehicle backfiring outside our Brooklyn apartment. Maybe it rattled our windows, shut against the heat. Maybe the sound … Continue reading
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Miscellany: Waiting for Irene; Neil Gaiman kicks my lazy ass; girl scientists rock (and so does Kirsten Gillibrand); Harry Potter ends; more atheist fun
Well, I’m back (and wishing I could have brought Idaho’s clear night sky back with me). And now we’re hunkering down in our apartment, bracing for the flooding from Hurricane Irene, which is due to hit New York later tonight: … Continue reading
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The worst Christmas carol ever
I’m sorry, but I’ve just heard “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” one too many times. Have people actually listened to those lyrics?
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The next Carl Sagan
Watch out for this kid. He’s going to grow up to do amazing things. It’s a tragedy that — turned off by boring high school teachers, mad-scientist movie stereotypes, resistance from religious fundamentalists, and generally ignorant cultural attitudes — so … Continue reading
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