A strong and fierce friend of mine told me this story today. I asked if she would write it out so I could share it with all of you. I am confident every woman who reads it can relate. A safe place made unsafe by the crudest of comments. A comment on a stranger's body. […]
Taking a little break from writing about women and men today to address what I am feeling these days ... Fatigue. That's what I am feeling. And I shouldn't be tired, that's what's so weird to me. We survived this pandemic just fine. Enough food. Health insurance. Safe jobs. Freedom to work from home. We […]
These are the men ... The men who are over the moon to become fathers to little girls. Who play rough and tumble, but also hold close. Who teach their girls to be brave, as well as beautiful. To be courageous, as well as gentle. To be assertive and kind. These are the men who […]
"Writing requires an aching curiosity leading you to discover, uncover, what is gnawing at your bones." (Terry Tempest Williams) Asian-American women in Atlanta killed by a man who claimed he did it because he had a sexual addiction. Women bravely naming what happened to them in the office of the current Governor of New York. […]
“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?The world would split open.” (Muriel Rukeyser) I am a teaching pastor at a wonderful church. I love my work and the people I serve. I am also a woman. This brings with it a multitude of potential land mines, one of which has […]
Apparently some of my writing about giving up beauty sickness for Lent is hitting a nerve. I have been hearing from women who tell me the concept of beauty sickness describes their experience exactly. All the attention on the female body. All the time, effort and energy directed toward looking a certain way. All the […]
