Toilet seats are cleaner than keyboards or telephone dials: study
Okay, Okay – The Name Thing
If you call me Cindy, you’d better be someone from my family of origin—and it’s really only safe if you’re old enough to have changed my diapers. If neither of those applies, you’re in trouble. If you call me Cyn,…
Men & Feminism
Then we get the question—what does feminism do for men? The answer: a whole hell of a lot. –From Goddess Musings *throwing some water on the men who just fainted* By the mere (mere? ha!) questioning of gender roles in…
Disability & Queerness
Gender reaches into disability; disability wraps around class; class strains against abuse; abuse snarls into sexuality; sexuality folds on top of race… everything finally piling into a single human body. To write about any aspect of identity, any aspect of…
Something That Isn’t Political
Well, I suppose you could MAKE it political, but it isn’t overtly political. HOW COUPLES MANAGE PARENTING FORECASTS LATER MARITAL QUALITY, STUDY FINDS The results suggest that programs for parents-to-be should devote attention to how they will coparent together, Schoppe-Sullivan…
Revisiting the Employment/Economy Issue
Bush Allies, Falling Down on Jobs It’s also true that the jobless rate “is understating the labor market distress,” says Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank. If you lose your job, it’s tougher to find…