To read narrowly and shallowly is to read from a place of ignorance

I hate when people say something is not their job or that something isn't possible. We all say these things, sure, but some people actually believe they don't have to work beyond what is written in...

Feminism has helped me believe my voice matters, even in this world where there are so many voices demanding to be heard.

When you look past the image, a celebrity is merely a person you know nothing about.

5B. If you and your friend{s} are in the same field and you can collaborate or help each other, do this without shame. It's not your fault your friends are awesome. Men invented nepotism and...

We live in a culture where athletes are revered, and overlooking terrible, criminal behavior is the price we are seemingly willing to pay for our reverence. Amen.

People who are placed on pedestals are expected to pose, perfectly. Then they get knocked off when they fuck it up.

Perhaps, then, unlikable characters, the ones who are the most human, are also the ones who are most alive. Perhaps this intimacy makes us uncomfortable because we don't dare be so alive.

11. If four people are dining, split the check evenly four ways. We are adults now. We don't need to add up what each person had anymore. If you're high rolling, just treat everyone and rotate who...

subsequently passed a bill requiring a regular ultrasound, in a bit of bait-and-switch

Nostalgia is powerful. It is natural, human, to long for the past, particularly when we can remember our histories as better than they were. Life happens faster than I can comprehend.

Like Ana's inner goddess, I was so ready for these books, and that's an uncomfortable realization, that I can take pleasure in something so terrible. Like most people, I am a mass of contradictions.

Everyone means well, but there's a lot of bureaucracy. I prefer common sense.

The flaw here is the same as the flaw in The End of Men-an all-or-nothing outlook, and an unwillingness to consider nuance.

One of the hardest things I've ever had to do is accept and acknowledge my privilege. It's an ongoing project.

Somehow, though, it is only books by women, or books about certain topics, that require this special "women's fiction" designation, particularly when those books have the audacity to explore, in some...

I'm only one feminist, but I'm confident we'd be just fine if all were right with the world.

There is a comfort, I suppose, to consuming violence contained in ninety-minute segments, muted by commercials for household goods and communicated to us by former television stars with feathered...