Can't Get There from Here

I started this blog after moving from San Diego to Maine in 2012. It was mostly about my job and parenting. Then I realized my worst fear (as a white, middle class feminist mom of three boys, an American, and a leader of a feminist nonprofit) is raising privileged, entitled, bloviating dudes who blame women, people of color and other marginalized groups for all of their issues. Now this is a blog on figuring out how not to have that happen.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

I'm voting for the unlikely.

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I'm voting for Hillary Clinton, but I don't think she'll be elected. I blame Disney and Nickelodeon and even PBS for this. I...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Journaling

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I was cleaning out a closet the other day and had made decent progress before I came across a journal from 2008. At the time, I was divorced...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Bad Guys

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Sullivan's current favorite game is "Bad Wolf." This is where he identifies someone to be the Bad Wolf and it's that perso...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

As I went down to the river to SLEEP

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I told Jared the other day that our biggest failure as parents (so far) is sleep. Until very recently, Henry needed someone to lay down wi...
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Friday, June 5, 2015

Son Sestina

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Mornings with Boys At 5:17am, from behind the leftover nighttime, a voice squeaks, “Mom.” I blink my eyes, and put out a hand “I can...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Grown Up Friends

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I've never been that good at making friends. I had 30 kids in my K-8th grade classrooms and half of us were there the whole time. I spen...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Medically Induced Comas & Other Things Moms Think About While Sick

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At Girls Rock! Weekend in early April, I led the adult workshop. We did an activity called "Linking Arms" that is supposed to demo...
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