St. Patrick's Day will never be the same for me.It's not like I roam the streets of Boston half-drunk or anything, quite the contrary: I deliberately avoid the nightlife scene on March 17th. When you work in higher education and your school just happens to be one of the few … Read More »
Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Update
All of these people are okay. From left: my aunt, my uncle, me, Larry, and my Obachan (Oct. 2009, Nara, Japan)Some of you may or may not know I have family in Japan. After many, many long hours, my dad was finally able to reach his brother via Skype around 3PM EST Friday. … Read More »
The War on Women Has Got to Stop
It started with the hives. At first I thought it was the cats. They'd climb all over me and within minutes, the itching would begin. But then I started getting them at work, I just figured it was cat hair on my clothes or something, not realizing that they almost always … Read More »
Let’s Celebrate Women for International Women’s Day
Hey everyone... it's International Women's Day. In fact, it's the 100th International Women's Day!Women.... ROCK. We do! And we roll, we dance, we fall in love, we fall out of love, we climb mountains, we fly in space shuttles, we fight in wars, we run for president, we sing, we … Read More »
The first hints of spring
There's a mockingbird out my window, twittered rambling a cornflower sky, the remnants of snow melting into a memorydark red buds on the trees timidly reaching toward the morning sunI can feel Spring trying to burst through Her Old Foe, Winteras the ice cracks on the … Read More »
Boston Walk for Choice
I know I've been talking a lot about anti-reproductive legislation lately, but I wanted to share a short video recap I made of Saturday's Walk for Choice in Boston. Dozens of cities participated (internationally as well), and I was lucky enough to participate, carrying my signs … Read More »
I Stand with Planned Parenthood.
This post is part of Fair and Feminist's I Stand with Planned Parenthood Blog Carnival. Check out the other participating blogs today and lend your support.http://www.plannedparenthood.org/I stand with Planned Parenthood for a lot of reasons. I can think of the most recent, when, … Read More »
Why does the government hate women so much?
Hi. Did you at one time or do you currently have one of these? Adorbs, right? Buy it here.Oh, you don't? From left: Rep. Phil Jensen (R-SD), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Rep. Bobby Franklin (R-GA).Then please stop trying to govern mine.If you have lady bits or know … Read More »
In Consideration of the Car Seat.
Ain't she a beaut? Too bad she can't really drive up hills.My lease is up in April, so it's off to the car dealerships we go. That's me in 2008, just a couple of days after we got my Civic Hybrid. I named my first new car Barracuda. True story: I was really into Guitar Hero at … Read More »
Compassion, Grace, and Courage
Last week, I gave an interview to my college alumni magazine talking about the work I've been doing for the infertility community, and how my one little video exploded on the internet nearly a year ago. I'm excited to see it come out sometime in April or May, as it will be coming … Read More »
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