It was a hot midsummer day in Rome; I was leaving bright and early on a plane the next morning…flying off to a job I didn’t want that I couldn’t perform in my sneakers. I trolled the outdoor markets — need shoes, black shoes, gotta have shoes, gotta buy shoes. I had a pair in my hand (these ones [...]
Posts Tagged ‘feminism’
Ode to my shoes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged feminism, hillary clinton, jane austen, murder, Plato, queen elizabeth I, Rome, shoes, tina fey, vancouver on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Battle of the Elizabeths: Bennett v. Lemon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural theory, Disney, feminism, jane austen, movies, nancy drew, Narnia, sci fi, shakespeare, superheroes, tv on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just wrote an entire note about how modern culture fosters relatively no positive female role models…and then I accidentally deleted it all. I’m not going to rant it again but I’ll give you the short version:
Boys are taught to band together; girls see each other as competition for the sparse female spots within the [...]
The Unremarkable Saga of a Dying Name
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged feminism, marriage, names, tradition, wedding on May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Since the dawn of hope and romance, logistics have shown themselves to be a big fat buzzkill. Never does this maxim ring truer than when planning a wedding. But we wade through the turmoil of scheduling conflicts, seating charts, etc. with the faith that these are simply problems–problems that have solutions.
I never gave much thought [...]
