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This is what happened when my husband wouldn’t do the dishes

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Regardless of who works outside of the home, men do less housework than women. And COVID has made the imbalance worse. By Molly Winter

January 13, 2021 Culture, Parenting Challenges

Perspective | It’s time to drop the Karen stereotype

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Karen is the internet equivalent to the age-old double standard that a man who is vocal is assertive but when it’s a woman she’s a shrew. By Laura Catherine Hanby Hudgens

July 27, 2020 Culture

Balancing feminism with caring about what I look like

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I’ve raised my daughter to believe that a preoccupation with one’s appearance is trivial, but I’m a traitor to the cause. By Rebecca Knight

May 13, 2020 Culture

This Mother’s Day, get the gift of more time

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Both you and your partner have only 24 hours in a day and each of those hours holds equal value. By Eve Rodksy

May 9, 2020 Books, Culture

I wanted a girl, but it’s so hard

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What would I have done if her shorts got shorter, tops dipped lower? If she learned to sharpen her body like a tool? By Rica Keenum

April 29, 2020 Culture

A man asked me to smile, this is what I think about it

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I’m solidly in midlife now, and I have been handing out smiles to men upon request for decades. By Mary Janevic

March 31, 2020 Culture

Glennon Doyle on why teen girls don’t think for themselves

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When I ask if they’re hungry, the girls are silent at first. Then each looks to a friend’s face to discover the answer. By Glennon Doyle

March 13, 2020 Culture

My child wanted to be a boy

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I’m surprised by how many moms give me the thumbs-up for “letting” my daughter be a pirate. By Mimi Lemay

December 11, 2019 Books, Culture

Meeting my transgender daughter for the first time

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“What did you expect, Mom?” said my kid, laughing now, in her same boy-voice she’s always had. By Joanna Franklin Bell

November 27, 2019 Culture

Accepting my friend’s son when she can’t

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“Ryan,” I say. “If you ever want to play with the girl dolls, we have them. In this house, you can play with whatever you want.” By Ann Wainwright

October 11, 2019 Culture

Our family took a stand on our school’s dress code

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“No skinny pants” was a rule we could not and did not obey. Instead, we pulled our children out of the school. By Jennie Burke

October 2, 2019 Culture

Pink shinguards for my son. Why did I care?

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I hesitated because I am a product of my society, just like everyone else. By Fiona Leary Boucher

May 29, 2019 Culture, Family

Is the child in my book a boy or a girl?

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Because the new story is a bit of a sequel, I leaned towards using the same boy character again. But I remember thinking, “Why do I have to choose?” By Denise Barry

May 15, 2019 Books

Learning how to prioritize my time in mid-life

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The mental space freed up by not giving a shit? It’s delicious. By Sophfronia Scott

April 24, 2019 Books, Culture

How to explain to kids you can’t be what you can’t see

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It’s not that my boys don’t need motivation. It’s that for their gender, empowerment is always readily available. By Annie D. Stutley

April 11, 2019 Culture

On being a mother who still doesn’t know who she is

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I am a woman who sometimes needs a glass of wine or two in the evening, because even though her boys are no longer babies, five to six o’clock is still the witching hour. By Fiona Leary Boucher

March 7, 2019 Culture

Why are girls more stressed out than boys?

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I now hear regularly about girls who are so fearful of disappointing their teachers that they skip sleep to do extra-credit work for points they don’t need. By Lisa Damour

February 11, 2019 Books, Culture, Family

Why I took out my perfectly healthy implants

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I imagined my three daughters coming to me, full of their own insecurities, trying to explain they are beautiful the way they are, my fake boobs staring them down. By Katherine Prince

January 23, 2019 Culture

Fighting the patriarchy one grandpa at a time

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“Oh, relax,” he says, ruffling my daughter’s wispy blonde hair. “We’re just playing.” By Lisa Norgren

November 21, 2018 Culture, Parenting Challenges

When my son questioned his hyphenated last name

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He sees a choice down the road he doesn’t know how to make: how can he choose just one of his names to join with his wife’s? By Andrea Jarrell

October 4, 2018 Culture

My rapist’s name is John

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If I saw him now, I doubt I could pick him out of a line-up. By April Vázquez

October 1, 2018 Culture

The struggle to find work-life balance in academia

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Whether to have a baby before tenure is still one of the most pressing questions for female academics. By Sarah Rivett

September 25, 2018 Culture

Perspective | Why I don’t want to know the sex of my baby

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The decision not to find out my unborn child’s sex is perhaps the most intimate and important one I have ever made. By Laine Munir

August 30, 2018 Culture, Family

Perspective | Why I let my young daughter wear a bikini

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I want my nine-year-old to carry herself without shame. By Daisy Alpert Florin

May 24, 2018 Culture, Parenting Advice

Perspective | Why I don’t let my young daughter wear a bikini

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I don’t care for any “sexy” clothing on little girls. By Sharon Holbrook

May 24, 2018 Culture, Parenting Advice

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