Yes, we always wanted to win. And sometimes, we do.
“Fatty, fatty, two by four…”
I hate to write the first line of a disgraceful ditty that I probably said more than once with other girls when I was a fourth or fifth grader. I was ashamed to say it, I knew it was wrong, and yet I did, which is probably the case with all wrongdoing.
Silver Heads
It is with dismay but not surprise that I read a description of the reaction of two “Silver Heads” to Tracy Emin’s panels on the main doors of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Girls Take the Lead
There’s a shift of large proportions in what girls and young women are doing in this world.
Guys, Girls and Ladies
I wasn’t surprised to learn according to the “Newspaper Of Record” that “On the Internet, Everyone Wants to be a Girl.”
Summer Sports: Volleyball
As I sit on a bench in the shade waiting for him, I see a group of eight young people working at pegging the outline of a big square and digging in two posts for a net.
Are We Sliding Backwards?
Am I pessimistic? Maybe so. But it’s a pessimism that I think is appropriate.
Why Are We Being Dosed?
A dear friend recently sent me a surprising announcement from the Centers for Disease Control. Why am I not surprised?
Going Backwards
It seems to me that, especially since Covid, we are going backwards in terms of equality, having made a bit of a progress before the plague.
Written by Worth
We are still frequently silenced, either by our own fears or the manifest disapproval of the men and women around us.