Pancake Politics...

Awwwwwww Yeeeeeaaaaah. Via digiyesica @ Flickr The Dude and I enjoyed a leisurely late breakfast out this weekend, and while lingering over our plates, we started swapping stories about all the pancake breakfasts we went to (willingly or not) while growing up as Midwestern Protestants. There were church...

Unmarried to Each Other*...

Via Franco Folini @ Flickr. There has been lots of news–mostly bad–about the fight for marriage equality in the States.**  Not only do I feel for my many friends who are prevented from legally wedding, I believe that institutionalizing same-sex marriage is crucial if we’re going to...

What I Didn’t Learn on My Summer Vacat...

via Mutasim B. Pritam (EWU) @ Flickr.At the risk of provoking further masculine ire (oh noes), I’m going to go ahead with another post in this series… Yesterday I noted the gender discrepancies in household work I witness when I visit the Dude’s family (my parents are divorced, so this doesn’t...

What I Learned on My Summer Vacation...

Via quacktaculous @ Flickr. I’m home, and since school is about to begin, I thought I’d get out my No. 2 pencil and write that time-honored back-to-school essay.  My next few posts will be related to the concerns that arose during my vacation, away from the feminist /progressive /urban /pointy-headed...

The Unjolly Green Giantess...

Via Cayusa @ Flickr. Yesterday was not only Administrative Professionals’ Day, it was also Earth Day, which got me thinking. The point of any “Day” (or “Month” or whatever) is to raise awareness for a cause or a group, as we are likely to forget about it/them, or devalue...

Necessity is a Mother....

Be sure to add "Smash the Patriarchy." Via JD'na @ Flickr. I’ve got a few things on my To Do List that have been hanging out there for far too long. Things like “Wipe old laptop hard drive,” “Take bottles to LORL*,” and “Fix corner of kitchen table.” I’ve...