The Copout Compliment

“I can’t believe he said that.” I sat staring back at the Skype message.  I could feel my cheeks getting hot and the tears welling up in my eyes.  I shouldn’t have been surprised.  I hear it all the time from men.  I can see them getting ready to say it, internally I cringe, andContinue reading “The Copout Compliment”

You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

Virginia Slims superficial nod to women’s liberation in the late 1960s may have been well-intentioned, but it was also naïve and dead wrong. This statement, as a sentiment, is as infuriating as it is trite. The idea that women have been on some journey to prove their own competency is maddening! As if we haveContinue reading “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby”