Throughout much of my life, I have heard women say they would rather be friends with men for various reasons: “Women are too dramatic,” “women are jealous of me,” “ I am a guy’s girl.” On this International Women’s Day, I am celebrating my friendships with women. My younger sister…

National Girls and Women in Sports Day is February 2, a day to celebrate women and girls’ participation in sports, and also to cement the rights girls have to play sports as stated by Title IX. …

There has been a story in the UK about a young woman, Sarah Everard, going missing during her walk home from a friend’s home around 9 pm. This story was brought to my attention from my little corner of feminist Twitter, where women are talking about the victim-blaming that is…

For four years, I have felt varying degrees of heartbreak and betrayal. It began with the deep pain that someone who brags about assaulting women with no consequences can then be elected president. I woke up the morning after the election, after very little sleep, crying with a feeling of…

When someone moves on to something new in their lives, good or bad, people call it the end of a chapter or the beginning of a new one. This feels like the wrong analogy to me. I love to read. Reading has always been one of my most favorite activities…

I fall madly, deeply, desperately in love with places. My first true love was Italy, specifically Florence. On my last visit 10 years ago, I sat in a piazza wishing it goodbye. I used to fantasize about quitting my career so I could stay in Florence, learn Italian, and become…

I feel helpless. I sit in a very comfortable place of white privilege. I am educated, overly so some would say. I am shattered daily by the ways that people of color are treated in this country. I saw the horrifying video of Ahmaud Arbery, the black man being hunted…

I have mixed feelings writing a blog post during an unimaginable crisis. However, writing helps me process the feelings — fear, anxiety, sadness, and uncertainty — that creep up on me. And then I can help people cope with theirs. I keep thinking about the loss people are experiencing by…

I wanted to write something in honor of Women’s History Month, the typical: these women were left out of the history books so let’s honor them during this one month a year. Then I realized that A) it is bullshit we have to have a designated month to honor people…