Cyberbulling is an issue I have heard of increasingly for a long time now. How traditional bulling morphed into what we now know as Cyberbulling starting in the 1990's is a story of how humans have "evolved" in a really wrong direction. What I see becoming a unnerving narrative. Cyberbullying slowly began seeping into the … Continue reading A chat about Cyberbulling
Observing grown-ups
New babies, more babies
A few years ago I remember feeling a bit lonely because I was the only one in my group of friends who was pregnant, and then who had a baby. I remember wanting to talk about it often but at the same time feeling guilty about talking about such a boring topic for most people. … Continue reading New babies, more babies
To the Bone: Movie review
I was recently on a trip and decided to watch the movie "To the Bone" on my plane ride from San Diego. Netflix had released this movie on July 14th of this year and I really wanted to see it ever since I saw it announced a few weeks ago. As soon as I started … Continue reading To the Bone: Movie review
My favorite quote from SDCC 2017
"Life isn't always supposed to be happy, is just not the way it is, it doesn't really makes sense that way you know. There is good and bad, and learning to deal with all of this good and bad kind of creates this wholeness in you and that's what people are searching for, rather than … Continue reading My favorite quote from SDCC 2017
The pink cage
When I was a kid I got lost twice. The first time I was about nine years old and I was camping in the woods with a group of girls. The troop had awakened early in the morning and we were told we would be going for a short hike. The plan was to walk … Continue reading The pink cage
What we teach our kids
Reading a book the other day I started thinking about the things we teach our kids. This book in particular (Cinderella ate my daughter) was about what we teach our girls as a society. The princess culture was at the center of the discussion in the book and it talked about how the concept of a … Continue reading What we teach our kids
Netflix ‘s new Girlboss series
Great news! Netflix has announced a list of several new series and movies coming up next month among which is Girlboss, season one. For those of you who don't recongnize the tittle, Girlboss was a book published back in 2014. The book followed the life of Sophia Amoruso, founder and CEO of Nasty Gal. In … Continue reading Netflix ‘s new Girlboss series
Talking about privilege with our kids
A few years ago I came across this Buzzfeed article that talked about how a high school teacher had explained the term privilege to his students. He had given each one of them a piece of scrap paper and asked them to crumple it up. He then provided the students with a very simple set of rules. … Continue reading Talking about privilege with our kids
Womanhood
As a kid growing up in the 80s and 90s, I remember having this feeling that my being a woman was a "condition". That it limited my abilities and my future. That it meant a lot more than a gender and it dictated the positions in life and in society that I could aspire to, and how … Continue reading Womanhood
The parent gene
In 2014 I became a mom for the first time. The nine months leading up to the birth had been very good. My pregnancy had been a pretty easy one. I had very little nausea, I was able to exercise until the sixth month, and excluding a few Braxton Hicks contractions, the entire pregnancy was a breeze. Labor on … Continue reading The parent gene
Quirks and Comrades 