Surely there were women in the workplace enjoying all the perks of progress brought by open-mindedness, acceptance, and ignoring gender. Surely. Except not.
Category: Thoughts on Gender
The Man-don’t
I’m going to write a bit about the recent move by our school district to reject our state’s mandate on policies regarding its transgender students. I know this can be a hot spot for some and I know that my thoughts do not always match up with the rest of the world, BUT, we’ve gotten … Continue reading The Man-don’t
Invisible
I saw on my child's social media page last week that it was (and forgive me I've already forgotten the right term) Transgender Awareness Day. And I had a million things I wanted to say, but thought better to wait and organize and edit and et cetera. This is not a topic that I write … Continue reading Invisible
Internet Doctor, With Honors
I read it on Google.... WebMD said.... My friend thinks I.... There's a girl in at school/work/the gym... This is how we diagnose ourselves. It's slightly terrifying. It's even more terrifying as many folks stroll into their diploma-ed doctor' offices, armed with information pulled from non-diploma-ed sources and present their symptoms on a here's-some-bias silver … Continue reading Internet Doctor, With Honors
Why I’ll never call it your dead name
We were sitting at hibachi last week, a late celebration of Zoe's birthday, and when the server asked her her name (for the obligatory and annual corny song by the staff ), she visibly bristled. We should have known this would happen as this birthday year, dinner included her good (hmmm....) friend (you know, friend...), … Continue reading Why I’ll never call it your dead name
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell – unless you want to.
Oh, I've been a-strugglin this week with what to write about - urgh. Sometimes it's hard. I would like to, for instance, spend mucho time bemoaning my work schedule for the next week. But I feel like I might be the only one entertained. Or I could give you the run down on the presents … Continue reading Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell – unless you want to.