Judging from her latest piece, Emily Yoffe, Slate’s advice columnist, is going after Dear Abby’s job. Incensed that Dear Abby stole her advice thunder by insisting that the rape of one man’s sleeping wife is obviously a big ol’ lie, Yoffe tried to up the ante by writing a concern troll piece on single […]
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The Real Problem With Single Parents Is That They Don’t Feel Enough Judgement and Self-Doubt
Published March 22nd, 2008 in Feminism, Marriage, Parenthood and Relationships. 23 CommentsA Tentative Congratulations to The Queen
Published December 5th, 2007 in Celebrity, GLBTQ and Marriage. 8 CommentsAn internet celebrity news source says that Queen Latifah has proposed to her long-term girlfriend and they plan to have a public wedding sometime in the recent future.
How cool is that?
When I Say I Thought About Hyphenating, I Was Thinking About Mozilla-Pujols
Published November 17th, 2007 in Chef, Feminism, Marriage and Work. 9 CommentsI opted not to change my last name when Chef and I married a couple of months ago, not that I didn’t consider it. As with many decisions, now that I’m in my martini phase, I didn’t take it too seriously. Although both of our last names are “normal” Anglo-Saxon names, I do […]
Chef and I pulled in late last night from our post-nuptial vacation (not honeymoon) bleary-eyed and suffering from major sinus infections. It figures I would get sick during the biggest trip of my life, but nevertheless we had an awesome time with lots of stories that, to my surprise, bear anecdotal political import. […]
The First Casualty of Marriage
Published September 25th, 2007 in Feminism, Marriage and Weirdness. 21 CommentsAs alluded to in my previous post, I’m having a hard time adopting the language of marriage. Being a wife and having a husband sounds so, well, patriarchal. Kind of sterile. The truth is that I don’t feel much differently about my relationship to Chef, or his relationship to Ethan, or anything […]
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