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Confidence

February 6, 2019

How I lost my confidence, in more ways than one, and how I’m winning it back.

Tags anger, confidence, decisions, feminism, mental health, mental illness, women

Monday Quote: Tessa Hadley

December 10, 2018

I’ve been reading Tessa Hadley’s work in preparation for an interview, and am really enjoying her writing and perspective.

Tags Alice Munro, Barbara Kingsolver, book review, British, canlit, equality, feminism, gender, LA Review of Books, Longreads, Mavis Gallant, men, relationships, Tessa Hadley, The Rumpus, UK, women, writing

Beyond Likeability, Pandering, and Acting Like a Man

October 24, 2018

A few weeks ago I wrote a piece for the LA Review of Books blog about the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings. One topic I emphasized is something … Read more

Tags abuse, feminine, feminism, likeability, masculine, misogyny, pandering, patriarchy, perfectionism, respect, stories, truth, writing

The Week from Hell

September 19, 2018

As you may have guessed, this past week wasn’t the greatest. I woke up on Thursday morning (which was supposed to be a swimming morning!) … Read more

Tags classics, feminism, health, health care, hospital, Mary Beard, misogyny, myth, power, women

Wednesday on the Web: 4 July Edition

July 4, 2018

Happy Fourth of July to my American readers – hope you’re having a great holiday! And hope my Canadian readers had a good Canada Day … Read more

Tags Austin Kleon, climate change, Dana Milbank, feminism, hobbies, immigration, LARB, Lauren Markham, LitHub, McSweeney's, minority, NYT, on being, Patricia Hampl, Rebecca Traister, rest, Sonya Huber, The Cut, uspoli, WaPo, white men

Wandering the Web: Feminism, Reading, Thoreau Surveying, and California Water Photography

March 14, 2018

This last week has been incredibly busy, and wasn’t helped by a day spent in bed and another day spent recuperating from being in bed. … Read more

Tags archaeology, art, being nice, Daegan Miller, Eleanor Catton, feminism, First Nations, Joanne Hammond, Kathryn Schulz, likeability, photography, racism, Sheryl Sandberg, stinkbugs, Thoreau, water, women, writing

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