Essays & Op-Eds
Essays in Collections
Topics include gender, sex, politics, parenthood, relationships, writing, thought leadership, and more.
“It’s one thing to write while living through something for the sake of capturing it later, and another to fix it in amber while parts are still moving.”
Writing On Motherhood
‘Tis the Season for Gender-Conscious Parenting Quandaries – Huffington Post
Occupy (Working) Motherhood – The Forward
Non, the French Are Not Better Moms – CNN.com
Opting Out? Really? – Mothers Movement Online
Writing On Sex & Relationships
My Handsome Puerto Rican Husban Wraps Tefillin? – Kveller
How Do You Best Stand By Your Laidoff Man? – The Big Money (Slate)
Love in the Time of Layoff – Recessionwire.com
Rich Couples Can No Longer Afford 1950s Gender Roles – Women’s Media Center, rptd AlterNet
Sex and the Single Guys, For Real – Women’s Media Center
Have Men Changed? – Skirt.com
What’s Next for the Sexual Revolution? – The Guardian
The New Trophy Wife – Psychology Today
Happy Ever After and the Modern Broad – The Women’s Media Center
Unrequited Love: Musings on Girls Gone Mild – The American Prospect
Writing On Writing, The Humanities, Author Platform, Thought Leadership
Community Partners Weigh In at DePaul – Humanities For All
Opening Up about Opening Up – She Writes
Reflections on a Life in Education and Activism – Alternet
On the Online Publishing Company and Community She Writes – Creative Coworking blog
When Crossover Work Counts – UVenus, via Inside Higher Ed
My So-Called Alt-Ac Feminist Life – Girl w/Pen, via The Society Pages
How Giving a TEDx Talk “Changed My Life” – Girl w/Pen, via The Society Pages
Q&A with StoryStudio – Cooler By the Lake
The Pace of a Writing Life Has Little to Do with the City Outside One’s Head – Cooler By the Lake
The 411 on Guest Blogging – Media Bistro
Notes from an Intergenerational Conversation – New York Times
A PhD Gets Wired, or How I Traded the Podium for the Mouse – On Campus with Women
Wired, She Wrote – The Women’s Media Center
Blogging Feminism – The Scholar and Feminist Online
Writing On Gender & Politics
Why We Needed More from Wonder Woman 1984 – Medium
When Sexy Media Matters – Girl w/Pen
Talking Tots in Genderland – Play Unlimited
We Need to Talk About Snow Days – Kveller
The Whiplash and Dream of Raising Boy/Girl Twins – Girl w/Pen
Who’s Afraid of the War on Pink? – Girl w/Pen
Is GoldieBlox Trojan Horse or Trojan Feminism? – Girl w/Pen
Palin, Bachmann, and a New Season for Sexism – CNN.com
Will Creativity Become a Victim of the Economy? – AlterNet
A Hillary Supporter’s Remorse – The Guardian
Come Together? Yes, We Can. – Washington Post
Raising Hill – Huffington Post
Writing On Life
Focus You Must – The Mindful Word
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Boy/Girl Twins – TriQuarterly
Here’s How My Family Is Coping WITH PANDEMIC, Jewishly – Kveller
I Flushed My Grandmother’s Mezuzah Down the Toilet – Kveller