While I may be off of social media I still keep up with what’s happening in the world so of course I heard about #HotGirlSummer. According to it’s originator Megan Thee Stallion “It’s just basically about women — and men — just being unapologetically them, just having a good-ass time, hyping up your friends, doing […]
This past weekend I went to a reggae party. I am aware that at reggae parties men are more likely not to ask you to dance but instead just start dancing with you. However, last weekend, multiple men grabbed/touched/groped me without my permission. It reached a level of being ridiculous. Each new grab/touch/grope was met […]
Recently on twitter I engaged in a couple of discussions in which two people called me a “single mother” as an insult. I know that women with children who are not married are often shamed for being a *gasp* a “single mother!” I always thought this was silly and a holdover from earlier decades when […]
When I saw the #BootBae video the other day I honestly felt sad. Sad because this young woman was so insecure she felt the need to “block” another young woman with her foot from getting close to her “man.” And sad because she saw the woman as the problem and not the boy, that she […]
When I picked up my 8 year old daughter from school today I noticed that my usually bubbly child wasn’t as chipper as she normally is. On our drive home she stated that she couldn’t find an assignment that was due the following day. She seemed highly stressed about it, which is not unusual (she […]