“My pro-feminist statement here is not some theoretical defense of nebulous “women’s rights.” It reflects my gratitude for an altogether better (and arguably longer) life, as a father, grandfather—and childminding parent always sustained and often led by women.”
Read More“When I left the evangelical fold I changed my mind. But it took far longer to change my domineering qualities. I’m still battling them, but it has gotten better.”
Read More“I use the word gift because feminism is about accelerating human connection and cooperation and thus increasing the odds of our individual and species’ survival and happiness.”
Read More“According to “What the Pandemic Reveals About the Male Ego,” by columnist Nicholas Kristof (New York Times, June 13, death rates from the coronavirus for twenty-one countries around the world, thirteen led by men and eight by women, showed the male-led countries suffered far worse in the first wave.
Read More“If we cared about providing real choices, single motherhood as it presently stands in America would not lead (as all studies show) to risking impoverishment.”
Read More“The dirty little secret evangelicals and the religion of greed’s high priests in corporate America share is this: both of these brutal fundamentalist religions ask more of women than of anyone else.”
Read MoreRead More“In a society that prizes individual achievement above most other things, ambition is often framed as an unambiguous virtue, akin to hard work or tenacity.”
