This week, I will shamelessly copy one of my favorite podcast hosts, Jon Lovett. On his weekly show, Lovett has a segment called the Rant Wheel, in which he spins the wheel and rants about whatever topic it lands on. In my modified version, I would like to rant about some of the infuriating or inspiring things we’ve seen in the news in the last couple weeks.
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This week’s blog is a little bit of a departure for me, topic-wise, but it is something that I feel like we really have to talk about. Rarely a day goes by that I or one of my friends don’t lament a man explaining something to us that we already understand. The worst part is that these are men we like, respect, work with, or are married to! What are they doing? Don’t they realize how discouraging and demeaning this can be?
Read MoreWhen last we left Rebecca, she had just had a heck of a Tuesday. She had a confrontation with a colleague, Ted, and then looked for in vain for support from her administrator, Rick.
Read MoreTwo weeks ago, I asked you to mull about times when you heard women described as “hysterical” or “overly emotional” and to examine the effect of those words on the person being labeled. Thank you to those who reached out with examples. This week, I bring you one of these examples. Obviously, identifying details have been changed to protect the innocent – and the not so innocent.
Read MoreCalling women hysterical or overly emotional is a story as old as time, as evidenced even by the use of the word hysterical. Hysterical has the same Greek root as the word hysterectomy and actually means “uterus”. While it can seem like a cultural norm, calling women crazy or hysterical (or any variation) is a way of silencing women.
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