Women | Women
Sep.01.2008
For the first time in this presidential campaign, I am feeling political. And I don't like feeling political. I don't like feeling angry and appalled and saddened and depressed. It seems like drama that I don't want or need, and yet, it's about the country that I live in. So who else should be...
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Aug.26.2008
Master of Ceremonies: a True Story of Love, Murder, Roller Skates, and Murder Diary, Day 1, 8-25-08
The Olympics are over. I am sad and relieved. Sad because I won't get to watch Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt be superhuman anymore. But also because I love watching sports you never get to see,...
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Aug.25.2008
As the book editor (among my many other titles) at the Marin Independent Journal, I've had a lot of anthologies that come across my desk that look at life as (pick one or all):
1. a 20-something
2. a 30-something
3. a single person
4. a "bad girl"
5. the "other" woman
6. a...
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Aug.17.2008
As always, I'm late on the draw here. But I wanted to let you know that a week or so ago, I had a fun post on HuffPo, the Mecca of great blogging. It dealt with my thoughts and feelings (and extreme neurosis) about someone nice I was (ahem) dating for a few months. And although that has now...
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Aug.02.2008
(This entry was started yesterday, Friday the 1st of August and continues into today, the 2nd.)
9:35 am... read David Brooks' column. He is sharp. It's scary how on target his stuff is, it's clear, focused, apropos to current affairs and he only writes something like 8 paragraphs. I tell...
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Jul.27.2008
Hearing my tom boy experiences of adolescence , one of my Portuguese philosopher friend once asked , whether this had any impact in my sexuality in later life or not.Such questions could not be asked in Orissa, because here any query about sexuality can not be shared publicly and more over it is an...
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Jul.16.2008
I’m usually bursting with pride whenever I don the ol’ running shoes and shuffle off to skim the surface of the pavement-- even though I soon look like I need to be medivac’ed to the nearest hospital. But I’m proud to say that I’m pushing 40 and still haven’t surrendered the Battle of the Bulge.Yes...
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Jun.26.2008
In early adulthood, I always considered the expression a "strong foundation" quite literally. After all, I was blonde, schooled in Amelia Bedelia books, and raised in quake country, where the lessons had been learned locally in 1906 and again in 1989.
So when my husband and I were...
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Jun.20.2008
Older women are too often neglected in more spheres than one. What to do. Nan Gefen original founder with Michael Lerner of Tikkun has started a new literary magazine showcasing women over sixty. Nan says "Too often older women's artistic work is ignored or disregarded, and only those few...
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Jun.11.2008
I was having dinner last night with some smart, amazing, highly successful women. They own their own thriving business, started a few years ago after reaching the pinnacle of their profession. As the wine flowed freely, the conversation turned to my sabbatical and the reasons behind it. I explained...
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