Category Archives: fathers/fatherhood

a job, an income, and an emotional rollercoaster

Happy: Eric has received–and accepted–an official offer of employment. We will soon have an income and a dramatic drop in our background economic insecurity. Yay!!! Scary: Stress & ambivalence! This takes different shapes for Eric and for me; I’ll leave his stuff private and just dish on mine. My internal monologue runs along these lines: [...]

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links for thought, April 2013 (1 of 2)

from Lindy West at Jezebel (which I generally avoid/ignore, but …), “If I Admit That ‘Hating Men’ Is a Thing, Will You Stop Turning It Into a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?” The difference is, though, that the radfem community on Tumblr does not currently hold the reins of power in every country on earth (even in nations [...]

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book review: The Gender Trap: Parents and the Pitfalls of Raising Boys and Girls

A review of The Gender Trap, an excellent exploration of how parents push–and push back against–gender norms for our children.

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