You're either a feminist or you're not; and if you're not, I have no time for you. Today is too important to spend even a moment bickering about the definition of the word, or whether my desire for equal position, equal expectation, equal opportunity, equal pay, equal protection, and equal…
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The Good Spouse
My score is a 9. I put my cold feet on my husband's legs at night to warm them. I never dress for breakfast, nor do I personally put my children to bed. I can't play a musical instrument, and I've never darned a sock in my life. Silly isn't…
On Being Bossy
Go ahead and call me bossy . I've heard it my whole life. "Audrey, quit bossing your brothers." "Audrey is a bright child, but she's bossy in the classroom." As Sheryl Sandberg has pointed out in the last few months, the word bossy is aimed almost exclusively at girls and women,…
Shivers: When Life feels like Fiction
Maybe it's because I'm a writer, but I love it when life looks, smells, tastes, sounds, or feels like fiction. When I stumble upon something (or someone) so perfectly proportioned, so quizzical and memorable, that it couldn't be coincidence. Or fate. Or chance. Or anything true. No. When the hair…
The Ease of Human Failure
It's so easy. Too easy. A man sins, breaks his vows, lies, gets caught, denies it all, gets confronted, confesses, apologizes, begs for forgiveness... and we judge him. Disgusting. Unworthy of the public trust. And his wife holds his hand. Forgives. Steps with him back out of the spotlight. Helps…
Magnetism
Moving to Europe, I expected some downsizing. The average private vehicle size, for instance, is far more compact here than in the U.S. When we see big trucks on the road, they are a novelty. We take notice and assume a wealthy American decided he couldn't transfer to the…
Heartbreak Hill: Hope After the Boston Bombings
My running shoes are neon pink. This morning, I laced them up and stepped onto the treadmill at my gym, just as I have many mornings in the last few weeks. And I ran. I ran toward the glossy faces of the broadcasters on CNN and the BBC as they…
Just One Baptist Preacher
Which black hole has Audrey fallen down today, you ask? Well, I'll be happy to share. This video clip is one of dozens which has been posted by a Baptist preacher out of Tempe, Arizona in the last few years. This guy is a NUT JOB. Unfortunately, he's handsome (Jack…