#YesAllWomen

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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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,…

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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…

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