10:18 AM: I’m just waking up this morning after attending the National Council of Women’s Organizations Ball last night. It was truly lovely and in an almost shocking move, I felt like I might have been on the overly dressy side. I always forget that there’s a whole category of clothing that I am now [...]
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January 17, 2009
Saturday: Before the Ball
Not too much excitement until the ball tonight, but in the spirit of the running diary, I’ll keep updating.
11:39 AM: I just received this email from my dad about tomorrow’s concert. Here it is in it’s entirity. My dad is known for great emails, by the way.
“I just heard that the Jonas Brothers and Miley [...]
January 17, 2009
STOP EVERYTHING IT’S WHITE HOUSE TIME
8:28 PM: I get a call on my phone from the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC for short and yes, I do know their number!). I answer it expecting information about my volunteer gig (which I still know nothing about). I answer and they ask for me, because, get this, I AM GOING TO THE WHITE [...]
January 17, 2009
Friday Evening: It’s Formal Wear off the HOOK!
3:00 -7:00 PM: I just spent the afternoon stuffing gift bags so I can get into the ball tomorrow night for free. It was funny being with people who came in from out of town for all the madness. All the event planners were New Yorkers who had 3 balls in 3 days and they [...]
January 16, 2009
Friday: Let Inauguration Weekend Begin!
I have to admit I’m not sure how much this feature is going to touch on my usual feminist themes, but I thought it would be fun to do a running diary type thing of Inauguration weekend. Here it goes!
11:30ish AM: Ever sine I found out the National Council of Women’s Organizations was having an [...]
July 30, 2008
To Go to Olympics, Athletes Must Prove They are Women!
Today’s New York Times sports page has an article explaining that female athletes must undergo examinations to prove they are women. This is something I find fascinating and honestly, fairly disturbing. Here’s why:
1) The article entitled, “A Lab is Set to Test the Gender of Some Female Athletes,” speaks volumes about how we think of [...]
July 29, 2008
A Moment of Appreciation: My Dude Friends
When I started this blog, I sent the link to all of my good friends, including all of my good friends from college, who are mostly dudes. I have to admit I was a bit self-conscious when I told them all about my blog because I knew I’d be writing a lot about feminist stuff [...]
July 21, 2008
McCain Hates Contraception
This is important, so here are a couple of links:
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/anotherthing/337332
July 21, 2008
National NOW Conference – Day 2
Day 2 of the National NOW Conference really wore me out, so I am just getting around to writing about it. While I left the first day feeling invigorated and psyched about being with the feminists, I left yesterday feeling tired and yet again frustrated by the generational divide in the movement. More on that [...]
July 10, 2008
Dear Mircosoft Spell Check, Are You Out of Your Mind?
This is a little off my normal topics, but it seems that annoying little paper clip must be driving Microsoft’s spell checker insane. I was just writing an email about how IWPR was cited by the Obama campaign in his report on how his economic plan would benefit working women when I discovered, are you [...]
