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Author Archives: lisa
I Want My Mother Back
I want my mean, bitchy, drunk mother back. The mother who was depressed and melancholy, who said cruel things about my work and criticized my parenting, who undermined instructions to my kids by saying “You really don’t have to pay … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Essays
Tagged alcoholism, Alzheimer's, daughters, depression, mothers
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The Rise (Again) of the Celebrity Feminist.
Someone recently said to me that the reason something is in the news, what makes it newsworthy, is the huge chance that it won’t happen to you. For example, most people, thank God, will not be shot in a shopping … Continue reading
Posted in Women and Feminism
Tagged celebrity feminists, feminism, melissa mayer, second wave feminism, sheryl sandberg
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Marissa Mayer and the Great Class Divide
A few women I know were discussing, lamenting, the state of women and the women’s movement a couple of days ago, wondering why it seems that for every step we take forward we take two steps back. They were wondering, … Continue reading
Posted in Women and Feminism
Tagged class, economics, feminism, marissa mayer, women's rights
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Are Women Responsible for the Powerlessness of Men?
In the 1950s and 60s “refrigerator” mothers, those who were seen, accurately or not, as cold and unloving were to blame for the mental fragility or illness of their children. Until far too recently, it was only a mother’s age, … Continue reading
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Black Boots for the End of the World
I was in Paris recently, walking and walking as I do, when I realized that the black boots I had worn for several years were on their last legs. What better place to purchase a new pair than in Paris? … Continue reading
Interpreting “The Language of Men”
I have known a father, two husbands, and a number of lovers. I have a 25-year-old son. And still, much of the time, I don’t understand the language of men. In an epic, more than 50-year struggle, I tried to … Continue reading
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Dysfunctional America
Mitt Romney is right about one thing. We are a deeply divided country. But he is wrong about everything else: what it means, why it has happened, and what we need to do about it. And the reason he is … Continue reading
Vote as if Your Very Life Depended On it: it Does
I freely admit that before I lost my health insurance coverage I barely thought about it: I paid the bills, had my babies, had surgery, went to the doctor, and most of what I needed was covered by a very … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Women and Feminism
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Why Feminism Still Matters
In yoga class a few days ago, the teacher, a woman, began the class by saying that originally, yoga was a practice that only men were allowed to participate in. The young women in the class seemed baffled, especially a … Continue reading
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