Yesterday at my request, my sister Nykki drove me out to a long stretch of road, parked on the side and we switched seats. I’ll never forget how we grinned at each other and giggled. For most of my life I had lived with a crushing fear of driving that made me feel powerless and
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Oct 2009
“Whether it’s ourselves, our lovers, bosses, children, a local Scrooge, or the political situation, it’s more daring and real not to shut anyone out of our hearts and not to make the other person into an enemy. If we begin to live like this, we’ll find that we actually can’t make things completely right or
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Aug 2009
An interesting perspective from Hugo Schwyzer, a community college history and gender studies professor: “And you know, as silly as it is, the joking about man-bashing almost always works! Time and again, I’ve seen it work to silence women in the classroom, or at least cause them to worry about how to phrase things “just
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Jun 2009
While increased sizes haven’t been the sole contributor to our obesity epidemic, large quantities of cheap food have distorted our perceptions of what a typical meal is supposed to look like. These portion comparisons, adapted from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Portion Distortion Quiz, give a visual representation of what sizes used