So I've never been the biggest fan of the military. As a teenager I was against the war in Iraq, but I never really thought too much about the military. A guy I was crushing on was planning on going in and me being all Bella-like was prepared to be a military wife. So no at that point I didn't really have anything against going into the military ( Read more... )

I just watched Selfie. The first two episodes ( Read more... )

I read somewhere that JKR said her heroine was Jessica Mitford. I started to think about that whole concept. I thought: Who would be my heroine ( Read more... )

I have a sort of litmus test that I try with potential dates to see if they pass. I'll try to slyly try to sneak something into the conversation about feminism. Now see I don't actually say feminism because a lot of people have a knee jerk reaction to that. I said once that I was thinking about majoring in Women's Studies. I said to another that I ( Read more... )

That line spoken by Anakin seems to be coming back to me especially lately. I was just telling my mom that I want more than what our lives are now. I want more money. I want more knowledge. I just want it all. I want it ( Read more... )

One of the things I fear in having a daughter is that our relationship will end up like my grandmother and my mother, my grandmother and her mother. I'm seeing a pattern in these relationships. It wasn't until recently that I heard my grandmother talk bad about her mother. While I was growing up she always talked fondly of her, but recently she's ( Read more... )