Still Here!

Hello! It’s been a hot minute since my last post. You might have thought I wandered right off the page. Surprise! I’m still here. So what’s been happening?

How are you, really?

Yesterday on Instagram, I saw a series of posts where people had replied to Elmo on the platform formerly know as Twitter. Elmo asked how everybody was doing. And thousands of people, including celebrities, responded with heartbreaking honesty that we’re not really doing okay. This spurred me to reach out to my friends. I asked … More How are you, really?

Why Genderize Bags?

I was shopping for a leather messenger bag today. As I was perusing a variety of online sites, it struck me anew how sexist and outdated shopping categories are. There have been several articles in the last several years about toys and gender. Why label G.I. Joes as “boy” toys and Barbies as “girl” toys. … More Why Genderize Bags?