In the 1950s and 1960s, women didn’t work while they were pregnant. They wore clothes specifically to hide their growing baby bump. They would also go into a laying–in or confinement a month or two before birth, which means no one saw them at their largest. No one spoke about the pregnancy in public and … Continue reading Pregnancy is not for the thin-skinned
Protected: What’s in a Name?
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 49,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 18 sold-out performances for that many … Continue reading 2013 in review
Pumpkin Carving
Every year without fail C and I carve pumpkins. Before 2011, I never tried anything intricate. Never followed a pattern and stuck with the easiest facet to make.Then in 2011 I made this: And I thought, that wasn't so bad! Next year, I'll try something harder. So in 2012, I made this: This year, I … Continue reading Pumpkin Carving
Inclusion
With all the news recently of exclusion (see recent posts on Abercrombie and Fitch here and here), I've been thinking about this quote from one of my most favorite movies, Chocolat. "I think that we can't go around measuring our goodness by what we don't do. By what we deny ourselves, what we resist, and who … Continue reading Inclusion