My mom did them too and the nuns at her school said the commies would come into their classrooms and ask them if they were Christians and execute them if they said “yes.”

Did you ever read Sheherezahd (SP??) Goes West? It’s about Fatima Mernissi’s exploration about how men dominate women—in the “East” (her term, not mine) it is space—how women are allowed to move in public places and in the “West” it is time—women are never allowed to be anything but a pre-pubescent child, if she’s…

THIS THIS THIS—my dad is the worst. He and his girlfriend were visiting me and going on and on about the board politics at their golf club (oh yes, and they are pissed because they have to have to pay for two memberships because they aren’t married and that is “unfair” because they live together) and I asked how many…

So...bomb and attack Syria and Iraq in retaliation for an attack done by a French citizen? The people who committed this atrocity are about as Muslim as I am Queen of England.

lol yes—she’s so funny. She was a feral kitten but brought indoors fairly young. Her first family took her to the shelter where she was for almost a year. I went to pick a kitty and sat on the floor and she came over and was all up in my grill but fought off any other cat that came near. She came home and seemed to…

Echo doesn't sit still if the phone is out

On those friendships :)

Keep working in those close friendships! My relationship goals now are my female friendships and they are showing up in droves. We have lots of people in out corner even if we don't know it—and I'm in yours.

My own mother downplays the rape I experienced while getting an MA abroad. I’ve had exactly one steady boyfriend in the 12 years since. I don’t say that because boo-hoo I haven’t had boyfriends but I’ve been terrified to trust almost anyone-women and men. This sentence and this asshole’s father’s statement makes me…

I get it—and my boobs are awesome. They are big and bouncy and I sleep in sports bras so they won’t fall to my knees but they are definitely appreciated!

I’m about to turn 36 and I couldn’t pass the pencil test when I was 12 (yay early “developing”!)

I will be there with the wine too!!

Sidwell Friends is a Quaker school where TONS of politicians send their kids.

Ditto—as someone who has lived in three of the four quadrants and seen it—I’m looking at you “Co-Hi” and H street!

I definitely am updating my resume but I’ve been in this job for less than 5 months—my job before that eliminated the education department and (I left after 15 months) and the job before that had the director asking me to forge a board member’s signature (that one was less than a year)—I'm terrified I won't be able to…

Thank you! I'm going to accept but I will definitely be asking about all the details—compensation, expectations, and being a part of the hiring process (I have no desire to be director of education—that's a lot of budgets and very little engaging visitors with collections). I'm just really shattered because my last…

Mirena is the best! I'm on my second one and have been period free for years!!

So my boss at my new job was let go with very little notice and at the worst possible time. I was blindsided and am asked to step in as interim head of my museum’s education department. I don't know what to do—it's kind of a shitshow and I'm not sure I want to take the helm! Halp!

I saw them last summer when they visited a museum I worked at. Didn’t speak to them or anything but the creepiness oozed off him and filled the entire gallery. Much worse than on TV. But the part of me that loves seeing a trainwreck was delighted!

Echo is glad you are safe!!