Genuinely curious — How does a treadmill do work for you? Seems like you’re running either way? I run about 3 miles 3x/wk, outside if possible, inside on my treadmill if necessary (I live in Buffalo and there is as we speak a raging blizzard, so treadmill tonight!). I notice no difference in my speed or required…

As white mom of three tri-racial daughters — yup. And, honestly, I didn’t become an active feminist until my daughters entered their teenage years and I became scared of what they were going to experience in this world. Girls/women we care about can be a gateway regardless of one’s identified gender because we’re…

Oh god I hear myself in everything you just said.

There is value in teaching girls not to put up with bad behavior. BUT the real issue is that this behavior is not OK in the first place. The onus should not be on the woman to deal with the bad behavior once it occurs. Assistant Undersecretary did nothing wrong when she fell for someone. And the problem is not the…

My point was that gray area bad behavior has been more destructive to me personally than the black and white assaults (I’m not suggesting this is true of everyone, just me and how I’ve personally responded to these things).

As a hetero woman with daughters I see myself in everything you just said.

Thank you for talking about this.

THANK YOU to everyone doing this and publicizing it