by Deborah Quinn | Mar 27, 2015 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Feminism, Gender, NYC, Politics, The National, Travel, UAE
Hi there blogosphere…. I seem to have taken an inadvertent hiatus from blogging for a while … it’s the kind of thing like forgetting to write your grandmother: the longer you wait, the more it becomes A THING and the more it becomes A THING the...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 26, 2014 | aging, Education, Feminism, Gender, Politics
Gloria Steinem spoke at my college graduation back in 1986. At the time, as a graduate of a woman’s college, I thought to myself “oh good lord, her. Couldn’t they find someone more relevant?” It was the era of “divest now” and...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 30, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, Kids, NaBloPoMo, Parenting
Teen-age boys. You know the stereotype: rambunctious, loud, gangly, hands and feet too big for their bodies. They push and shove with their friends; they throw their arms around one another’s necks to show their affection, even though to the non-initiated, it...
by Deborah Quinn | Jan 8, 2012 | Children, Education, Feminism, Gender, Kids, legos, Politics, pop culture, ranting
A friend circulated this ad on facebook. Maybe you saw it as it made the rounds? The ad is from 1981, not a year particularly celebrated for female achievement (although it was the year Britney Spears was born, so I suppose that counts for something). I love legos and...
by Deborah Quinn | Jan 6, 2010 | Gender, Kids, Uncategorized
Watching Liam and Caleb trying to pummel a snowbank into submission with their feet has started me thinking (again, still) about how we do—or do not—teach our kids about gender roles. Swivelheader wrote a lovely post wondering what her twins—a girl and a boy—would...
