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 | Dec 13, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Children, Monday Listicle, NYC
Stasha, aka list guru, asked Amanda from Lilahbility to curate this week’s topic, and she chose “anything about your hometown.” Leaves it pretty wide open, doesn’t it? And as so often happens, this list topic hits…well, it hits close to...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 13, 2010 | NYC
The masthead of this blog says that I am a perpetually ambivalent New Yorker. Which is to say that, while I have very strong opinions on most things, I am ambivalent, always, about New York. Riding a crowded 14D bus crosstown on a rainy day, 6 year old in tow? Hate...