by Deborah Quinn | Aug 25, 2013 | family, Feminism, Kids, Parenting, Politics, teaching
I wrote this post back in the halycon days of Obama’s first presidency and well before “lean in” became a meme and not an athletic command. I like to think that even with newborn Caleb strapped to my chest, I did a pretty good job at my job, but...
by Deborah Quinn | Apr 14, 2011 | family
Mom-101 wrote a great post (she does that a lot) about the myth of “doing it all,” which is what people like to say to women (mostly) as a sort of compliment, as in “how do you do it all?” It’s a compliment that I sometimes think...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 30, 2010 | Children, Kids
My mom always made our Halloween costumes. Sometimes that led to bad suggestions (Mrs Olsen the coffee lady, anyone?) but mostly we ended up with versions of vampires, cats, bats, hobos (does anyone still do “hobo” anymore?), pirates, and so on. But as I...