Why the Words Stick in My Throat: Talking about Aging August 29, 2015 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg Leave a Comment This article is the third in a three-part series on aging. Source: Wear Your Life Well [Image description: The graphic consists of a lilac background with four rows of cartoon-like pictures, four pictures to a row. A figure of a woman in white pants stands in front of one of the pictures, blocking it from view. Each picture has a word at the top. The pictures … [Read more...]
Pretty Tired of Pretty May 17, 2015 by Rev. Katie Norris 1 Comment My eleven year old son suggested I write about the word pretty. I asked him why, and he said “Because my mommy is pretty.” Immediately, I panicked and knew I could not write about that word. That’s how I knew I had to write about it. As an adjective (according to Google search), pretty means “attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful or handsome.” As a … [Read more...]
The Right and Wrong Way to Talk About the Generations April 9, 2015 by A.X. Ruiz Leave a Comment If you’ve never seen HBO’s The Newsroom, it’s pretty standard as far as Aaron Sorkin creations go. It features a severely under-diversified cast; generic current-event references that high-five those who get them while not alienating those who don’t; dialogue that must be read at hail-storm tempos just to stay within running time; and, of course, a white, cis-male protagonist … [Read more...]
Eating for Two February 15, 2015 by Mare Berger, Guest Writer Leave a Comment My mother embodies the definition of selfless. Now retired in south Jersey, she spends her time making bagged lunches for homeless people in Camden and Philadelphia. She takes the bus up to New York City once a month to meet my sister and me for lunch and brings with her 25 bagged lunches to give out to homeless people in the Port Authority. There are never enough lunches, … [Read more...]
Shame and Disconnection: The Missing Voices of Oppression in Brene Brown’s “The Power of Vulnerability” January 9, 2015 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg 2 Comments Brene Brown [The photograph show the head and shoulders of a smiling woman with short blond hair. She is wearing oval-shaped earrings, a light brown scarf and a blue jacket.] I first ran across Brene Brown’s work after several friends told me that I absolutely, positively had to watch her TED talk The Power of Vulnerability. They thought I’d love it. They thought it would … [Read more...]
