Once upon a time there were three little girls and they were all GenXers... Open Salon has published an essay, Generation X Bedtime Story. It's a thoughtful piece about three intelligent and ambitious Generation X women who grew up in the 80s and now going through a...
Generation X women in Midlife Crisis
The Washington Post has published an essay on Generation X women in midlife crisis by Pamela Paul. Paul is the author of Parenting, Inc. (How We Are Sold $800 Strollers Fetal Education, Baby Sign Language, Toddler Couture, -- and Diaper Wipe Warmers - and What It...
Gen X women and fertility problems
It was just something that I had to get through to get me to you. From Lila McCann and To Get Me To You It's been widely reported that Generation X women "face a fertility crisis greater than any generation before them." Last week, a popular Web site in Australia, The...
Playground Sexual Harassment in the 1970s: A Story About Mary*
June 23, 2009 - Some stories take a long time to tell. This one about playground sexual harassment at school is one of them. I wrote it down in 2008 for my daughters, and for Mary*, wherever she is. In 2005, on her fourth day on the job, Jamie Lee Jones, a young...
Girls Are Like Apples On Trees
The poem Girls Are Like Apples on Trees is by Pete Wentz. Girls are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. The boys don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten...





