Category Archives: Gender roles
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Northwestern live sex demo: No harm, no foul?
Leave a commentDecember 17, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
Northwestern University, where I attended graduate school, recently spent a few weeks at the center of a controversy eddy for …
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Barbie to baby… the clock ticks
Leave a commentOctober 10, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
In the Leber family, “My Cousin Vinny” stands high on the list of favorite movies. At lunch recently, my visiting …
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A lil’ bit slutty
Leave a commentOctober 10, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
Here’s a tip for all you aspiring relationships columnists out there: When you ask women to talk about their experiences …
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Who says parents-to-be should get the parties
Leave a commentOctober 10, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
With respect to Jane Austen, if it is not a truth universally acknowledged that once your friends start having children …
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I’m not lying about my age
Leave a commentOctober 10, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
“A diplomat,” poet Robert Frost once said, “is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her …
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A small kindness goes a long way
Leave a commentOctober 9, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
Do you ever have a moment when you realize there are good, honest people out there in the world? Maybe …
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Welcome to vaginagate
Leave a commentOctober 7, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
I have never seen more references to genitalia on my Facebook feed as I have this week. No, my friends …
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Remembering Nora Ephron
Leave a commentOctober 7, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
My boyfriend and I have a long-standing competition known as “Do you know who died?” In essence, when a well-known …
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Help, I’m caught in the busy trap
Leave a commentOctober 5, 2013 by hollyhodgepodge
Busy. That’s my pat response when someone asks me how I am doing. “I haven’t heard from you, Hol,” my …
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