I read two excellent posts today that I wanted to highlight because the same considerations have crossed my mind. The thought process usually begins with "What the hell are they thinking?" and ends with me shaking my head and trying to ponder how so many archaic sexist attitudes are still …
Equality
Busyness as a Badge of Honor aka Who Made You Sheriff?
There are some fantastic lines in this article (link no longer active) by Christine Arylo who says her primary objective is to get women and girls to fall madly in love with themselves. In the article she says, "Forget Generation X or Y, how about calling us Generation E, for Exhausted!" So …
International Women’s Day Celebrates Past Present and Future
International Women's Day celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. Women have many achievements to be proud of. The equality we enjoy is the result of the work of women (and men) before us. And yet, even in North America, many of us …
C’mon Baby, You Know You Like It
"The slutty party girl is fun until she pukes on the floor and then she's a pain in the ass." House, Season 5, Episode "Lucky Thirteen" What's interesting about this statement isn't just the obvious inequality of how males use females; it's not always a male-female issue. She's great as …
Forget the Glass Ceiling, What About The Sticky Floor?
Over my life, there have been strides towards equality, and this past year has seen plentiful discussions of “breaking the glass ceiling” with Gov. Sarah Palin taking a run at the White House. Throughout her vice presidential campaign, I couldn’t help but wonder if a female Vice President would make …
About The Sticky Floor
The Sticky Floor was a blog I started in 2008 but it was left neglected for many years. I moved the content over here and closed the site. Below was the about page. You can find all the posts I wrote under the category The Sticky Floor. There are far greater women than I who have written on …
