Instead of apologizing for not writing much the past several weeks on this blog, just think of it as a “getting to know you” moment. Now you know how sporadic and unpredictable Nick and I can be. Well. Now you know how sporadic and unpredictable I can be. I’ve been meaning to write, but spring […]
Author: Lisa
Happy Easter!
A Catholic Feminist’s Meditation on Holy Week
When you say that you’re Catholic, it’s almost as loaded as when you say you’re a feminist. Almost. When you say that you’re a Catholic feminist, well, that’s when the furrowed brows come out to play. I’ve been both Catholic and feminist all my life, I’ve just only known about the Catholic identity a lot […]
The Lure of Online Feminism: Relationship Building and the Internet
I’ve received numerous emails and messages about my last post in which I shared the process of starting a new job and deciding to intentionally decrease my involvement in the feminist blogosphere. In my personal reflection, I offered a few insights about the process in which I realized that I was not fully engaging in […]
The Marinara Massacre and The Great White
I’ve been an atrocious blogger. Ugh, nothing since March 19! You all might start thinking I actually have a life or something. HA! Don’t be fooled. (Just kidding, I do have a life. It’s rather nice, well, no it’s actually awesome.) Anyhoo, here’s the big story that has finally ended today… So, for Nick’s birthday […]
The Lure of Online Feminism
I wanted to try an experiment this week, the week that I started a new job. I wanted to try and disengage from the online world of feminism and refocus that energy into the human interactive relationships I would soon be facing in my new work. After being an active blogger for about three years, […]
make/shift magazine issue 6 is prettier than a bouquet of roses
Have you ever unexpectedly received or seen a bouquet of scarlet red roses? I mean, outside the usual places like sidewalk vendors or flower shops, have you ever been taken away by the simple grandeur of a bouquet of red roses? The rich vibrancy, the throbbing red intensity of its beauty? The most recent issue […]
Marry Me Because I’m "Asian"
Thanks to Racialicious and to Angry Asian Man for a heads up on this article about how children of immigrants are “looking closer for love,” according to the Washington Post who says that there is a surprising trend occurring for the second generations (children who are born in the United States and their parents are […]
Happy 30th Birthday, Nick!
On this day, 30 years ago…
No Person is “Born to Rape”
Turning to global news… Some of you may remember that horrendous story of the Austrian father who imprisoned his daughter in a windowless cell in his basement and repeatedly raped her for 24 years and fathered seven children with her. There are some details of this story that are just too inhuman to comprehend. I […]