A Toy is a Toy is a Toy

A few weeks ago, I came across an article on the Internet that caused me to rethink my entire childhood. You see, it turns out, as I grew up, I had spent countless hours playing with “boy” toys, only I was ignorant of this fact and my childhood was somehow incomplete because I didn’t have [...]

The Girl Effect

As an adolescent, I was a fairly typical, self-centered tween and teen, believing with certainty that my world revolved around me and my life. I was consumed with school, with friends, with the latest pop songs on the radio and the latest gossip heard in the hallways. I took flute lessons and competed in equestrian [...]

Smart vs. Pretty

When I was younger, I wanted to be a Jedi. (What? It was a perfectly valid career choice when I was eight.) My brother was a Jedi for Halloween one year and then I fell in love with the Star Wars movies, so it just seemed like fate: I was going to be a Jedi. [...]