Or how I came to fall in love with my husband and start our family on solid ground — I had hoped, when I married Larry 20 years ago, that one of our children would inherit his magnificent hair, so voluptuous and appealing that just putting your fingers in it communicated a sense of abundance, of largesse. But none did. Rose has medium-thick hair to which she periodically applies…

How about we all agree to be decent human beings instead? — I just read another good story about bad behavior in the comments which was met with more bad behavior in the comments, and even though I set out to read all the comments, I found that I didn’t want to about half way through. Everybody’s angry with everyone else and…

Mary Magdalene was turned from beloved disciple to whore — I thought I was joking when I wrote a piece recently about wanting to start a cult. The impetus was the realization of how many religions and cultures tell women they are “unclean,” i.e. unfit to pray, while menstruating. That is such a visceral violation — to turn women’s biology…

The metaphorical blood of women will imbue our rituals — It’s pretty annoying that almost every religion on the face of the planet is patriarchal and actively works to keep women down and in “their place.” What’s up with that? Haven’t they heard about sharing? I make one exception for the Tao te Ching as translated by Stephen Mitchell, since…

Here are the stories Fourth Wave helped to elevate in September — I have to wait until October for my next Boost nominations, because we’re only allowed so many and I’ve used them all up. Wah! And not every story I nominated even got boosted. *Crying* Don’t ask me why! Sometimes my taste just does not align with the curators,’ I guess…

Imagine the rich rewards society would reap — I don’t interact with the manosphere, but I know it exists because I’ve read stories about how hucksters like Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson are teaching clueless young men to hate and oppress women at the same time that they’re declaring that every man deserves to have one. It’s confusing…

Recipes for the overinvolved and under appreciated — When Medium announced the Boost program back in February, I made an effort to figure out which publications could recommend stories for boosting and resolved to pitch them ideas. But the first ones I stumbled on were focused on topics I know nothing about. Luxury? The most “luxurious” thing I’ve done…

A lot has been going on — So much has been going on at Fourth Wave lately that I’m starting to feel like a Roman glutton at a week-long feast. *Burp* Which way to the vomitorium? Just kidding! I don’t want to sound ungrateful, but is all this a little too much muchness? …

Sounds like a marriage made in heaven! — Sometimes, a comment I make on a story gets a more applause and attention than an actual story I write. That’s been the case with this comment, which I made on a story called “I Met an Incel at a Jordan Peterson Lecture.” He hates women but wants a female…