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When my mother was 67, she lost her voice forever

Posted on 10 May 2021 (0)

When my mother was 67, she lost her voice forever – or did she? My mother valued conversation. She loved getting people together to share perspectives on anything from the existence of God, to the ideas of George Bernard Shaw, to whether it was okay to kill of animals for food or sport. Back when […]

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Bringing Up Boys Not to be “Men”

Posted on 20 November 2018 (0)

Bringing up Boys Not to Be “Men” I’m sharing my still relevant 1980s article in Sojourner: The Women’s Journal, although I’m now aware that I interviewed only white women, leaving out important voices. “Ha ha, I’m a boy,” Molly Lovelock is sure her son Timothy cried out on the day of his birth. It can […]

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