But aside from that, she's still completely normal
Help! I can’t get anyone to help me with this problem. Movable Type support doesn’t cover style. And no one has answered my post on the forums…
Anyone out there? Do you know MT? Can you help with a template/borders problem? PLEASE! It’s driving me nutso – and we know we don’t need that.
So, if you tried reading here yesterday, you probably noticed that the site sort of blew up. Big time. I’ve almost got it completely fixed, just having some trouble with some superficial issues, which I’m working on.
In other news, we were going to start the What Would We Do? feature yesterday. Yeah. Nobody wrote in with any questions. So, we’ll start next Wednesday. And if nobody comes up with anything – we’re going to start making it up. You’ve been warned.
Well I came up with it. Thank you to those who had ideas for my weekly feature here. As I was thinking about it, I thought that it would be cool to do a collaboration with my husband, Poe. Y’all may know him as Jay. But apparently, his inner handle is how he wants to be seen on the internet. So now, Jay is Poe. But I digress…
Introducing..
So – here’s the deal. You either email or comment with questions, comments, concerns, requests for advice. We will then answer to those in a he said/she said format on Wednesdays.
Please play. Otherwise we may be forced to make stuff up! And lets face it. That would be sad.
In “Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World,” Linda Hirshman, a retired philosophy professor, argues that women should stop wasting their expensive degrees in the nursery. She spoke with Peg Tyre.
Go read the article. I’ll wait.
Okay, so here’s the snippet that REALLY chaps my hide.
You really think stay-at-home moms can’t lead honorable, risk-taking, intellectual lives?
Right. And don’t hit me with those fantastical volunteer jobs. They don’t exist.
I want to be a stay at home mother. Desperately. But, money blahblahblah student loans blahblahblah heart surgery blahblahblah health insurance blahblahblah preclude that at this time. I think both working out/in the home and staying home without working for income are both valuable choices. It just depends on your family situation, your personality, what it is that makes you complete, what your definition of family is, what is fulfilling to you.
Me? I want to be home. Always have.
But don’t you DARE tell me that my life wouldn’t be honorable [what if I’m raising the next president?], risk-taking [bare hands over a gushing head wound requiring plastic surgery – result of a pillow fight], and intellectual [do YOU remember all the planets in order?].
All kidding aside, if my life isn’t honorable, risk-taking, or intellectual – what the hell am I doing raising participants of the next generation?? My life better be that way if I’m going to raise one. Oh Wait! I can only do that if I have a career too! Because it takes a village! I might take work away from the Americans raising my child in daycare!!
Truth? I want to be a stay at home mother. I want to make a caring, fun, intellectual, honorable, risk-taking, loving home for these little humans (and my husband too) for their environment. Always there. For them. I can’t do that right now, and that tears me up.
I suppose that would make me a dishonorable, safe/mundane, inept moron. According to Ms. Hirshman anyway.
on comments…
When some lovely person is kind enough to comment, how is it appropriate to respond? Here in my comments, or directly via email to them, without posting it here?
While I’ve been journaling online pretty much forever, the newer encoutrements to the blogging community (newer to me anyway) such as commenting and rss feeds etc. are in an experimental phase for me.
I welcome and ask for your comments – just let me know how you want me to let you know that 🙂
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