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This Is What a Feminist Looks Like (While Writing a Blog Post)

Maybe it has been the talk of #YesAllWomen recently.  Maybe the stories of the Indian girls who were raped and then hung from mango trees to die last week.  But I have been thinking about WOMEN.  And about myself as a woman.  And about FEMINISM.  I am proud to be a feminist.  If asked, I could not quickly give you a definition of the word.  Yet, I AM the word. So now that I am thinking about it, I looked up the definition.  Dictionary.com says “feminist” means: a dvocating   social,   political,   legal,   and   economic   rights   for   women   equal   to   those   of   men. I can get down with that.  And when put that simply and succinctly, who could disagree with it?  By disagreeing, are you advocating that social, political, legal, and economic rights of women, of ME, should NOT be equal to those of men?  Because they are not, you know.  So I guess by disagreeing with the feminist philosophy, what you are agreeing to is the status quo.  And I for one don’t believe the

As American as Pain Au Chocolat

Twice lately I have been reminded of how lucky I am to simply have been born where I was.  Understand this right off the bat - I am not particularly patriotic, not at all really.  I have no “Go USA” bumper stickers.  I do not fly an American flag.  I am not saying I am ANTI America – I am just not a gung-ho “America is the only good country” and “The USA is the very best and no one can ever beat us” kinda gal…  I have traveled to several other countries and am open minded enough to realize that the one I currently live in is not the only one that has a lot to offer its citizens. But TWICE lately new friends I met from China have given me pause – and caused me to not be able to speak for a moment.  They reminded me what good fortune I have simply because I am an American. The first was at an opening night party for a theatre festival.  His name was Wangkai and he spoke almost no English, but was totally enthralled by my husband David.  They had no common language but