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Time for our sons to be feminists is now.

“My dad can cook and clean.” My teenage sister insists that her friends are always dumbfounded by this statement. According to the culture we live in, something is not right, when, an educated middle-class man or any man whatsoever, cooks, cleans or nurtures...

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What friendship is not

What friendship is not

We spend most of our lives trying to connect with people, trying to find that niche, that common ground….that friendship. It’s a natural, normal human desire. My mom calls it a negotiation; like a business deal of sorts. So we negotiate relationships...

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Powerplay: The gender debate

Powerplay: The gender debate

I was speaking with my mother on phone the other day about their unpaid September salaries, and putting the whole fiasco aside, mom said something that totally knocked me out of my foundation. “You know Kate, this is why women should never be allowed...

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Map your own Life

Map your own Life

Nearly all the women I know are worrying themselves over the pathological fear that they are failing at life, which is absolutely crazy―flat out bananas―because the women I know are doing a lot, and they do it well. Without naming names for instance;...

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That mean girl that we all know.

That mean girl that we all know.

Months ago at an event, a close friend of mine met this old friend of hers. The first thing this old friend said is this: What an awful dress! “Kate, So and So told me that my dress was awful.” “What what what?” I was seriously running out of ‘the whats’...

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