My sister and I have been joining in a lot of discussions lately. Many of them are about justice, injustice, the pain of loss, the struggle of getting by, and the chaotic transition we are all going through. But they always land back on the essential things that connect us -- family, community, compassion, caring...LOVE. Yesterday we landed on the topic of how we consciously and subconsciously impose old worn out gender stereotypes on children at very young ages. The funny t

I did not post this when I wrote it back in December. This really emphasizes the level of my discomfort with the two sides on this issue. And even this re-post has many reconsiderations. In retrospect, I am proud of the #metoo movement that grew out of this episode. Like the lid that the Ferguson uprising blew off the issue of police aggression and the murder of black Americans without justice served, the demand for an uncompromising response was loud and, in this case, qu