"Why I went? I think it is incredibly important that those of us who have privilege use that privilege to call attenti…"

"I’m a little obsessed with learning new things, and every book is another opportunity to learn something new. My theo…"

"So much of what I see troubling women our age is the sense of surprise at the way it turned out, the toxic brew of bo…"

"The Jews I knew growing up didn't do "do-it-yourself." When my father needed to hammer something he generally used hi…"

"Dodgeball? My children were playing dodgeball? That cruel, brutal, violent schoolyard game so mercilessly satirized i…"

"Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustme…"

"[W]hatever my intentions, whatever the truth of my claim, I had no business giving a lecture to a total stranger."

"Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served …"

"When I was 15, what I wanted in a boyfriend was just that confidence and swagger. I wanted someone who knew what he w…"

"I'd written personal essays before, but never on this scale -- never so often and with such, er, honesty. (If by hone…"