by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 6, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
I spent time yesterday trying to think about how to say something along the lines of for however many big, important things matter there are also so many small and seemingly unimportant things that occupy our days. I wanted to say that those things matter, too, if...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 9, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Would you wear this tee? Answer: yes, if I didn’t have two teenagers! ** With two teenagers, a nine and a four-year-old, however, I absolutely will bowl for access to abortion as part of the National Network of Abortion Funds’ Bowl for Access effort....
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 12, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Last year, I asked my then 11 year-old pal Emily where she wanted to go to college and she answered, “Smith, because I know my way around the campus already.” She made a good point; the campus is in our neighborhood. This week, I asked Saskia what she...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 15, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
A few things: I’m just going to list ‘em, because I can. On Saturday, I will co-facilitate a workshop essentially about gender wars on the playground (in the media, classroom, or at grandmother’s house) called When Boys Wear Pink. It’s at the...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 16, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Yesterday afternoon a room packed with CLPP conference goers listened and participated in a discussion during our workshop “When Boys Wear Pink.” The frame I offered was this: “As a parent (to a pink-loving young boy) I was so surprised that it was...
