Am I a Feminist?
If you had told me even five years ago that I'd start a blog primarily focused on gender, I'd think you were insane. When we first started dating in college, my wife asked me if I was a feminist. I said I was not, which surprised
One Month In
My dad has asked me a few times since my son was born if it feels like he was always here or if I even remember a time without him. My honest answer is I remember my life before being a father, but it has been such a monumental shift
Buster's Trip to Victory Lane
On my personal site, I share short thoughts about every book I read. This helps me reflect on what I read and evaluate trends across my book choices. When I was thinking about what I wanted to write about for this new site, doing something similar for children’s books
Birth from the father's perspective
Many new moms share their birth stories online, for others to learn from, for support, or for any number of other reasons. I haven't seen many new dads do the same thing, but I think we should. Childbirth is obviously primarily the birthing parent's experience, but
How do I start?
Thinking about raising a child who goes into adolescence and adulthood with good social awareness, it’s difficult to map that idea to the early time in that child’s life, before we’re able to have these conversations with words. Ideas like social justice and gender equality don’t
Introduction
Through the early part of her pregnancy, my wife and I both had a minor assumption that we were having a girl. When we got the NIPT[1] results back and found out we were having a boy, we both experienced some kind of disappointment. I think the initial reaction