Tag: privilege

  • Win the Game of Life

    Win the Game of Life

    They say you should never read the comments. They would be right, of course. But sometimes I stray unwary in where it should be safe. Which is where my rant button got triggered, hard. And I thought I’d write it down, at length, only maybe with less f’bombs than in my head. So this is…

  • The Privilege of Motherhood

    The Privilege of Motherhood

    The Little Man rolled out of bed and hit the ground talking this morning. “Would you buy me cookie dough mix?”  “Why?”  “So I can make cookies.”  “Why not from scratch?” “I don’t think you want me making cookies from scratch.”  “Yes, I do. Why do you need cookies? Did you commit to making cookies…

  • Myths

    Myths

    A guest post by Doug Irvin, whose story reminds me much of my First Reader’s tales.    Let’s talk about – – – Privilege. It’s hard to get into a decent debate these days without someone playing the Privilege card. “You don’t understand the struggles, because you were raised to be privileged.” “You’re so privileged…