It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders. It's the expectations that parents have for their daughters, and their sons, too. It's the way we talk about and treat one another. It's who makes the money and who makes the compromises and who makes dinner. It's a state of mind. It's the way we live now.

And I don't have to listen to a sermon to know what to think or feel about them. It's almost as if I absorbed completely what mattered most to me, and the rest could go.

Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor his telephone number.

I was doing the family grocery shopping accompanied by two children, an event I hope to see included in the Olympics in the near future.

I think that we really fool ourselves about our ability to be safe and secure nowadays.

I have a cat, the pet that ranks just above a throw pillow in terms of required responsibility.

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.