fool’s gold — a chapter from my feminist memoir “whitegirrrl” — #amwriting #feminism #women #hardchoices #heirlooms #americanwomen #marriages #jobs

“Contrast is everything in life.” This is one of your mother’s favorite expressions.  She keeps on telling you that over and over and over. “It will be like you never lived there.” She says that about houses, and years later you will drive by some of the ones you grew up in.  The mansion on […]