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By jrwittenberg • 13 years ago

Can we NEVER Escape Motherhood, or Way to Disappoint, Lifetime

I need to stop expecting Lifetime movies to entertain me. They are among a slew of indulgences I commit when sad/feeling bad about life.  My niece died this week, so I’ve been indulging in quite a bit of Judge Mathis, shitty Lifetime movies and cookies.

Around 2 AM this morning, I thought I was in for a pleasant surprise from Lifetime.  The movie was called “One Hot Summer” and is about a Latina woman (Vanessa Marcil – an ACTUAL LATINA for once) who had just made partner in a law firm (at age 34!!) and was happily married to another Latino, also a lawyer.  Of course, her ex comes back into the picture because its Lifetime, but I was loving this movie because she was adamant against having children until she was ready to take some time off of work (and she says she wants to experience being a partner in a law firm on her own time, not her husband’s).  Her husband kept pressuring her throughout the movie, and she engages in a brief affair with her ex (ALSO a successful lawyer, though not Hispanic). I also was infatuated because she was representing a Cuban family (pro bono) who were contesting the Wet Foot/Dry Foot legislation which was allowing their son to remain in America but not them.

This movie had SO many things going for it – 3 close Latina women who were friends, managed to have a conversation about something OTHER than ...
By jrwittenberg • 14 years ago

The Old Boys Club Where I Work

Dear Readers of the Community Blog, I need to rant.  Any suggestions are welcome. 

I work at a gym.  When my boss hired me as a "desk girl" (yes, that’s what he calls them, even though you have to be 18 to work for the company), I was his favorite.  He routinely told people what an assett I was to the gym and how he wished I wasn’t leaving for school in the fall, so I could be a membership counselor for him.  Believe me, I had a terrible time reconciling this with my feminism. After a few weeks, he fired a bunch of people and promoted me to sales, or membership counseling as we call it.  I was so excited ...

Dear Readers of the Community Blog, I need to rant.  Any suggestions are welcome. 

I work at a gym.  When my boss hired me as a "desk girl" (yes, that’s what he calls them, even though you have ...
By jrwittenberg • 14 years ago

A few thoughts on rape prevention/education

Hello fellow Community bloggers. After several attempts at creating a new account, I seem to have created one that works.  Huzzah!

On to the topic of my post.

I count Jodi Picoult novels among a guilty pleasure of mine.   In one such novel, The 10th Circle, a 14 year old girl is raped by her recently ex boyfriend while drunk at a party.  She even cites some seemingly true statistics (like, based on the amount of rapes that are reported, then the percent of the suspects that are arrested, then brought to trial, then convicted, then do jail time, roughly 94% of rapists walk free).

The story that unfolds is entirely too realistic . . . the girl is called a slut by ...

Hello fellow Community bloggers. After several attempts at creating a new account, I seem to have created one that works.  Huzzah!

On to the topic of my post.

I count Jodi Picoult novels among a guilty pleasure of mine.   ...