Summer doesn't officially start until June 30. Supposedly. That's the solstice sure, but the feeling of summer starts on Memorial Day weekend, particularly if the weather is cooperating as it largely has been in Chicago lately. By that measure we are a week and a half in to summer, and I already feel like I'm wasting … Continue reading Summer hasn’t officially started, but I already feel it slipping away
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Last week I was flying for work and ended up in a middle seat. As we were all getting settled, the man in the aisle seat said he had a drink voucher and asked me and the man in the window seat if either of us would like it. Window seat spoke up quickly that … Continue reading Airplane etiquette: If you accept a drink voucher do you have to use it?
Is "you guys" a gender-neutral term? I must admit that I have a habit of using it as such. I grew up with The Electric Company and then The Goonies, which both proudly used the phrase, "Hey, you guys!!!!" I didn't think much about if for a long time, but is it offensive and exclusionary … Continue reading 40 gender-neutral alternatives to saying “you guys”
A piece in The New York Times about the premier of Amber Tamblyn's directorial debut included this quote from new mom Tamblyn, "I'm going to sneak out in the middle of the movie tonight to go pump." As I read that I nodded in solidarity. Years after retiring my own breast pump I still feel a … Continue reading Here’s to the ladies who pump
My new play is so new it isn't even completely written, but you can see a couple of scenes from it in The Women's Theatre Alliance of Chicago's New Play Development Workshop Scene Showcase. Scenes from six new plays will be performed this Wednesday, May 17th at Stage 773 at 1225 W Belmont Avenue in Chicago. … Continue reading Preview new plays at the Women’s Theatre Alliance Scene Showcase
Kim Z. Dale 