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Whenever I meet people with well-adjusted, confident teenagers, I ask them about their parenting style. “What did you do to raise such a good kid?” I say, all the cells in my body poised to accept their wisdom. Usually, the parent shrugs their shoulders and ...Read More

Last summer, August to be exact, my family and I had a truly wonderful vacation in Iceland. Telling you about that trip here on Red Shutters has been on my to do list ever since. Today is finally the day that I share our ...Read More

I love all sorts of books—memoir, fiction, sweeping romances, science fiction—but the books I love most of all are the ones that teach me about a time and place with which I am not familiar. That means I try to read books by authors ...Read More

“Who would I be if I didn’t live in a world that hated women?” On my most recent visit to the library, I stopped by the new releases section, picking up Sex Object: A Memoir, the new, thought-provoking memoir by Jessica Valenti, the feminist author, ...Read More