table of contents read part 198 Knuckle and Pinch were both back training with the men when Peep and Shane returned to the base from the church. Peep was adamant about going to speak with Mariola before her wedding, and there was still almost two hours before lunch, so she and Pinch decided to take … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 199
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On Japanese Wives
First of all: shame on all of you who read the title of this piece in a dirty-minded, lascivious way! Shame! Now, if we can get our mind (at least slightly) out of the gutter. There are those who think Japanese women are demure, passive, and subservient. As a husband to a Japanese wife, I … Continue reading On Japanese Wives
My Return to Japan
When I was in my late twenties I moved to Japan to teach English for two years. When I returned to Canada, I struck up a correspondence with a Japanese woman I had worked with at my school. She came to visit me for a few weeks and one thing led to another, as they … Continue reading My Return to Japan
Ice Sculpture Maintenance and the Married Man
I continue to see these statistics thrown around about the gendered division of household labor; how women are still doing more than their fare share of housework. This is always presented in some direct or oblique way as confirmation of that most nebulous of boogeymen: The Patriarchy. Now, as a man who has consistently done … Continue reading Ice Sculpture Maintenance and the Married Man
Muse Vassal 