Is being attractive or likeable more important than being smart? Watching the US "veep" debates and the hours of analysis later, you might think so. Apparently designer clothes, winks, kisses, and ‘shoutouts’ are what it takes…Continue Reading
Tag: gender
I love visitors
not just because living in the desert can make you appreciate human companionship more than nearly anything, but because visitors to the place you live can give you fresh eyes. This always happens in Doha when…Continue Reading
Shorts no more
A friend and I were at the mall recently and found ourselves discussing why neither of us wear shorts anymore. This is odd, particularly for me, the girl child who argued fiercely with her mother…Continue Reading