“People assume that because I'm a girl and my blog is hot pink that my readership is 90% women, but it's not. It's probably only about 65%. When I do tours, it's pretty much the same thing: it's about one-third guys.” PeopleGuyGirlThirdsHotAssumingBlogsReadershipHot Pink Author:Jenny Lawson
“During the Gulf War, I remember two little third grade girls saying to me - after I read them some poems by writers in Iraq - 'You know, we never thought about there being children in Iraq before.' And I thought, 'Well those poems did their job, because now they'll think about everything a little bit differently.'” ThinkingKnowsWellsChildrenLittlesTwoWarJobsRememberGirlBitsLittle BitThirdsIraqGradesGulf WarThird Grade Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“Every time I got drunk, this girl named Nikki would show up. When I got drunk, I was just a different person. This is a totally different person than Lisa. When these two started to battle it out, I had to create a third person to come in and straighten the two of them out. Nina, my evil twin who came from within, who I blame my sins on. (satanic alter) All the problems I did have stemmed from what I was doing - I was creating all these different personalities.” PersonsTwoDifferentShowsProblemGirlEvilSinPersonalityBattleCreatingThirdsBlameDrunkTwinsSatanicThis GirlNinaThird Person Author:Lisa Lopes
“I think every parent knows that, like, boys and girls are different. And we just dont take that into account in schools on those things like required reading lists. Cause that was my experience, say, with my son, who had to read Little House on the Prairie when he was in third grade.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesDifferentSchoolGirlReadingHouseCausesParentBoysSonThirdsAccountsListsGradesMy SonBoy And GirlPrairieThird GradeLike A BoyLittle House On The Prairie Author:Jon Scieszka