Sandra Tsing Loh
Sandra Tsing Loh
Sandra Tsing Lohis an American writer, actress, and radio personality...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 February 1962
CountryUnited States of America
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You go into the book store, there's the cut-out of Dr. Phil, and then the dreaded women's health section where every book, instead of the menopause book with the fanged Medusa head on the cover that might be more pertinent, you always see a flower and a poppy and a daisy and a stethoscope.
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I find I'm the sort of harried working mother who has difficulty scheduling in a bit of rest amid the Ptolemaically complicated interlocking gears of professional and personal life.
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Struggling with my finances, nudging toward 50, I sometimes daydream about being happily married to a matching frugaholic husband in a matching Christmas-red tracksuit with matching walkie-talkies as we troll Ralphs, excitedly comparing triple coupons.
high toward
I admit to a bias toward high culture.
agree good mommy time wars
I agree that mommy wars are not good for any mothers: that such wars are time and effort wasted.
fan jonathan rabid
I am a longtime, rabid fan of Jonathan Kozol.
elderly group member
I am a member of the 'sandwich' generation, that group that must simultaneously care for elderly parents and support children.
daughters family longtime stable
I cohabited for 20 years with my longtime husband and father of my two now-teen daughters in a stable family household.
blissfully
I think of the friends of mine who were blissfully single in their 20s and 30s. Still single in their 40s and 50s, they seem to be contracting a bit.
kids public
I'm a journalist, so my friends are journalists: magazines, newspapers, even public radio. Nobody had their kids in public school.
betty diapers linda nor sizes sure women work
I'm pretty sure that changing diapers of all sizes isn't the kind of women's work Betty Friedan had in mind, nor Linda Hirshman.
average citizen great life women
In 1900, the average life expectancy of a US citizen was 48, so most menopausal women were dead, which is not a great place to be.
terrifying
In my case, when it arrived at 49, perimenopause was terrifying and like nothing I had ever before physically experienced.
chant home whether wish women
Whether you wish to chant 'Our houses, our selves' or 'We have houses, hear us roar,' for us women, home is where the heart is.