I’m Jay, and my usual haunt is Two Women Blogging, where I blog with two other women (and yes, we know the math is wrong. We can count; we’re just too lazy to change the name). This is my third time guest-blogging for Feministe. Thanks to Jill and Cara and Lauren and Chally and whoever I forgot for inviting me again.
I never quite know how to introduce myself, because it seems like whichever identity I mention first seems like the most important, and the others secondary, and I don’t see it that way. I try to bring my whole self to everything I do, and my whole self is everything I am. So I’ll describe, in no particular order, some parts of that “everything”.
I’m a white, fat, middle-aged, cis, hetero, married Jewish woman, adoptive mom to a biracial daughter known to blogland as Eve. I work full-time as the medical director of a hospice; I initially trained in primary care internal medicine and made the transition last summer after 20 years as a PCP. I’ve lived in a variety of places around the US but never anywhere else. I write about whatever catches my interest, including my professional experiences, the ways in which my feminism affects my interaction with pop culture, comic strips, Judaism and talking to my kid.
I have sporadic access to my computer during the work day, so comment moderation may be slow-ish. Commenters should know that I have little patience for going in circles and even less for derails. I love conversation, but I don’t like being yelled at.
I’m looking forward to whatever awaits us in the next two weeks!