This post is taken from a speech I made at a conference in Leeds last month, Recognising Diversity? Gender and Sexual Equalities In Principle and Practice. When I was little I recall my dad was always saying, sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me .

Friday, January 10, 2014. How could I hold it against her? It was her defining feature. It was the single most important thing about Felicity. My best friend for several years. My grandmother, aunts, uncles, and cousins all knew about her too. She was the topic of conversation. Her choices the topic of debate over pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. I do not know i.

A wedding? It is the biggest, most important, most overwhelming thing I have ever tried to plan. And why is that? One word. What the heck do I do now? My back yard-bbq-rustic-nerdy-classy-amazeballs shindig was falling apart before it was even planned! The back yard-bbq-rustic-nerdy-classy-amazeballs shindig is going to happen. It is going to be, well, amazeballs! I have 364 days.

Dr Em and Princess WeeWee are sisters raised by a pair of free spirited hippies. One sister rebelled to become a world renowned psychiatrist; specializing in phobias. The other sister embraced the possibility of ideals and became an award winning artist. Both sisters hold a very low tolerance for idiocy and work in their own way to address and combat the common sense challenged. These pages chronicle their adventures and observations. Who is Dr Em? Dr Em Pro.