My Parents Divorced When I Was Born,

For The Longest Time, I Thought I Was A Boy. I Really Did. I Wore Boys' Clothes, Played Tag Football.

My Mother Would Take Groups Of Students To Different Countries And Always Brought Us Along, So By The Time I Was 10, I Had Been To Russia, China, Nicaragua And Several Other Countries.

I Was Raised In Boston By Three Older Brothers And A Very Strong And Empowering Single Mom.

My Mom Is Like This Hard-core, Liberal Feminist. She's A Professor In Boston, And She's Been Teaching Women's Studies For 30 Years And International Politics.

Rhymes With Push-koo; I Always Say It Sounds Like A Breakfast Cereal.