When Jeni Decker approached me about reviewing her memoir of life with her two autistic boys I Wish I Were Engulfed In Flames, she got me at just the right moment: I was looking for something new to read and…
Monthly Archives: February 2012
25 Things That I Have Paid For Despite Moral Objections
by Rebekah • • 20 Comments
There’s a lot of hot air pupping around about contraception falling under mandatory insurance coverage rules. Apparently some people don’t want their money going into a group coverage pool that pays for birth control on moral or religious grounds. I…
At The DC Moms: The US Census Bureau Says Dads Are The Same As Nannies
by Rebekah • • 0 Comments
I’m over at The DC Moms today talking about a Census Bureau report on child care that classifies what moms do as parenting but what dads do as a “child care arrangement”. Um, WTF? This regressive designation of the mother…
V-Day 2012
by Rebekah • • 3 Comments
Happy V-Day! No, not Valentine’s Day. V-Day. V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls. It was started in 1998 by writer and activist Eve Ensler, V-Day events involve performances of The Vagina Monologues, A Memory,…
Round Up: A Week of Crazy
by Rebekah • • 0 Comments
Hi (she whimpers plaintively)! This week has been…um…nutso. Not for me, so much. But for the right wing. They’ve apparently decided that the group to marginalize this political (silly) season is women. For a few cycles it was gay people…
This week in WTF: Honest Rape?
by Rebekah • • 9 Comments
Let’s talk about Ron Paul. Ron Paul is the Kucinich of the right. He is a strange, elfin little man who says many things that are out of the mainstream of political discourse. Occasionally, he stumbles upon an essential truth…
Women’s Health Is More Than The Abortion Wars
by Rebekah • • 9 Comments
A new article in the Christian Science Monitor trumpets that abortion is becoming a major issue in the 2012 Presidential campaign. The Republican candidates are all stating and restating their opposition to legal abortion while at the same time the…
At Babble: Funny Pregnancy Motivational Posters
by Rebekah • • 1 Comment
I’m at Babble today with a collection of motivational posters for pregnant women. I think they’re totally hilarious. Check one out: To see the whole collection, head on over to Babble!
Round ‘Em On Up!
by Rebekah • • 0 Comments
Boy howdy, has this been a busy week for me! I’ve been all over the interwebs talking my fool head off. Often before I should have because I’m finding that I’m reversing myself on second consideration of a few things.…
Giveaway!
by Rebekah • • 0 Comments
Y’all, this is so rare for me. I almost never give stuff away. Actually, I’m not technically giving stuff away. The DC Moms blog is giving it away but I wrote the post. Let me back up. My friend Lydia…
