I'm a DC-area mother with an over-developed sense of irreverence, ADD, socialist tendencies and a blog. All my opinions are entirely my own and not representative of anything officially sanctioned by any political party, my mother, or arbiters of common sense and good taste.
Did you all see the piece in the New York Time Magazine yesterday about women being prosecuted for “chemical endangerment” of a child after their newborns tested positive for drugs? This is a real thing that’s happening in Alabama. Apparently, Alabama has laws on the books to protect kids from living in an environment that contains meth labs – which is a GOOD idea because kids and meth labs should never be in the same…
You have no idea how much I DON’T want to be writing this post. The reason I don’t want to be writing this is because I’m wholly unqualified to delve into the whole concept of class envy. It strikes me as a deeply complicated topic best addressed by psychologists and sociologists and possibly historians. I am none of those things. I was a drama major, for pity’s sake. My masters in is arts policy. My…
Dear Ann Romney, Hi. How are you? How was that $500 per plate fundraiser the other night? Tasty? Or rubber chicken at fundraiser prices? Could you have made better chicken at home? Wait, do you cook? OK, that was snide. I’m sorry. You seem like a perfectly lovely person. I bet we’d find plenty to talk about over a plate of brownies and some sparkling water. Women usually do, you know? We have so much…
Well. Haven’t we had ourselves a little tizzy about what women think this week? The media, armchair pundits in social media space, politicians, candidates, they were all sounding off on Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, working moms, stay at home moms, rich moms, poor moms, Mommy Wars, War on Women, War on Moms, partisan rancor. We hit all the high notes. We staged an epic media battle over who is the best representative for women with…
Dear Newt, So. Newt. This is it, huh? Your last stand. You’re probably not ever going to run for office again so these last weeks of the primary race are your final opportunity to capture this kind of national spotlight. What are you going to do with it? Now, you can count me solidly among your detractors because I have a shitload of serious misgivings about you, starting with that whole adherence to supply-side doctrine…
Here’s a little something-something to get the week started snarkily. I did a series of “motivational” posters with things pregnant women wish they could say to people who say dumb shit to them. Or maybe it’s just stuff I wish *I* could say. Whatever. Here’s the link to the whole post. And here’s a one that I did that I decided was a little too snarky for Babble but I know you all will appreciate…
I’m sorry that this space has been so inactive lately. I was on a real roll there for a while, able to write like the wind and post at multiple sites in any given week. But lately, I’ve fallen victim to a combination or poor time management and low inspiration levels. It’s been hard to get my head around any topic enough to pound out a few words on it so I’ve mostly been keeping…
