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.
This is not a typical mom blog. It’s a blog, and I’m a mom but the topics you see here are only mom-related in that they’re what’s on this particular mom’s mind. It’s also almost complete bare of pictures of my kids. That’s a hard and fast policy of mine. I have very good reasons for that and I’m sharing them on Babble today: Part of the reason for that is safety. I don’t know…
Disclaimer: This post was written in five minutes while a 4 year old was whining at me to look at Where’s Waldo books with him. It’s barely coherent and has not been proofread. But I mention a dancing horse and I curse. So enjoy! OK, so by now we all know about the thing Mitt said about 47% of Americans paying no income tax and feeling entitled to food and shelter from government sources. And…
Hi all! I’m in a charitable frame of mind this week. Yesterday I was soliciting donations to St. Baldrick’s Foundation in honor of my friend’s daughter. Today I’m drawing attention to diaper need and diaper banks. Here’s some of what I have up at Babble today: Can you imagine not being able to afford diapers for your baby? That’s a reality for one in three American families today. According to the National Diaper Bank Network,…
Today is my birthday. Oh, hush. I’m not saying that for attention. I don’t make a big deal of my birthday because I prefer to count my many blessings quietly rather than get all “PAR-TAY!” about it. All I wish for these days is to have more days ahead of me than behind me. Given my age now, that wish becomes less and less reasonable, though. So I need to modify it. What I wish…
Over on Babble today I’m taking on New York Observer writer Stephanie Fairyington’s contention that breastfeeding is anti-feminst in that it forces women to be “shackled to their corporeal destinies”. Yep. Corporeal destiny. She made no mention of shitty parental leave policies, unequal pay for women, or the exorbitant cost of daycare as being issues. Apparently only breastfeeding lights her fire. Here’s a little taste of the goods I lay out: I got to the…
I’m over at Babble today stirring the lactivist pot with a discussion about when to cover up while breastfeeding in public. My feelings on the issue can be summed up with a tweet I wrote over the weekend. Simple, enough, don’t you think? I get a little more nuanced at Babble: As a nursing mother, I know my comfort with breastfeeding exceeds other people’s comfort with the sight of nursing babies. You hear tales all…
