Heading Toward Menopause, Still Caring About Abortion
By Andrea Plaid, cross-posted at On The Issues Magazine I’m not an aberration because I’m a childless, employed, divorced, college-educated Black cisgender woman — regardless of what the promulgated stereotypes undergirding the media stories about women like me say. At this point in my life — I’m in my early 40s –I’m drumming my fingers [...]
...read moreThe Invisible Mother
These images of mothers entirely covered in cloth so that their children are the focal point of the photograph are incredibly fascinating.
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Beyonce Baby Drama
I have a long-standing soft spot in my heart for Ms. Knowles, and although I’m not much of a celebrity gossip follower, I was very happy to hear about her giving birth to baby Ivy Blue, with husband Jay-Z. Jay even wrote a song about it — and while it’s admittedly not the hottest track, it is extremely sweet and no I did not tear up I JUST HAVE SOMETHING IN MY EYE.
...read moreNo Touching: Boundary-Setting and the Holidays
This is a very good article about allowing kids to set their own physical boundaries, and using the holiday season as a chance to work on that practice: As a mother, I can relate to the embarrassment that a parent might feel when a child doesn’t want to give a big hug to Grandma when [...]
...read moreWomen Today: Total Wimps
I would bet $5 that STFU, Parents is 50% loved around these parts and 50% hated, but this post was too good not to link. I think we can all agree that this lady is the worst, right?
...read moreOur own Lauren on teen pregnancy and parenthood
Feministe founder Lauren Bruce has some fantastic things to say in this interview: Which is why I like how you put that — that “young moms are encouraged to accept failure.” To many, pregnancy and parenthood is the punishment teen moms should bear for becoming parents before it’s socially acceptable. We’re set up to fail, [...]
...read moreChildren on Flights
Flying with kids has been the topic of three New York Times articles over the past few weeks (one, two and three), and the responses are predictably polarizing. Because yes, having a screaming kid on your flight absolutely sucks. I would imagine it also sucks to be the parent of a screaming kid on a [...]
...read moreExtreme Debate Makeover: Public breastfeeding edition
I have a real distaste for bad debate. It’s such a good and enjoyable pastime, debate, and an opponent who chooses to fall back on tired, flaccid arguments really tarnishes the joy of the sport. Like the story of Natalie Hegedus, the woman who was dressed down in front of a courtroom for breastfeeding. There’s [...]
...read moreOr maybe just don’t beat your kids.
Well this is disturbing, and I hope someone sues the hell out of these folks (alternately, I hope that they’re criminally prosecuted). The pastoral mood in the hills of Tennessee offered a stark contrast to the storm raging around the country over the Pearls’ teachings on child discipline, which advocate systematic use of “the rod” [...]
...read moreSuck my left one
Such a great post by Jessica on breastfeeding supremacists. Breastfeeding is great — and the corporate push for formula-feeding, without any regard for women’s health, is totally and entirely fucked up and unconscionable. But not all women are able to breastfeed, and new moms have a lot to balance. Yes, breastfeeding should be promoted and [...]
...read moreStolen Babies
A really great article in the Times about American parents who adopted children and the ethical issues that arise when you realize that the adoption industry sometimes involves coercion and kidnapping: On Aug. 5, this newspaper published a front-page article from China that contained chilling news for many adoptive parents: government officials in Hunan Province, [...]
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Feministe and Planned Parenthood Are Hooking You Up
On September 22nd, “The Daily Show” co-creator Lizz Winstead is bringing her benefit tour for Planned Parenthood to NYC, and she’s bringing Sandra Bernhard and Lisa Lampanelli along with her. It is going to be awesome and hilarious, and friends of Feministe are getting a $10 discount on tickets. So click here for $10 off [...]
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