Part Two: Gender and Family

This is part one of a series on gender equality in children. It’s targeted to smashing the patriarchy but it’s not just about our daughters. It’s also, perhaps, more important to those raising strong boys. Because without men realizing that women are human beings worthy of the same rights, women don’t stand a chance. […]

Part One: Gender in the Home

The lowdown on cloth diapers

Cloth diapers are fantastic but may be daunting to a noob like I was. I thought I would write a post about the first 10 weeks of our experience with them. We’ve used a number of styles of diapers thus far. I figured I would write a post reviewing some popular types of cloth diapers. […]

An Open Letter to Moms Marching “For Life”

Dear moms marching for life, If the March for Women was a pro-women cry for the support of women’s rights, the March for life is seen in the eyes of many as being its antithesis. I don’t know if I believe this. But I do think the constituencies that overlap here are small. Women’s rights face […]

Gender Disappointment? More like Gender Frustration.

I was so hoping to have a son. I will fully admit that. I assumed it would just “be easier” for us. This baby was a tie breaker since my husband already has one daughter and one son. This is our one and only baby to have together because we don’t need four and I’m […]

Part Two: The World After TBoBB

This is part two of a series entitled Intervention on Interventions which seeks to address the place of medical science, interventions, and public policy in the lives of women. Using research done on interventions, pilot studies, and public policy interventions, this series will highlight whether or not interventions are to be feared and how public […]

Maternal Mental Health: A long and lonely road

I’ve often compared my ability to parent and have a relationship with my husband to the relationship between passengers in a row on a plane. You can’t help your family if you can’t help yourself or help your partner when they need. Adults have needs. We need to meet them so we can be good […]

Breastfeeding, Shaming and Solutions that Help

I’m sick of the shaming. Many years ago when our mothers were first becoming moms, they were shamed for breastfeeding. If we had been moms in the 90s, most of my friend group would have been so confused as to HOW to breastfeed. Now, it seems like the only way is breast. The problem is […]

Birth is not a contest I need to “win”

For as long as I can basically remember, I’ve had a health problem that caused stress or pain. As a child, I was in and out of doctor’s offices and hospitals due to life-threatening asthma. And by the time I hit puberty around age 10, I was dealing with the very real and clear pain […]