First things first. I am OK. My family is OK. We are out of power. The extent of our damage: A bag of raviolis perished in my melting freezer, my fence hinges blew off and Halloween was postponed until Monday. Probably the saddest piece of all this was my three-year-old daughter’s response: “Mommy, I’m afraid [...]
August 28, 2012
Reuter’s reporter Steven Brill makes an excellent point in his column today: How would a woman “prove” rape to qualify for Romney’s abortion exception? We’ve heard from Todd Akin about what is deemed “legitimate” rape. Now we’ve heard from GOP senate candidate Tom Smith, who seemed to liken his daughter’s out-of-wedlock pregnancy as something “similar” [...]
February 6, 2012
Is this a reasonable argument? Babble blogger Laura Mayes made an interesting point the other day with her column, “Someone To Look Up To,” by discussing a potential girl power backlash. With full knowledge that we still make less, etc. etc., Mayes wonders if powerful girl messaging is possibly making her 6-year-old son feel inadequate–she [...]
January 26, 2012
I’ve had the discussion about what to tell my daughter about the word “slut.” I’ve talked about how slut-shaming is the “nuclear bomb of teenage insults” and how studies show the word slut is more of a finger wagging at defiance–i.e., you’re not acting how you’re “supposed to act”–instead of actually being about sexual [...]
November 14, 2011
This following post was sponsored by Stella & Dot independent stylist Mimi Polanskyj. Thanks Mimi! Have you ever been to a Stella & Dot jewelry party or hosted one? An adorable sales rep comes to your home and whips out a glittery display of necklaces, bracelets, charms and earrings. Their goal is to offer beautifully-designed jewelry at an [...]
November 1, 2011
Bravo for New York Magazine, The Rebirth of the Feminist Manifesto finding the feminist movement alive and well in the bloggie world. And, an extra loud BRAVO for The Mamafesto piece that asked, What About the Rest of Us? Over at Mamafesto, they reminded us that feminist parenting is alive and well too. In fact, we are raising [...]
October 24, 2011
It’s Halloween-crazy in my neck of the woods. Salem (of The Salem Witch Trial’s) is gussied up. And I swear, I saw Halloween lights. As in Christmas lights for Halloween. One year my son was an astronaut. One year my daughter was a bumble bee. Then we had a few years running of hobos, ghosts and [...]
October 18, 2011
Hey, who’s that? Is that you Femamom looking all special and colorful and bold? Yes, that’s us! Welcome to our new look… you like? We’ve been working tirelessly with Dana Sharp Foti of Gooseberry Graphic Design who designed our rockin’ logo and Marc Rosenberg of OSM Solutions the meticulous host of our new server. (Thank you both so much!) [...]
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November 1, 2012
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