SubscribeTwo days ago I read, along with a lot of women I talk to, the AOL article about Shaquan Duley. I read Her Bad Mother’s reaction and I read the open letter to a so-called expert on Pretty Babies. I’ve let it sit for two days that this women, a criminal profiler that should never [...]
Category: Issues
What now?
While the BlogHer conference was happening in New York I tried to follow along with all the women I knew who were there. One of the things that caught my eye was a few people I follow on Twitter using the hashtag #changeagents. It’s a concept I’ve heard of before, but I had no idea [...]
An open letter
Dear Mr. Harper, I am a Canadian patriot. I understand what a privilege it was for me to be born here, to have been educated here, to be able to present myself as a Canadian. I plan on teaching my daughter about this great nation, it’s history and geography and what Canada has done for [...]
No pink for profit
My friend Laurie is a breast cancer survivor, and someone I am very glad to have met online. She is putting together a team for the Run for the Cure, something I’ve been thinking about participating in for a while, and I’ve joined. If you would like to help me reach my fundraising goal for [...]
So considerate
One of my greatest flaws as I try to get along in this privileged western society that I live in is that I have a tendency to think about what affect my behaviour has on others. It makes me unfortunately rare, I find. I don’t run the yellow light because that forces the car turning [...]
Less than a person
Early on in my daughters life we took her to Parliament Hill and walked her around showing her the beauty and the history and some of the things I love about my home town. One of the things we did was to go and see the Famous Five. These women who went all the way [...]
Unconscionable
I’ve written here before about how important I feel sex education is for children. I believe that it should come from the home and the schools. I believe that children should be allowed to ask questions and learn to feel comfortable with their bodies. I believe that you can’t teach children about inappropriate touching properly [...]
RIP Dixie
I am well aware that I had an unusual childhood, I did spend a lot of time doing ‘kid’ things, riding my bike and playing with friends and imagining things. I did, however, watch a lot of TV shows that I’m pretty sure my friends weren’t watching, like The Golden Girls and Designing Women. I [...]
I am woman…
This morning I was fascinated to learn that because I am a woman, I’m not interested in blogging. So says a Globe and Mail columnist that clearly failed to do her research and has also never heard of mommybloggers. She compares blogs to peeing contests and says that women don’t blog because they are more [...]
I’m coming out
I am formula feeding my baby. I didn’t plan it and I’ve been afraid to say it out loud. In fact, the three health professionals that I have talked to about it have seen me get teary-eyed. It was a decision I came to after several very difficult days and I am terrified of being [...]
