Posted in GLBTI, babies, body image, cormac, feminism, feminist motherhood, lauca, motherhood on June 28, 2009 | 11 Comments »
How much do I love this article about ‘Pop’, the gender-free toddler? A lot.
Sometimes when I dress Cormac I feel almost like I am playing with ‘drag’. Gee, I’ve really dressed you “Boy” today, little one.
Cormac is still so young that there seems little reason to dress him in a way that highlights gender, particularly [...]
Posted in babies, co-sleeping, cormac, fatherhood on June 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Everybody in this house has a bad case of the tireds.
Posted in me, motherhood, race/anti-racism, toddlers on June 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In relation to my last post, this one.
Someone has emailed me privately and very politely (more than I deserve) pointed out to me that the hairstyle I refer to as “crazy” in the photograph in that post is in fact a very common hairstyle for African and African descended girls. They were understandably offended that [...]
Posted in motherhood, preschoolers on June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Association for Research on Mothering has announced the winners of its 2008-2009 photography contest. The competition had the theme of “Mothers and Daughters”. The photo above by Helen M. Stummer came third place. I love it, the daughter filing her mother’s nails, the mother’s cigarette, and the crazy hairstyle* the little girls are wearing. [...]
Posted in babies, motherhood, motherhood bliss on June 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Image: From here, a site that parodies parenthood websites (the subject is rich with material, no?), though sadly some of it isn’t as funny as it is trying to be.
Posted in feminism, motherhood, motherhood sux, work and family (im)balance on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Oh, I think you do patronise me some, mobile telephone company with your TV advertisement promising me that you understand just how stressful life is for me as a woman.
“Between taking care of the children, shopping, and catching up with friends and family”. Phew. Stress, stress, stress.
Seriously? When catching up with my friends or shopping [...]
Posted in babies, book review, breastfeeding, feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood, motherhood sux, pregnancy and birth on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A review of Kate Evans’ The Food of Love: your formula for successful breastfeeding.
Motherhood, and breastfeeding particularly, can be a terribly earnest business and can consequently make for a deathly boring read. So it is refreshing when a writer comes along who can make a ‘how to’ motherhood book lively. Kate Evans is one such [...]
Posted in child hatred bigotry, feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood, motherhood sux, politics, toddlers, work and family (im)balance on June 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Image: Sarah Hanson-Young
Achieving true family friendly work practices is going to require a little flexibility – flexibility on the part of families and flexibility on the part of workplaces. For a long time workplaces have operated as though families didn’t exist, while simultaneously relying heavily upon the support provided by stay-at-home wives. Now that female [...]
Posted in babies, cormac, lauca, motherhood bliss, pop culture on June 18, 2009 | 12 Comments »
This adorable baby is moth-eaten, thus his need for a hat, it is winter here. If only he was balding uniformly, instead he is all patchy. I can only hope it won’t end up looking like this, I guess.
I know LesbianDad is over hipster t-shirts on babies with slogans, but this one is too cute. [...]
Posted in motherhood, motherhood sux, pop culture, preschoolers on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Apart from anything else it is interesting to see how controversial smacking one’s child is now, even in a country where it is still legal.
For the record, I am against smacking, but then if ever I was going to smack it would probably be when I had 8 year old twins and 5 year old [...]
