If you live in Toronto, which I don’t: Demeter Press invites you to join editors, May Friedman and Shana L. Calixte to celebrate the publication of their new book:Mothering and Blogging The Radical Art of the MommyBlog Friday, February 26, 2010 Toronto Women’s Bookstore 7pm 73 Harbord Avenue, Toronto (Harbord/Spadina)
Archive for February, 2010
Something from my inbox
Posted in feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I laughed
Posted in fatherhood, me, motherhood, motherhood bliss, pop culture on February 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This from Daddy Dialectic. And this from Bitch PhD.
All things bathing
Posted in babies, cormac, lauca, motherhood, motherhood bliss, preschoolers on February 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
You probably can’t tell from the photo just how much stupidity occurs during bath time, but for one, Cormac spends almost the entire time standing up.. and he is a slippery baby who can’t yet walk. This bathroom is pure chaos, but somehow I have ended up with the other bathroom entirely to myself, so [...]
Nine months
Posted in babies, cormac, motherhood, motherhood bliss, pregnancy and birth on February 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Cormac has now been out for as long as he was in.
Sweet, yet edgy
Posted in bratz hatred/pornification/sexualising children, feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood, pop culture on February 3, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Image from here: Norah Cyrus, looking “sweet, yet edgy” (?) standing against a wall of advertising for toys. A bunch of people are saying that Norah Cyrus and Emily Grace (two Disney stars, I think) are putting out a line of lingerie for young girls. Norah is nine years old and Emily is eight years [...]
First-time mother, veteran feminist
Posted in 10 feminist motherhood questions, 10 things, babies, body image, feminism, feminist motherhood, guest post, motherhood on February 3, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I confess to having seen Geek.Anachronism around the Internet for like, ever, and yet when I dropped by to read her response to my 10 questions about your feminist motherhood I suddenly realised I had never been to her blog before. Somehow I have missed Lucy completely. And I don’t know how that happened, because [...]
Mothering in poverty
Posted in feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood, motherhood sux, politics on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I get these updates from the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) and frequently mean to post on them and don’t get around to it, which is basically the story of my life right now. (Hello to all those feminist carnivals that I keep missing). Anyway, if you are ever looking for something a bit [...]
A picture of us adoring the baby
Posted in babies, cormac, motherhood, motherhood bliss on February 2, 2010 | 6 Comments »
We adore and adore, and adore some more. Except for late this afternoon when I was fed up with adoring.
The inner life of a four year old
Posted in lauca, motherhood, motherhood bliss, preschoolers on February 1, 2010 | 8 Comments »
You know you are living with a four year old when you find mysterious teeny tiny stickers in obscure locations around your house. Truth be told I actually quite like the secrecy involved in the claiming of space for art, but I wouldn’t admit that to her of course.

