feminism

The Adorable Prison Guard

There was an overwhelmingly annoying article doing the rounds at the moment. Erica Jong has written an essay in the Wall Street Journal all about how modern parenting and attachment parenting in particular makes a prison for mothers and essentially sets the feminist movement back. And I could write reems about that but Motherlode has [...]

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Childhood is a Bad Bet

That’s the assertion made by Elisabeth Badlinter in her new book, discussed in this article. The idea being that it’s a bit of a waste for a parent to sacrifice every part of their life for a child, given that we live for an average of 85 years and childhood is temporary. Her theory is [...]

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Pink, Toys and Dresses

Riley wears alot of pink. I never thought I’d be into the whole pink thing. All of her newborn outfits were in neutral colours and not just because I didn’t know her sex at the time. I really hated the whole girls wear pink, boys were blue thing. But now, well now I just think [...]

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SAHM Setting the Women's Movement Back?

I am so glad that I subscribed to the comments at PhD in Parenting’s article - Dr. Phil Stay-at-home mom vs. working mom show because if I hadn’t I would have missed out an an a really interesting debate. And that’s one of the things I love about Annie’s blog is it almost always sparks intense [...]

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SAHM Setting the Women’s Movement Back?

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Guest Post @ Raising My Boychick: Before I Was a Mother, I Was a Woman . . .

Am I AWOL? No way! Check out my Guest Post at Raising My Boychick on motherhood, womanhood, high heels and handbags. In her blog, Arwyn writes about feminism, parenting, privilege, gender and the kyriarchy. But most importantly her writing is brave.

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