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TMF: Mamas got the magic at the Olympics
The 2012 Olympics in London have been heralded as a win for feminism in many ways — some calling it the Title IX games even. And there’s a lot to celebrate for women in these games. But as the old poem says, we have miles to go before we sleep. If you’ve watched any part […]
No safe bets: Revamping the school lunch program
June 14, 2012
Thanks to a long-overdue overhaul by the USDA, school lunches are likely to look a lot different starting July 1. Here in Las Vegas, the Clark County School District — the nation’s fifth largest — is readying to implement new school lunch guidelines this fall. And it’s one tall order. As this well-written and insightful […]
Physical therapy
June 6, 2012
About a month ago I started doing physical therapy. Like most forms of therapy, it’s a time-intensive, difficult, and sometimes intense process. Emphasis on process. And while I went through physical therapy once before, in my 20s for a problem with my shoulder, this time around has been a much more emotional — and enlightening […]
The Voice
May 13, 2012
It’s Mother’s Day and I find myself thinking about being a mom. I became a mom almost exactly two years ago; my daughter’s birthday is in a couple weeks. Motherhood can take many forms — from the traditional, to extended family stepping in, to adoption, and more — and it can start in a lot […]
Frankel Files Part 2: Mommy dearest
April 24, 2012
As promised, here’s Part 2 of the Frankel Files: Part 2: Mommy Dearest The secondary plot (to the main event: marriage on the rocks) on last night’s episode, Paradise Found, was Bethenny’s birthday. And while many women struggle with negative feelings about birthdays because of aging, that doesn’t seem to be Bethenny’s problem. Her problem […]
The Frankel Files Part 1: On acceptance and unconditional love
April 24, 2012
I think Bethenny Ever After is my transformational messaging gateway drug. But I have always said that it is in the mundane, every-day spaces that we usually find something special, even transformative. That’s why you get your “Aha!” moment in the check-out line at the grocery store. That’s why you have so many good ideas […]
TMF: Different rules for girls
March 2, 2012
Let’s take a look at a couple of toddler shirts I found on a recent shopping trip to Old Navy for this installment of TMF: Tired Marketing FAIL! First we have a shirt in the boys section: Then we have a shirt from the girl’s section: Notice anything? I mean, besides the pink and blue […]
The hard side of love
February 28, 2012
On tonight’s episode of Bethenny Ever After… Bethenny Frankel, the reality TV star and cocktail mogul with a razor wit and a soft underbelly, breaks down while talking about her daughter: I want her to be soft and sweet and nice — and not hard and a survivor like me. And now I’m crying. And […]
Relativity: Once upon a nanny
January 18, 2012
Once upon a time I was a nanny. It’s come up before in passing. But despite my time in the trenches bonding and helping to raise so many kids in so many years, I still feel overwhelmed and perplexed by my own offspring at times. I should be better at this, I find myself thinking. […]
TMF: Name that sexism
January 17, 2012
Quick! Check out this t-shirt I spotted in the girl’s side of the toddler section and tell me why I just had to call it out for the first TMF: Tired Marketing FAIL! of the year. And… go!
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