Not My Mother's Blog

“I have many, many votes and it’s been consistent. And I’ve got a consistent zero from NARAL throughout all those years. … My record is clear.” He has also bragged to the media that his record has “been pro-life, unchanging and unwavering.” Who said it? That would be McCain, who still thinks he can skate [...]

A post at Our Bodies Our Blog reminded me forcefully of my own experiences as a breastfeeding mom in the early 80s. Christine C. referenced this commentary by Aisha Qaasim at womensEnews. Qaasim talks about breastfeeding her two month old daughter and hearing a nearby woman loudly state “That is the most disgusting thing I [...]

Take 1 – the new Wal*Mart back to school ad (girl’s version) Mom is sitting in the back of a classroom watching as teen boy grabs his laptop and heads for the front of the classroom. In the voice over, she talks about her son starting out in a new school, how she’d love to [...]

So that means if a person hasn’t seen a range of women’s genitals in real life there’s no way s/he is going to know what real women’s genitals look like. Everyone then starts to think all genitals should look like the airbrushed ones – which are really just frauds, and not half so interesting or [...]

Over at WomensVoicesforChange, Chris Lombardi wondered: (We do wonder if the Newsday editors intentionally mis-heard Madsen, and if she meant what we know: that the world is telling us not to get old.) Our women are 64 to 94 living vibrant lives, when the world is telling you to get old. .. Oh, no, no, [...]