This is my current profile picture on Facebook.
This is the photo I used when I first signed up.*
Last week, Katie Roiphe posted her opinion on Slate about the growing trend of women over 30 using photos of their children instead of their own as their profile pictures on Facebook.
It troubles her greatly. She fears it [...]
According to a British study reported by the BBC, having girls in a family creates emotional stability because they are more open about their feelings. Boys create discordance because they are closed and therefore, families comprised of boys are unhappy.
Does this strike anyone else as a sweeping generalization with a side of sexism? I mean, [...]
Last fall, Her Bad Mother wondered if she should dye her silvery locks so as not to be mistaken for the grandmother of her children. She decided not to. I suspect she and I are about the same age, so I was interested in her choice. (I think she looks lovely as it is.)
I have [...]
This one’s a no-brainer. Write an online letter to Congress.
From Nicholas D. Kristof’s Op-Ed piece in today’s New York Times, “Terrorism That’s Personal”:
This month in Afghanistan, men on motorcycles threw acid on a group of girls who dared to attend school. One of the girls, a 17-year-old named Shamsia, told reporters from her hospital bed: [...]
So there’s been some recent outrage over the Momnet about a Motrin web advertisement that suggests women babywear merely to keep up with a trend. I saw a Motrin print ad that actually made me angrier: It suggested that moms need pain relief in order to enjoy themselves at an amusement park because doing *fun* [...]
