Sex & the Single Woman: Oh Ye Barren Career Women
Is it just me, or can a single woman not open the paper anymore without reading one of these haunting headlines: “Seduced by stories of stars giving birth later and IVF myths, career-obsessed Lucy believed children and love could wait.”
Stop George Bush’s Last Attack on Women’s Reproductive Rights
This is it. The Bush administration is poised to issue a last-minute regulation that will impose harsh new restrictions on women’s access to reproductive health care any moment now.
Will you help stop them?
The new rule is Bush’s parting gift to the anti-choice extremists who have supported him for the last eight years. The rule [...]
On Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Abortion
Last week, when I first heard about a Roman Catholic priest who told his congregation they shouldn’t partake of Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama, I was ready to dismiss the news as another example of extremism.
But later, when I read about the priest’s position, I realized something worthy of attention is going [...]
Baby Onboard (the Humvee): Fort Bragg’s Baby Boom
The New York Times posted a very touching article (see below) about a baby boom in Fayetteville, NC (pop. 210,000), thanks to a massive reunion of 22,000 soldiers and their wives, beginning last October.
Well, what a difference a year makes. Nine months plus later, and the base hospital has been delivering 300 babies a [...]
On Speech Making
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been heralded for her strong convention speech and her oratory skills. People all over the country are saying she came across well.
Good for her. It’s great to see someone with little large audience experience succeed at a podium.
Nevertheless, a presidential election shouldn’t be about charisma or sound bites. It shouldn’t [...]
Failin’ with Palin: So Much for “Family Values”
Live from Minneapolis! It’s…Not Tina Fey.
And that’s too bad for John McCain, the Republicans’ presumptive (considering what just happened, I use that term lightly) presidential nominee. Now that the word is out that Bristol, the 17-year-old daughter of his Evangelical running mate, Sarah Palin, is pregnant (make that FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT ???)—I’ll just bet he [...]
Single Minded Moms: Baby Bump Products—for Single Moms to Be
July 6, 2008 by allison
Filed under Products We Love, Single Moms
When you’re knee-deep in morning sickness, carting around a swollen belly and calves that have transformed into sausage-like cankles, the last thing you think you’ll ever feel is pretty! And, if feeling betrayed by your body wasn’t enough to send you slightly off the deep end, you’re facing this pregnancy solo and a bit apprehensive about [...]
