So, remember back in April when I was all “Pretty please, if you think I’m not stupid or awful, can you please, like, nominate me for a BlogHer Voice of the Year Keynote Speaker slot” and 48 of you were all “Oh, yeah, I’ll totally do that, and I’ll even write some super flattering, tear-jerking, and just plain awesome things...

In never ceases to amaze me that, despite my very clear (and slightly silly) comment policy, some people have no problem acting like giant buttheads in the comment section on my blog.  I understand that not everything I say is going to resonate with everyone.  I also get that some things I say are polarizing, and will be met with...

Well, my plans for a 2010 baby are clearly shot to shit.  I really could have used the extra tax deduction this year too.  At this point, I’m worried that we won’t even have the baby before the Hyphenated Husband leaves his job next year to start his very unpaid teaching hours.  There goes the insurance that woulda covered my...

…Because she said it so, so much better. Melissa Bartick from A Peaceful Revolution has gone on The Huffington Post and illustrated the breastfeeding pitfalls in a way more poignant and beautiful than I ever could have.  All it takes is two very simple stories that so many too many of us can relate to. She lengthily describes two birth...

This is the kind of thing that can only happen to me.  All my life, I’ve found myself in situations where I’m accused of something I had absolutely nothing to do with just by being in the worst place at the worst time.  I told my husband years ago there may come a day when I stand trial for something...

Perhaps you don’t follow a million feminists* on Twitter like I do, so you may not be aware that they/we are all pissed about the Tebow Super Bowl ad.  If you’re like me and you weren’t watching Super Bowl 44 either, then you really have no idea what I’m talking about. Let me set the stage: The notoriously anti-choice organization...

Tonight I learned some new things about the natural gender selection method we’re trying out.  Instead of just the timing of intercourse, apparently the odds can be swayed by diet, and changing the pH in the woman’s vagina to make it more hospitable to either the XX or XY chromosome sperm – whichever you’re going for. In my case, we’re...