The winds of change are blowing through the Louisiana educational system with the strength of a Category 5 hurricane. Governor Bobby Jindal longs to make a name for himself on the national stage, a name that was somewhat tarnished by an embarrassing rebuttal to one of Barack Obama’s first speeches made as President. So desperately [...]
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International Women’s Day: The Lighter Side
March 8th is International Women’s Day. A day more celebrated or acknowledged in other parts of the world than in the US in general but it is catching on. Social media, democratized media, great technology are fueling the expansion of awareness days and campaigns. Like this one. The United Nations acknowledges International Women’s Day with [...]
Lego Needs to Hear It’s 2011 for Girls & Women
When you think of girls playing with Legos do you think of girls creating their own robots? I do. I wish I could say the same for Lego executives. In the next few days Lego will roll out brand new sets designed for girls ages five and up, with the theme, “Friends.” The sets were [...]
Occupied
Since the beginning of the Occupy Movement I have struggled to come up with the correct words to explain my admittedly mixed feelings. As a progressive – a rather vocal one at that – there was a part of me who felt the need to throw myself into all of it: The rallying, the human [...]
The Supreme Court, Redistricting and Women
With so much going on in the world today — the series of never-ending GOP debates, wondering whether the Social Security payroll tax cut will stay in effect, and the looming winter holidays — it’s easy to overlook some other important things going on that will affect us all. One of those is the issue [...]
Broads of the Week — 12/4/11 Edition
As our heads swirl this week with the thoughts of the strange “I’m just a victim” speech given by Herman Cain as he withdrew from the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Michele Bachmann setting us straight on gay marriage (gay people can get married as long as they marry someone of the opposite sex) [...]
Broads of the Week — 11/19/11 Edition
There are so many women around the web writing about important issues every week. You’d never know from the general conversations surrounding the women often called “mom bloggers.” And I got laughed at a couple of times this week at a book event for Mothers of Intention: How Women and Social Media are Revolutionizing Politics [...]
Fighting Like a Mom Against the “Stop Online Piracy Act”
Motherhood forced me to educate myself on big issues across the board. From nutrition to politics, I deconstructed my assumptions and read everything I could. I needed to understand everything and make educated decisions on how I raise my children. I never planned on being a activist, it was by-product of simply taking time to [...]
How Every Mother Can Occupy Wall Street
I recently read about a Florida mom who went to Occupy Wall Street. The New York Post got wind of her story, proceeded to write about it but also implied in part that her actions were not particularly responsible. The Daily Kos goes into detail, explaining the support she had from her community so that [...]
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The Truth About Mormons and Mitt Romney
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Lego Needs to Hear It’s 2011 for Girls & Women
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I Got Left Behind: Thoughts on School Drop-Out Laws
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A Practicing Catholic Sends a Letter to Her Bishop
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What Women are Learning from The Learning Channel
