It’s worth noting that sun did not shine in North Carolina today. By now you’ve heard that North Carolina’s voters have cast their ballots to amend our state Constitution. Amending a Constitution is no small feat and is not to be taken lightly. North Carolinians voted on Amendment One that stated that the only recognized [...]
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10 Easy Steps to Becoming an Exceptional Mother
I still, after 10.5 years of mothering, can’t figure out which kind of mother I want to brand myself. I’m referring to arguments for, or against, attachment parenting, natural parenting, or Tiger Mothering. But, since everyone appears determined to follow someone’s parenting philosophy, I’m going to brand one myself, in honor of Mother’s Day 2012. [...]
The Girl Revolution Talks Early Puberty
Ainsley and I were in the New York Times Magazine on Friday. It was risky and scary, though important, because the topic was early puberty. TGR Body, our craptastic-ingredient-free skincare line (many skincare products are thought to have toxins that interfere with hormones), and The Girl Revolutionwere both highlighted. I’ve researched the issue and shared [...]
2012 — The Year of the Girl
In my life, it has been the year of the girl for a long time now, ever since the first of my three daughters was born. “Girls!” we often scream when the decibel levels rise about the red line on an audiometer. When you have three daughters you inevitably are surrounded by multitudes of [...]
Don’t Lose Health Care Reform
Election Year 2012 marches on to November. Here and there social causes are used as political footballs. Some candidates surviving the latest tackle will see a few more yards. But there is one national issue that we, particularly women of all ages, cannot allow to be benched – health care insurance and the basic reforms [...]
Self-Image Lessons from a 13-Year-Old Girl
May had just entered her teenage years. She was a chatterbox who loved horses, George Strait, and Rice Krispie treats. May and her mom were appalled that I didn’t know any George Strait songs. They couldn’t believe I’d never slid my feet into cowboy boots or ridden a horse bareback. I was amazed they had [...]
I Got Left Behind: Thoughts on School Drop-Out Laws
I don’t remember much about my high school career. Or my middle school career, for that matter. By seventh grade I’d begun to slip through the cracks in America’s broken public education system. I wasn’t lacking one-on-one time or struggling to understand the lessons; our rural school had decent class sizes and I had every [...]
Putting Teachers at the Top
Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach. A crappier load of BS was never uttered. I say, “Those who can, teach. Those who can’t, get out of the way.” I am fed up with people who do not value teachers. Did these people not reach their station in life thanks to a teacher in [...]
Are Jon Hunstman’s Daughters the Latest Political Attack Victims?
Last time I checked I thought that using candidates’ children as targets of attack was pretty much off limits, especially after the 2000 presidential campaign when supporters of George W. Bush engaged in “push polling” to suggesting that John McCain’s daughter, Bridget, who was adopted from Bangladesh, was actually an African-American child he had fathered [...]
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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
