I don't remember being this fashionable while I attended Mount Holyoke, but I like the Mount Holyoke Dress from ModCloth.

And while we're on the subject of feminist institutions, Bitch Media brings us 100 young-adult books for the feminist reader. Must keep this around for reference when the kids get a bit older.

I subscribe to The Economist because it's rather more intelligent and detailed than Time and its ilk, and has less of an American slant to it because it's a British publication. I also like how, in the middle of complex and hard-hitting news items, the journalists occasionally indulge in snarky comments, as only the Brits can. However, I don't ( Read more... )

Last year I thought a lot about the weirdness of pregnancy. Now I'm confronted by the weirdness of breastfeeding. A famous comic once wondered who was the first person to decide to squeeze a cow's teat and drink what came out. That isn't really remarkable, since humans understood about milk and nipples long before they domesticated cattle. The ( Read more... )

I'm not sure I think this ban is the answer, but it's good that it is sparking debate.