So... the daughter of a professional photographer turned five. She wanted to take pictures of her daughter that were NOT based on Disney princesses because, "My daughter wasn’t born into royalty, but she was born into a country where she can now vote, become a doctor, a pilot, an astronaut, or even President if she wants and that’s what REALLY ( Read more... )

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Over on LJ, Seanan McGuire has posted a rockin' letter to today's girls. Re-posted with permission, but it's worth visiting the original and reading some of the great comments.

Dear girls of the world today ( Read more... )

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Over at Shakespeare's Sister, one of the Shakers had an idea to fight back against the "onslaught of anti-choice legislation that includes encroachments on reproductive rights that undermine the autonomy of women, as well as proposed "Personhood Amendments" to confer personhood on fetuses". She suggested that we need a Personhood Amendment ( Read more... )

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Some surfing today, some catching up, and I want to save/share this information:

Regarding the steep cuts to services proposed by the Washington,
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http://www.manfeels-park.com/

http://thehawkeyeinitiative.com/

The XX Factor on Slate

Katie McDonough at Salon

Ladyparts Justice

Shakesville

Echidne of the Snakes

Brute Reason

Fannie's Room

Yes Means Yes

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Comments enabled at Dreamwidth crosspostI think it's self-explanatory ( Read more... )

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Comments enabled (for the 5th revision, LOL!) at the Dreamwidth crosspost.

I received an emailed "joke" last night that made me steam. Healthcare in our country is so broken -- the entire health industry is a shattered parody of "care" -- but those without adequate insurance (or none at all) are presumed to be shiftless, lazy, whiners who are ( Read more... )

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Heard this on the local evening news. New Mexico has a greater percentage of postpartum depression in new mothers than sixteen other states. Those most at risk tend to be --

unmarried mothers

young mothers

poor women

women subject to domestic abuse

YA THINK?!?!?Was there any suggestion that maybe we should look into developing ( Read more... )

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Our new president has hit the ground running --

1) He has stopped many of the former president's final orders from being implemented until they can be reviewed.

2) He has plans to close Guantanamo Bay.

3) He has said that government agencies must find reasons to give the public access to public records (rather than find reasons to deny ( Read more... )

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Someone on my flist (in a locked post, so I won't mention her name) asked if she was being overly critical of a story where the author killed off Keller so that John and Rodney got together. Several of us thought not, because the story suggests that Jennifer's death was slow (and the author gloats that she hopes it was), and specifically lets ( Read more... )