Peggy Orenstein, an award-winning writer, author, and speaker concerning issues affecting girls and women, is set to come out with a new book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, this week. As an author with reportedly over 20 years of writing about women's issues, I expected more from the book. Written in a blog-like manner, it tends... Continue Reading →
As a small child, I was dragged to dance lessons by my grandmother, decked out in head to toe pink. I hadn't asked for dance lessons. My grandmother was always trying to turn me into something else, and apparently I wasn't girly enough for her tastes. Since she was paying, she could dictate the pink. I don't... Continue Reading →
Walk into any baby section of a clothing store and one will notice two distinct sections - the blue section, rift with sports themes, cars, and puppy dogs - and the pink section, with flowers. Companies have been marketing gender differences for years, although they've raised the bar. It doesn't end with clothing anymore. Large... Continue Reading →
While the US pretends to be a progressive and educated society, we come up lacking when it comes to the basic needs of our young. This is clearly evident when the topic of breastfeeding comes up. US breastfeeding rates are abysmal, and the public view on nursing in public, and nursing in general, rank even lower. While... Continue Reading →
Girls and boys, men and women, aren't very different. Looking around at American society, you would never guess that. In their book, Packaging Girlhood, Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown examine the societal aspects which strive to make these gender distinctions and how that affects our daughters. While many would claim genetics and hormonal differences... Continue Reading →
I came across this propaganda poster in a museum one time. It took me a while to track it down. I knew it had a picture of a woman breastfeeding and that it was from WWI. I eventually found it at HistoryNYC. I love the poster. It speaks to me as a woman and mother.... Continue Reading →
living peacefully with children 