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Stuff We Missed1 comment

ameliatd wrote 3 weeks ago: Chloe Angyal has a great new piece up on Splice about anti-sex billboards in Baltimore. A MIT study … more →

Tags: Abstinence-Only Sex Education, fashion models, George Tiller, scott roeder, stuff we missed

The 'Harvard Study' researchers...in the flesh6 comments

estherar wrote 1 month ago: I found this interesting ABC piece on infant sleep training (apparently televised last year) over at … more →

Tags: Attachment, Infant sleep

Biological Essentialism-What Is It?

factcheckme wrote 3 months ago: very likely to be my one and only “feminism 101″ type post. savor it, and post kindergar … more →

Tags: health, Race, Feminisms, gender roles, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Feminism, anti-feminists, biological essentialism

Sanctimommy Sighting!23 comments

estherar wrote 4 months ago: Dr. Amy over at the Skeptical OB has a great post about that rare (but unfortunately, not rare enoug … more →

Tags: Birth, Sanctimommies

LLL dogma: still a barrier to properly informing women.31 comments

estherar wrote 5 months ago: As you know, I’m not a huge vitamin pusher. However, I do realize the importance of supplement … more →

Tags: Breastfeeding, Diet, "natural" vs. artificial

How to win friends and influence people15 comments

estherar wrote 5 months ago: Not: Of this, it can be said (click on thumbnail for the full effect): Sorry posting has been very s … more →

Tags: Mommy Wars, Attachment, Sanctimommies

Binary Thinking: No and No17 comments

timberwraith wrote 5 months ago: There’s a post up at The Bilerico Project that attempts to respond to five misconceptions abou … more →

Tags: Feminism, Gender, Genderqueer, Homophobia, labels, Privilege, Transgender, transphobia

All Your Labels Are Belong To Us

timberwraith wrote 5 months ago: I found this little gem in a comment thread about Thomas Beattie at Womanist Musings: A womb, and th … more →

Tags: labels, people who DON'T "get it", prejudice, Privilege, Trans men, transphobia

A Note to the Ignorant

timberwraith wrote 5 months ago: So, you insist that trans men aren’t really men and trans women aren’t really women and … more →

Tags: transphobia, cissexism, people who DON'T "get it", Hate, prejudice, Privilege

Defying Expectations: The Irony of Australian Masculinity

nikclarx wrote 6 months ago: The stereotypical Australian macho: a tough, independent, white, having a penis, who is laid-back bu … more →

Tags: gender history, masculinity, male middle-class & white, Multiculturalism, colonial man, the real Australian man

Reviews of Christopher Hitchens' book4 comments

Wintery Knight wrote 8 months ago: I saw this book review about Christopher Hitchens’ book “God is Not Great”, written by Melinda Penne … more →

Tags: Commentary, Apologetics, Argument ad Hominem, Atheism, Book Review, Christopher Hitchens, Determinism, Douglas Groothuis, Laws of Logic

The politics of pumping14 comments

estherar wrote 8 months ago: While I think it’s a good thing The Case Against Breastfeeding was written, I still found some … more →

Tags: Attachment, Breastfeeding

The case against breastfeeding48 comments

estherar wrote 8 months ago: I was pointed to an article in the April 2009 issue of The Atlantic, The Case Against Breastfeeding. … more →

Tags: "natural" vs. artificial, Breastfeeding, Sanctimommies

What if we had gender strainers rather than gender boxes?5 comments

professor what if wrote 9 months ago: My mom was recently here for a visit. She and I do not see eye to eye on gender. She is a big believ … more →

Tags: Feminism, Social Construction, Gender, masculinity, Femininity, gender boxes, nature/nurture

More offline mainstream parenting resources3 comments

estherar wrote 9 months ago: Last year, I recommended a few books I felt mainstream parents would enjoy and learn from. Since the … more →

Tags: Birth, Breastfeeding, Mommy Wars

A society of misfits? The Kibbutz experience3 comments

estherar wrote 11 months ago: In a previous post, I mentioned that In a future post, we’ll be looking at an example of a society r … more →

Tags: Infant sleep, Attachment

The AP ideal meets mainstream parenthood17 comments

estherar wrote 1 year ago: I made a comment on Angela’s excellent blog, Cerebral Parenting, in which I stated that While … more →

Tags: Breastfeeding, Mommy Wars, Risk Perception

Bugged about Baby Buggies50 comments

estherar wrote 1 year ago: Rachel, in the comments to my last post, pointed out a new study claiming that Parents who choose a … more →

Tags: Risk Perception, Babywearing

Endocrine Reductionism 5 comments

estherar wrote 1 year ago: Lately, I’ve again been thinking about the corrosive effects of biological determinism on moth … more →

Tags: Breastfeeding, Birth, Risk Perception, Mommy Wars, "natural" vs. artificial


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