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Tell me again how women are their own worst enemy

blue milk wrote 14 hours ago: Image from here. Here at BBC News is that typical ‘women are their own worst enemy’ arti … more →

Tags: Feminism, Motherhood, motherhood sux, Politics

Guest post: Being a feminist mother in an otherwise all-male household3 comments

blue milk wrote 1 week ago: This is a wonderful guest post from a reader, Eloise. How would you describe your feminism in one se … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, 10 things, Breastfeeding, Feminist Motherhood, Fatherhood, 10 feminist motherhood questions, attachment parenting - problematic?, Raising Sons

On money and relationships19 comments

blue milk wrote 2 weeks ago: I have always thought the way Bill and I keep our money separate (sharing the household bills betwee … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, motherhood sux, Fatherhood

That frickin' 'mummy homework' thing10 comments

blue milk wrote 2 weeks ago: More of the invisible work of motherhood. From here at the Huffington Post. For the uninitiated, Mom … more →

Tags: Motherhood, motherhood sux, preschoolers, cormac, school kids, single-parenthood

What happened next in the Kelley Williams-Bolar story3 comments

blue milk wrote 2 weeks ago: This story, the one about Kelley Williams-Bolar being jailed for ‘stealing’ education fo … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, Feminist Motherhood, race/anti-racism, school kids, Classism, single-parenthood

Some of my recent click recommendations5 comments

blue milk wrote 2 weeks ago: If you don’t follow me on twitter (and I get pretty inane on there so god knows I understand), … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, pop culture, motherhood sux, sex of the icky parental kind, Breastfeeding, Feminist Motherhood, Politics, motherhood bliss

Space and time12 comments

blue milk wrote 3 weeks ago: When the house gets this messy I like to think of it as installation art. The house is saying someth … more →

Tags: Motherhood, motherhood sux, goddamn craft

Advice for fathers taking boring calls at work from the mothers of their babies9 comments

blue milk wrote 3 weeks ago: This woman rocks my world. (It’s sweary but really funny, so note that before you follow the l … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, motherhood sux, sex of the icky parental kind, <Toddlers, babies, Fatherhood

+21 comments

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: Today I heard the most charming story. Someone’s boss read my article in Daily Life, printed i … more →

My article is up at Daily Life14 comments

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: I wrote an article for Daily Life and it’s about the need to achieve work-life balance and lea … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Me

Fathering and teen daughter sexuality1 comment

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: I have long loved Jeremy Adam Smith’s Daddy Dialectic site, it’s really still the best I … more →

Tags: Classism, downsized living, Fatherhood, Feminism, Feminist Motherhood, Raising Daughters, Raising Sons, rape/sexual abuse, sex of the icky parental kind

Relationship advice from Michelle Obama5 comments

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: On What Women Can Learn From Men It started when I had Malia…and what I noticed is that my hus … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, motherhood sux, Feminist Motherhood, babies, Politics, motherhood bliss, Fatherhood, your guide to perfect play dates

Beware of choices25 comments

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: EDIT: Because this topic is just so sensitive, I feel I should probably preface this post with the s … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, motherhood sux, maternity leave

Everything Elisabeth Badinter18 comments

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: There’s an Elisabeth Badinter triptych happening at Huffington Post at the moment that’s … more →

Tags: Co-Sleeping, Motherhood, Feminism, motherhood sux, Breastfeeding, Feminist Motherhood, babies, Politics, motherhood bliss

The impact of having children on how housework is shared between a couple25 comments

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: This short article in The Economist about the latest American time-use data on couples (heteronormat … more →

Tags: Motherhood, motherhood sux, Fatherhood, arguments with your partner

Reading

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: I began reading Rachel Cusk’s memoir, Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation on the Easter holi … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, Book Review

If you only ever read one thing about The Mummy Wars then make it this7 comments

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: You must read this brilliant piece by Katha Pollitt in The Nation. You must. … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, motherhood sux, Feminist Motherhood, Politics, Fatherhood, race/anti-racism, Classism, single-parenthood

Toni Morrison on being a single mother and a writer6 comments

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: When she started The Bluest Eye she was the single mother of two boys, living in Syracuse, New York. … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, Feminist Motherhood, motherhood bliss, race/anti-racism, single-parenthood

On balancing mothering and other pursuits12 comments

blue milk wrote 1 month ago: “More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly in … more →

Tags: Motherhood, Feminism, motherhood sux, <Toddlers, Feminist Motherhood, babies, the first year of motherhood


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