Posts Tagged by Women

Big Bare Beautiful Baby Belly

March 30, 2011 Posted by Issa under Pregnancy and Birth
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Kmom at The Well-Rounded Mama has proposed a blog carnival for documenting photographs of fat women pregnant, birthing, and parenting. She states: It’s SO important that there be pregnancy and parenting images of women of size out there, showing that we do have babies, we do give birth, we do breastfeed, and we do parent. As I’ve educated myself about birthing over the last few years, I’ve benefited from The Well-Rounded Mama site as a resource for information on… Keep Reading

Feminism, Children, and What Women Are Supposed to Talk About

March 14, 2011 Posted by Issa under Parenting, Think About It
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Over at Slate, Katie Roiphe has an article called Get Your Kid Off Your Facebook Page, subtitled “Why do women hide behind their children?” In it, she takes a subject I’m sure we’re all familiar with (sometimes previously interesting friends get obsessed over a new topic and turn into boring drones), applies it to a certain topic guaranteed to rile people up (children), and then slaps an insulting feminist rant down on top of it. I’m… Keep Reading

Pretty – Katie Makkai

November 4, 2010 Posted by Issa under Uncategorized
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This poem “Pretty” from Katie Makkai gives me shivers every time I hear it. Keep Reading

Hairy Legs Cause Tragedy!

September 16, 2010 Posted by Issa under Think About It
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It’s been over 10 years since I first stopped shaving, with the times between shaves gradually growing until it was almost permanent. I still shaved once or twice a year for parties and burns where I was likely to be naked around people or wearing short skirts. It’s been about a year now since I gave that up, too. I really just do not ever shave now. This means I’m pretty much over shaving pressure. I’m not concerned with anyone’s reactions to my hairy legs. That means things like this advertisement don’t have any pressure or condemnation, they’re simply downright funny to me: Keep Reading

Smile! Unexpected Art

May 13, 2010 Posted by Issa under Uncategorized
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Via Shakesville, I read about these awesome sculptures by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle that just went up in Washington DC. As mentioned at the ribbon cutting, the sculptures help get more art out of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and into the streets. Keep Reading

Gendered Books

November 9, 2009 Posted by Issa under Think About It
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I was waiting for a ride outside of a bookstore. It must have been sometime in May or June because the store windows were filled with books for Mom or Dad. Specifically, one window was full of books for Mom, and one window was full of books for Dad. Oh, this should be good. Here are the titles from the Mom window. I’ve included links so you can see the books, but the titles are… Keep Reading