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Boycott the Marriott!

August 14, 2009

Apparently this is the week to boycott big businesses. First there was the Whole Foods boycott for health care reform. And now this lovely story about the Marriott blaming a mom for being raped in front of her little kids in one of their parking garages. The Marriott is arguing in court that this woman [...]

Tagged as: feminism, news, politics, rants, social justice

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Moms in jail

June 7, 2009

And I thought I was having a rough day. Here’s a report on women parenting babies in prison. The report looks at a number of different programs that allow mothers and babies to stay together while the women serve their prison sentences. Laying aside one’s feelings about the efficacy or ethics of locking people up [...]

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Illegal immigration costs some parents custody

April 24, 2009

Via the inestimable Ms. R, from whom I get much of my wacky parenting news: this story from the NYT tells about foreign parents losing their American-born children when they’re arrested for immigration violations. Much of the article focuses on a woman who was arrested when her son was 6 months old. During her incarceration [...]

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Hillary Clinton's chocolate chip cookies

January 18, 2009

In addition to her many, many, many skill and talents, Ms. Roham Clinton apparently makes a mean chocolate chip cookie. EDIT: a great, lactose-free chocolate chip cookie

Tagged as: food, politics

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what is voting?

November 6, 2008

While the QOTD on Tuesday was definitely, “Barack Obama WINS!”, I also do not want to forget this gem: “Mommy, what is voting?” {insert long description of the physical process of filling out a registration card, getting assigned a polling place, walking over there, standing inline, going into a little ballot box, and filling out [...]

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