Category Archives: politics

How I Gained Twelve Pounds……and why I’m Not Looking Back

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

It was the last photoshoot of our “How Much do you Weigh?” project. For the previous three months, photographer Sheila Daniels and I had opened the lens to 22 women of many different sizes, ages, and backgrounds.  And each of … Continue reading →

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Where I am at 41.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by admin

  superwoman byالنار السوداء Where I am at 41: I’m pretty firmly rooted in tradition.  But still open to new traditions. There are plenty of things that I am still learning in my life. How to be playful How to … Continue reading →

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Long live the Queen

Posted on August 23, 2011 by admin

A few months ago, I went to the dentist to get my first crown.  This seemed like a great lead in to a joke about finally, officially becoming a Princess.  But I stopped: A Princess?  First of all, I’m forty … Continue reading →

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What I Really Think About ‘Perfect’ Motherhood

Posted on April 6, 2011 by admin

“What you call ‘love’ was invented by guys like me to sell nylons.” –Don Draper, Mad Men “Visualize success, but don’t believe your eyes; it’s a version of the world without the will to despise it.” –The New Pornographers The … Continue reading →

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Cultural WTF: Hope for us all?

Posted on March 9, 2011 by admin

On a canister of complimentary plastic combs at a local spa: “Lasts Forever! (and that’s a long long time) Take One!  It’s Unbreakable — it says so right on the comb Token of our appreciation” Couldn’t everything just be labeled … Continue reading →

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Cultural WTF: grocery store edition

Posted on March 8, 2011 by admin

Little sign affixed to my grocery store cart: “Holiday Star Cookies: Just 3 ingredients!” 1. Store bought cookie dough 2. Store bought frosting 3. Blue sugar Ummm….with the exception of ‘blue sugar’, these are not “ingredients”.  Pssst…..you want to make … Continue reading →

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Cultural WTF: A picture essay

Posted on March 7, 2011 by admin

“Go ahead.  Get it.  You know you want to.” In the fitting room of our local TJ Maxx.  As if desire were the only consideration when deciding whether to make a purchase. Tweetgovernment,politics news,politics news,politics

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From Happy Meals to Sarah Palin; The Fast Food of Politics

Posted on November 23, 2010 by admin

And somehow, somehow, we are actually being made to fight for the right of multinational corporations to peddle crappy food to our children by offering them a toy. Continue reading →

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On Maternity Leave

Posted on August 12, 2010 by admin

On Thursday, January 8, 2009, one Rachida Dati, a French Cabinet Minister, returned to work after having taken a short break after giving birth to her child via Cesarean Section.  This event made International headlines because of the length of … Continue reading →

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Why I Hate Facebook

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin

Okay, okay, I can’t even keep up the pretense: I don’t hate Facebook. At all.  In fact, I love Facebook. Imagine this: all of the people in your life, past and present, available to you at the touch of a … Continue reading →

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