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Cool collection of Halloween costumes for girls (and boys)

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

Reblogged from Reel Girl: Tired of sexed-up, “cute,” and endless princesses and rainbow fairies marketed to your daughters on Halloween? A Mighty Girl has put together a great collection of awesome costumes. My three year old is super- psyched to … Continue reading →

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Call For Experiences

Posted on May 26, 2010 by

This is a guest post from Rebecca Asher, who has asked me to post her call-out for experiences of lesbian couples with children. Writer would like to talk to lesbian couples with children about their expectations of parenting – and the reality … Continue reading →

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Ninth Carnival of Feminist Parenting

Posted on February 14, 2010 by

Welcome to the ninth edition of the Carnival of Feminist Parenting. Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you who are celebrating it today! I’ve come to the realisation that I’m not very good at writing these introductions to the Carnival, … Continue reading →

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Seventh Carnival of Feminist Parenting

Posted on December 13, 2009 by

Welcome to the December edition of the Carnival of Feminist Parenting! There are over thirty posts and articles featured this month and it seems like a lot, but I promise they are absolutely all worth reading. There haven’t been many … Continue reading →

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Stop “stop acting like a child!”

Posted on October 13, 2009 by

NB: this post is for people who are on board with wanting to erase insulting language from their own personal lexicons. If you’re going to argue the toss about “politically correct language ZOMG you won’t be able to say anything … Continue reading →

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We are all alloparents part two: why should you care?

Posted on August 16, 2009 by

In part one of We Are All Alloparents, I talked about how difficult it can be to get through the day even as a TAB mother of one without the help of alloparents. I’m very much of the opinion that … Continue reading →

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Katie Price – The Nation’s Punching-Bag

Posted on August 14, 2009 by

Say what you like about Katie Price (the former glamour model more commonly known as Jordan), the woman has been under heavy fire for the past couple of weeks. I can’t say I’ve ever been much of a fan of … Continue reading →

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Forum!

Posted on July 29, 2009 by

Mothers For Women’s Lib now has its very own forum! It was created to fill a very specific need – a parenting forum free from the tiring misogyny present on so many parenting forums that we’d used. It’s open to … Continue reading →

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Carnival Delayed

Posted on June 14, 2009 by

The Carnival of Feminist Parenting was supposed to be today. But my family and I just got back from Norway a couple of days ago, then we spent the weekend with my parents, and I had to wave my son … Continue reading →

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No Mother is “Too Stupid”

Posted on June 1, 2009 by

Just read this article – Social services in Nottingham claim mother is ‘too stupid’ to bring up child – in the Telegraph. I don’t really have words for this, and I’m sure that I’m not alone in being angry, outraged … Continue reading →

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