Test to see if the Facebook Feed is working

May 18, 2010

Testing 1…2…3… Testing 1…2…3… Is this thing on?? *massive amounts of feedback as I wander too close to something electronic*

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Revisiting “they should feel guilty” with HarrietJ as our guide

May 17, 2010

HarrietJ over at Fugitivus is someone I read regularly. She’s got a lot of really insightful things to say that can be reapplied directly into my life. In her post  Oh Right, I have a Blog She talks about adoption advocacy and says – And when you’re employed in the adoption field, unless you’re employed [...]

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Best for Babes needs our help to turn “Like” into $$$

May 13, 2010

They have a fundraiser happening right now and here is how we can “donate” to a good cause. The Moms Helping Moms Facebook Fundraiser Event! . Donate to Best for Babes…for free? How does that work?! All you have to do is “like” our Facebook page! It really is that easy! Five fabulous companies have [...]

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They should feel guilty for not breastfeeding!

April 28, 2010

Well, They should! If you think this, or more importantly if you’ve said this, my post is addressed to you. I suppose I ought to warn you that I’m more than a little peeved with what you are doing because no matter your thought process, no matter what your intentions are, when you say this [...]

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NIP Nukers Raise My Blood Pressure

December 9, 2009

A couple of days ago I watched the tail-end of a Twitter dust-up between a young man and some lactivists that I follow regarding breastfeeding in public (hereafter known as NIP). The tweets got so tense I responded viscerally just from watching the exchange (you know those tight-in-the-chest, tingly arm, itchy finger, head-in-a-vice-ready-to-explode, Oh-no-you-didn’t-just-say!! feelings).  [...]

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Senate Healthcare Bill and Breastfeeding

December 7, 2009

I’ve recently been really infuriated  by the fiasco we Americans are calling the “Healthcare Debate”. Watching attempts to erode women’s rights and our healthcare needs being treated like a bargaining chip has a tendency to do that for me. Go Figure. I am confined to Facebook status updates, e-mail and online donations to organizations like [...]

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WHO updates recommendations for breastfeeding with HIV

November 30, 2009

Reuters is reporting that the WHO recommendations for breastfeeding while HIV+ have changed and the changes seem to be fairly significant. (read full article) I have several friends living and working in areas where the HIV infection rates are staggering and so I wanted to point to this information as quickly as possible since I [...]

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Seasame Street and Breastfeeding

November 30, 2009

This post is purely for fun (and so I’ll have a quick and easy place to point friends to). There are a bunch of YouTube videos of clips from Sesame Street that discuss breastfeeding. They are neat little bits of advocacy aimed at kids. Hey! Some of these are also instructive for those who motor [...]

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NPR & Tell Me More tackle breastfeeding rates in the black community

November 25, 2009

On November 24th, 2009 guest host Jennifer Ludden at NPR’s Tell Me More hosted an interesting segment on breastfeeding rates among black women. She discusses the issue with author Kathi Barber*, journalist Jamila Bey, and television producer Dawn Porter. (transcript here) I embedded the clip at the bottom of the page. This was a really [...]

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The Kids

November 25, 2009

I have kids. Two young people tugging at my elbow when I’m trying to write pithy, witty stuff. Pithy and witty often turn into ppothy and whyutty with these jokesters in the area. They have little patience for the Important Things Mom Must Write Right Now! I’m a fairly open person. I’ll talk to you [...]

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