So reading this Jezebel piece about girls wearing make-up at younger and younger ages has me somewhat disturbed. Sample statistic: Four years ago, a survey by the NPD Group showed that, on average, women began using beauty products at 17. Today, the average is 13-and that’s got to be an overstatement. According to market-research firm [...]

It’s funny, b/c though I’m a feminist, it would never occur to me to get on top of another woman for changing her name after she got married. For one thing, I do realize that this is a choice, and if you give people a choice, I don’t necessarily see why you would chastise anyone [...]

So have you seen the “Geek Dad” Wired Blog in which he list the 10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse? At first I thought I only had four of the qualities on this list, including… 1) Punning — Anyone who knows me in real life knows that the only thing I love more than [...]

So while the the Octo-Mom supposedly has a new house, a new reality show in the works, and now round-the-clock infant-child care, valued at $135,000, IVF continues to get slammed for her actions. Apparently, some Georgia pols have introduced a bill that limits the number of embryos that can be inserted in a woman and [...]

So at #1 on the Top 5 things that I’m worried about as a soon-to-be mom is raising Betty to be a happy and well-adjusted bi-racial child. The only problem is that I have no idea how to do this. I read books to teach me how to do everything from writing to cooking — [...]

I found this NYT article on how manicure salons are faring in the recession really interesting.. Apparently, there are two types of recessionistas in this world: those that either stop or space out their manis because of the recession and those that don’t. I started getting regular manis after CH proposed, b/c it seemed like [...]

When I first started reading this Jezebel post about a new study, which supposedly disproved “preg head” or “pregnancy brain” or more simply becoming more fuzzy head while pregnant, I said “Bullshit.” Seriously, I said it out loud while reading the story in bed on my iPhone. I’ve had to start keeping a daily “To [...]

So there are a few things that I hate about these mass layoffs. 1) That people are losing their jobs. 2) That many of the people that haven’t lost their jobs are being way overworked. Now most people I know were already overworked before the recession, and now they’re suffering through twice the work at [...]

So if you’re like me, you’ve been having trouble figuring out just why we supposedly “have to” bailout Wall Street or just how we got here. Well This American Life ran a wonderful, if disheartening breakdown about the whole situation this weekend. And it was so informative that I could probably now hold my own [...]