November 17, 2010
Feminism fucked up. Ladies, it’s all over the news. Quit your jobs to live happier, healthier lives. Women with career stress have an 88% chance of heart attack and a 40% increase in cardiovascular disease, the BBC reported. As there is no study on the heart health of homemakers, we can assume that their lives are ...
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July 15, 2010
Some women give up their careers to care for their families, and guess what? They’re feminists… and they like it! The Daily Mail, convinced they stumbled onto a new phenomenon, devoted over 2000 words to this article. But I have to wonder, are they trying to recruit? Every one of the women the Daily Mail ...
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January 29, 2010
The British Government is going to allow fathers and mothers to share parental leave with up to three of the legal nine months being available to fathers and an additional three months unpaid. It’s about time fathers got some official recognition for their importance in the early life of their children.
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November 15, 2009
Girls should learn that they can’t have a glamorous career and also be a wife and mother, said the president of the Girls’ School Association. But as more fathers choose to stay at home, are these concerns outdated?
October 30, 2009
Michelle Obama sacrificed her life to make her husband president. The article in the New York Times Magazine this weekend puts a shiny gloss on their marriage but it is clear that they can’t escape the dilemma that plagues so many young couples.
October 16, 2009
The Case Against Breastfeeding is an article rife with contradictions. The author, Hanna Rosin, is still actively breastfeeding her youngest, for starters. She takes science to task for making mother’s milk the gold standard in childcare while arguing that the establishment is pushing it based on common sense. She has picked an easy target, because ...