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My Favorite Reader Photos
I’ve been off-line for two weeks which is like two centuries in social media time. Here are some of the things I’ve apparently missed. A reader sent me a photo of Kraft’s Girlz cheese. Beyond the...
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“Never Grow a Wishbone, Daughter….”
Sarah McMane, a high school English teacher in Upstate New York , accomplished poet and mom of a 2-year-old girl. She also founded an annual coffeehouse-style annual performance of original student...
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Prom Plastic Surgery and Girls SPARKing a Difference
When we called people “plastic” back when I was a teenager, it was an insult. These days, apparently, not so much. Joe Kelly, over at The Dadman (an expert on how to father girls, as well as husband...
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Read These Now!!!
Looking for a new “fight fun with fun” book for your middle grade daughter (or son….)? Honey, have I got two for you. Kepler’s Dream, the debut YA novel by Juliet Bell, is about 11-year-old Ella, a...
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DREAMY reviews for “Kepler’s Dream”
I wrote earlier this week about the must-read YA novel, Kepler’s Dream, which was officially published yesterday. I’m thrilled to report that the book is already racking up stellar reviews. In this...
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“Sociological Images”: Will You Marry Me?
Sociological Images is ruining my life. I can spend hours looking at their images tracking….well, everything (God and the U.S. dollar) but especially the evolution of gender: there’s their current...
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How We’ve Decamped from Science
A recent Christian Science Monitorarticle confirmed that there are still gaps between girls and boys in STEM (science, tech, engineering and math) subjects despite larger gains in education for women...
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And So it Begins….
Here are some of the questions a 9 1/2-year-old asks: “Mom, when did you go through puberty?” “Mom, when did you get your period?” “You mean you can get PREGNANT when you go through puberty????” “Mom,...
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Where Have the Go-Go’s Gone-Gone?
Daisy and I have been watching this Go-Go’s vid over and over (and over) lately. I’m struck by how much the women in the band, unlike most of today’s female artists, look like real people–even Belinda,...
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Just for Fun, ‘Cause Dang, I Need Some
So many people have sent me links to Jamie Moore’s work. Moore is a photographer and mom to a 5-year-old girl, Emma. In response to the cultural omnivorousness of Disney Princess, she she began to...
View ArticleAlone in a Room on National TV
So you know when you’re watching CNN or MSNBC or FOX news orPBS or whatever and they have some talking head on a monitor chatting with the host? Well here’s how they do that when you’re the guest: you...
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