Celebrity Moms- Angelina Jolie

In honor of Mother’s Day, I thought I might blog about some more celebrity moms. In particular, I wanted to blog about Angelina Jolie- the biggest celebrity motherhood icon right now. In the past three years, Jolie has adopted 3 children from around the world and given birth to one biological child fathered [...]

Pregnant Congresswoman

This month, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash) will become only the fifth Congresswoman ever to give birth while in office.

The Opt-Out Revolution

We’ve all heard about it before- the “opt-out revolution.” Where women who invested time and money into a college education and a career suddenly become mothers and drop everything to take care of the children. It’s a trend- but why? According to this op-ed in the New York Times,

A few bits of fluff

Interesting tidbits:
Whale Rider star Keisha Castle-Hughes had a baby girl I saw this article and thought, how old is she? 13? It turns out she’s 17 now, but I wonder if that isn’t why I didn’t even know she was pregnant. Yes, she’s young, but she’s been with the father of [...]

Rising Infant Death in the Southern United States

Just a short one with an interesting link- A front page article in the New York Times a few days ago discussed the rising levels of infant death in the South.  The death rate is linked to both race and class- differentially it is poor, black women whose babies are dying more often.  The article attributes [...]

Partial Birth Abortion

So, perhaps this isn’t the most on-topic post for this blog, but I do want to talk about the “partial birth abortion” decision yesterday.  Abortion is a huge political issue to me, and I’ve made it a point to be well-read and well-debated on the topic.  I won’t make this a political grandstand or anything, I’ll [...]

Leading Seaman Faye Turney

I have gotten very behind on the list of posts I have been wantng to post. One that I definitely wanted to mention while it is still salient is the issue of Leading Seaman Faye Turney- one of the 15 British soldiers captured in Iran. While the other 14 soldiers were rarely named [...]