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The Skinny and the Scoop from Two Women Entrepreneurs
We are hooked on the TheSkinnyScoop, an online surveying tool for women. While our first impression of this website was, ”It’s just another resource for women who over-engineer parenting,” the SkinnyScoop is more than we thought. For starters, the site sets itself apart from other resources that feed on mothers’ insecurities. SkinnyScoop provides information direct from other... »
What I Want for Mother’s Day
In case anyone is wondering, here’s what I would like for Mother’s Day: - A pair of Christian Louboutin Simple 85 Pumps in Magenta - A pitchfork for my garden - Equal pay for women - Paid sick time for working mothers and fathers - Better maternity leave policies - Choice - Quality maternal... »
Daphne’s Dangerous Diet
My son tells me he is Scooby Doo’s number one fan. He loves the cartoon and watches the reruns all the time. He and his younger sister play lots of Scooby make-believe games, he was Scooby Doo for Halloween and my daughter was Daphne, and they only wanted Santa to bring Scooby related items... »
So Sexy So Soon
When “Phineas and Ferb” (rated TV-G) ended last night, The Disney Channel played a video of Selena Gomez, a Disney star from one of its shows, “The Wizards of Waverly Place.” She was singing “Naturally” from the “Kiss and Tell” album. Gomez is 17 years old and she is beautiful. Two thoughts popped into... »
Female Breadwinner Will Survive
First I was afraid. I was petrified. I heard there was a new study from the University of Missouri in Columbia on women breadwinners. Studies about women always make me nervous. After all, people are still buzzing about the research Marcus Buckingham’s been touting on why woman are supposedly so unhappy. And yet, the... »
It All Adds Up
Last Tuesday I stood outside of a polling station at 6:45 a.m. holding a sign for a candidate for U.S. Senate. For more than two hours I was out there, cold and bored, while people trickled into the voting station alone or two by two. A handful of morning commuters beeped and waved as... »
A Young Girl Dreams of the White House
I was snuggling up with my five year old daughter last night and trying to get some work done. My daughter was looking at my laptop and asking me about the things she saw on the screen. We came across a picture of Hillary Clinton on a news site and I asked my daughter... »
