July 2010

Wordless Wednesday: Why I Blog

July 28, 2010




Translation: He/she who wants the world to remain as it is, doesn’t want the world to remain at all.

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Action Alert for Americans: Stop empty hype about formula and more…

July 27, 2010




My regular readers will know that I have a lot to say about misleading, inappropriate, unethical and sneaky claims by infant formula companies.  While we need to continue to put pressure on formula companies to change their business practices, the most effective way to ensure a change is to have legislation passed and enforced that [...]

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Play Food

July 26, 2010




There are some really bad kids toys out there. Jaw droppingly bad. And when I saw this one on Finding Summer’s Anti-Consumerism Link Farm post, my jaw did drop. I could see this being useful for budding documentary film producers putting on a home re-make of Supersize Me, but otherwise I wouldn’t be welcoming my [...]

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Goodbye Berlin, Hello Canada

July 25, 2010




It seems like just yesterday, I was announcing our upcoming trip to Berlin with my post From Bacon to Bratwurst (and a vegan cafe). Now, 3 months after we arrived in Berlin, we are getting ready to go back home. Having lived in Germany previously, I thought I was well prepared for our visit and [...]

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Adult privilege is exacerbated when children are a minority

July 24, 2010




I’m sure you’ve all heard of white privilege and male privilege. But have you heard of adult privilege? Children are, generally, an oppressed group. They are not treated as equal human beings and are generally not afforded the same rights, respect or consideration as an adult. This is true, I think, pretty much anywhere in [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Hey, Pippi Langstrumpf

July 21, 2010




…or Pippi Longstocking for you English speakers!

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Grin and bear it? Parenting, happiness and the pressure cooker

July 21, 2010




It seems the discussion of parenting and mothering has shifted from last year’s discussion about bad mothers to this year’s discussion of unhappy mothers. Is parenting all drudgery and do we just have to live up to our responsibilities and grin and bear it? Or is there a way to find happiness and have a [...]

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Smoking, Breastfeeding and Public Health

July 20, 2010




Recently a DJ from an Orlando, Florida, radio station interviewed a midwife about nursing in public. The DJ would prefer that women not nurse in public, and his questions to the midwife were very anti-breastfeeding in nature. At one point he said something to the effect of, “Well, if women are allowed to breastfeed anywhere, [...]

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Decision: Contra-Nestle “Unsponsored” BlogHer Ticket Price Donation

July 15, 2010




As I promised back in my BlogHer Accountability Post, I am making charitable donations in the amount of $600. That is the full cost of a BlogHer ’10 ticket, if it were not covered by sponsors. This year’s BlogHer sponsor list includes a number of companies that I am not enamored with, including most notably [...]

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Exploring identity

July 14, 2010




My children do not have a religion. We do not believe that it is our place to give them one. That said, we encourage them to explore their beliefs and their identity. At the moment, both of them seem to believe in reincarnation and often talk about what they might come back as in their [...]

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