I don't usually do things like this on my blog, but I saw the documentary The Cove over the weekend I feel compelled to act in any way that I can. I'll admit that I didn't really want to watch this film. I knew the following: 1. That it was about dolphin slaughtering and 2. Read more…
Category:Politics
Sep
08
2009
Becoming a Mother
Last Friday I participated in a "nurse-in" in my neighborhood of Lincoln Square. I didn't know what I was getting myself into beforehand, only that my friend Lauren had invited me to walk to the square with her and her daughters for some kind of breast-feeding situation. When we arrived I discovered that the nurse-in Read more…
Jul
23
2009
Mom Issues
My friend Jenny Hontz broke a story in Newsweek yesterday about a recent IRS ruling against tax breaks for women who are unable to breast-feed after double mastectomies. It's a really interesting issue and one worthy of debate and perhaps, reform. I wrote a piece about it for The Huffington Post: More Pressure to Breast-Feed? Read more…
Nov
04
2008
The Big Day
Wow, I can’t believe it’s finally election day. I feel like I’ve been waiting my whole life for this day. Maybe I have. Greg and I got up early and walked over to Horner Park where our voting station was housed. We only had to wait in line for 10 minutes or so. Our ballots Read more…
Sep
12
2008
Tension
Yesterday, at work, I was sitting at my desk shortly after our weekly interdisciplinary team meeting, and I looked over my shoulder to notice our team social worker organizing some files behind me. Before I could even think about it, I was addressing her. Hey, Sue. She looked over expectantly. You following the elections? I Read more…
Mar
19
2008
What Change Sounds Like
Last night after we got home from work, Greg and I sat facing the windows in our living room, feet up on the radiators, listening to Barack Obama’s speech on the racial divide in America. Dusk was settling over the neighborhood and I sipped at a glass of red wine in my hand. His speech Read more…
Mar
17
2008
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Greg and I were talking last night about how we can hardly believe that we’ve only been here two weeks. We’re so in love with our new home and new neighborhood that I think we’ve both slightly erased the memories of our former habitats. On Friday night we went for our first run in our Read more…
Feb
04
2008
Stand for Change
I’m officially endorsing Barack Obama. I really want this man to win. I think he is everything that this country needs to turn things around. I think he is incredibly inspiring, empowering and more authentic than any candidate I’ve ever seen. I’ve been a fan of Barack since the very beginning and I would be Read more…
