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In my household, some helping occurs organically. [Read More]
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In our town, Pride—commencing with Dykes on Bikes and sporting floats and people waving from pick-up truck beds—acts much like other towns’ Fourth of July celebrations do, the rainbow banner our flag of choice, friendly, cheering crowds lining Main Street, wafting street fair scents (grilled meat, fried food). [Read More]
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Turning off lights or driving a hybrid car, recycling, composting, building a “green” house or any individual action cannot actually stem climate change’s momentum. No tipping point can come about solely from rote actions, new routines or greener technologies. [Read More]
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Tuesday threatened to preclude substantive discussion about the most pressing issues—and not just between Democratic candidates—for another eight weeks. [Read More]
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You cannot work to protect basic human rights without seeing this one as absolute: freedom isn’t freedom if it’s only for half of the population. [Read More]
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Parenthood’s rocky road, be it through adoption, one night stand or teen passion, gets glossed over by Hollywood’s vision of b-a-b-y as happily ever after. [Read More]
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Conversion, conservation, and community: think of these ideas and ideals as the ones that can change us. [Read More]
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If you’ve got a teenager, steer clear of Texas. Why? Because Texas holds the dubious distinction of not only being #1 in the nation for teen pregnancy but also for repeat teen pregnancy. [Read More]
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If pulling on the purse strings doesn’t get the congress talking about the actual costs of this war—by which I mean monetary, sure, but really also the war’s toll on humans here and in Iraq and neighboring countries, degradation of the environment and on—I don’t know what will. [Read More]
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Citizen hat on, I urge my legislators to press for greener laws and try to use my consumer power wisely by supporting companies that are going greener. But do I feel good, really, when doing those things? No. I feel very small and ineffective sending my email or buying my organic whatever. [Read More]
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...if you are trying to explain to your children the real differences between boys and girls, it’s not what toys they play with or what clothes they wear; the difference comes once the boys and girls grow up to become men and women, at least in 2007 and looking out upon the political landscape potentially for some time to come, because society still believes women are unable to enjoy control over their reproductive lives. No comparable parallels exist for men, no real life mother-may-I games. [Read More]
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To hear Shaq tell it, childhood obesity is a crisis in this country that will kill more kids than guns—and he’s determined to do something about it (he’s giving himself six months). [Read More]
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During kindergarten, my middle son told me he wanted his next lunchbox to have a mirror in it like Hannah’s. Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Cornell historian and author of The Body Project, counsels adults never to comment upon girls’ appearance. Comment instead, she suggests, on what they are doing. Following that advice is not so easy. Just try it. [Read More]
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While it might seem that breastfeeding and abortion have little in common, delve further. The Supreme Court with its recent decision about later-term abortion believes that legally women do not enjoy agency over their own reproductive decisions. [Read More]
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