I admit it. I have a secret cake habit. I’m not talking about fancy bakery gourmet cake. I’m talking about cheap disgusting store cake; essentially the equivalent of a stick of butter heavily coated in refined sugar. I just can’t stay away from the stuff. There are certainly worse vices. But as a parent who [...]

My friend Amy over at the Nike Foundation (creators of the Girl Effect–check it out) told me about this great resource: Girls Discovered. This one-stop shop for information on adolescent girls is sourced from organizations operating in the public interest, and is meant for researchers, practitioners, advocates, policy-makers and the public – anyone who seeks [...]

Did you know the Code of Hammurabi mentions wet nursing, and that European women in the 13th century earned more money from wet nursing than by any other profession? And did you know that the tradition of wet nursing continues today through a  network of milk banks?
If you’ve been following my posts, you already know [...]

Jimmy Carter has published an article rebuking religious oppression of women. A practicing Baptist who has frequently referred to his faith in public, he recently severed ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, asserting that “many male religious leaders help subjugate women.” It must have been a difficult decision for him. He bravely writes:
This view that [...]

I was on the phone with a friend Thursday and had to deliver the bad news: Farrah Fawcett died at age 62. “Man,” he said, “I had a poster of her on my wall. You know, THAT poster.” Then we talked about how Kung Fu star David Carradine had also died. “Who else, what other [...]