Friday Playgroup: September 14, 2007

Posted by Mamanista on Sep 14, 2007 | Comment

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I’m Internet Dating After exploring meetup.com and The MOMS Club, Izzy asks, “When the hell did making friends get so hard and so farking complicated?” How did you make your local mommy friends? (IzzyMom)

Would it Be So Bad? Is there a silver lining in the recent toy scares? Maybe it is an opportunity to imagine a different world. (Moms Speak Up)

Colic: New Science, Old Nonsense: A response to yet another scientist telling moms how to parent. (Mama Saga)

Are Breastfeeding Rooms Equal or Fair? Hathor wants to know. Also check out her comic strip on the topic. (Hathor)

Picky Picky Picky Laugh out loud funny story about shoe shopping with a little boy. (Absolutely Bananas)

Six Reasons Why Husbands Should Cook: Not gonna say no to that. (Food is Cheap)

It’s Britney…:

Sex, Lies and Britney Spears Girl’s Gone Child writes that Britney embodies the disdain in which this culture holds its young women: the desire to sexualize and spoil them while young, and to degrade and punish them as they get older. An insightful essay that you shouldn’t miss… (Girl’s Gone Child)

Britney and Me Her Bad Mother writes, “Laughing at Britney for being a dimply size ten (eight? six?) after bearing two children is an insult to all women, everywhere, and to anyone who was borne of woman. It demeans all of us.” This empathetic, sensitive commentary is a must-read. (Her Bad Mother)

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