Femimommy — Where Feminism and Motherhood Intertwine

Princess Recovery: Raising Empowered Girls

December 26, 2011

I’m really excited that today (on Christmas day, to be specific) I opened up my mailbox and found a new book sent to me to review for the blog. The book came just at the right moment, after endless weeks of griping on my part about the difficulty of raising empowered girls during the Christmas [...]

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Chasing Santa Claus

December 20, 2011

For years, I haven’t thought about Santa Claus. Having no children of my own, I’ve never had to even consider him for a moment. I don’t really have any childhood memories at all, really. Not until tonight when I heard Santa coming through town and all of my childhood memories of Santa became ignited. For [...]

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Does “The Giving Tree” Reinforce Sexism?

December 19, 2011

I’ve always loved Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, a children’s story about love, giving and sacrifice. Although the book is classified as a children’s book, it definitely applies to the feelings of an adult in a child-parent relationship. Wikipedia summarizes the book as follows: The Giving Tree is a tale about a relationship between a [...]

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Why Toddlers Don’t Eat Vegetables

December 16, 2011

Want to know why toddlers reject vegetables? Most parents inadvertently teach them to. No one does it deliberately, “Hey, we’ve got to stop this veggie-eating thing. It’s time to make sure Lucy loathes lima beans.” But most parents don’t actively help their children cultivate a taste for vegetables. In fact, they teach their kids to [...]

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Do Children Make Us Smoother Around the Edges?

December 4, 2011

Suddenly I am starting to feel like I am a much softer person. I am beginning to hear about that place of inner peace that I have long heard about but have never experienced. I am much more empathetic and patient. And, dare I even say…nurturing. Who would have thunketh!! I’m not sure if this [...]

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Book Review: Foxy, My Life in Three Acts

December 3, 2011

I have to admit up front that I am a huge Pam Grier fan, so it’s only logical that I would also love her recent memoir Foxy, My Life in Three Acts. When I found this book on the shelf, I definitely was surprised to realize that although I have seen Pam Grier in many [...]

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Celebrating a Drama Free Thanksgiving

November 22, 2011

I abhor holidays-especially Thanksgiving and Christmas. I wish that I could tell you a little white lie that I hate Thanksgiving because I refuse to participate in an imperialist holiday, or that I hate Christmas because I am a pinko commie bastard who is a godless infidel….but that’s not necessarily the truth. I hate both [...]

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Can Women Be Feminists if They Are in Sexist Relationships?

October 4, 2011

Lately I have been thinking a lot about feminism, relationships and sexism. I keep asking myself these questions: Can a woman be a feminist if she is in a sexist relationship? Is a woman a feminist if she has to take primary responsibility for the home and children and is running around stressed because her [...]

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Review and {Giveaway}: Jillian Lauren’s “Pretty”

September 7, 2011

Pretty by Jillian Lauren is a novel that was very difficult for me to read. It’s difficulty was not in the quality of the writing or the novel itself, but it was difficult for me to read about the dysfunction, neurosis, and mental illness within addict culture. Vibrant descriptions of each of the novel’s characters [...]

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Miss Representation: Women, Media, and Sexism

August 30, 2011

“Whatever happened to the dream of a girl president? She’s dancing in the video next to 50 Cent.” -P!nk This weekend I had the opportunity to see Miss Representation, a documentary about the way in which women and girls are portrayed in the media. My initial thought was to invite a couple of my feminist [...]