March « 2010 « Raising My Boychick

Is this a mommy blog?

A parenting blog? A social justice blog? A personal blog? Something else entirely?

All of the above?

I ask because this lovely post over at the clever Better Baby Box (read her post Suicide is Painful. seriously.) got me thinking, especially in the light of recent hubbub (in North America at least) over “mommy bloggers” and my [...]

Sexual dissonance in bisexual monogamy

One of the points of the post Why I loathe “Everyone’s bi” was this:

Not everyone struggles with the times when their lovers — their beloved, committed, beautiful partners — don’t feel like they have the right shape/right reactions/right gender, though they feel so very right at other times.

I was surprised at the reaction it got [...]

A “beautiful blogger” and a me meme

Torn between cynicism and seeing sweetness, this time I choose… sweet

The following can be blamed in its entirety on Shiny. Also on the trouble-making dear folk on Twitter who responded to my plea for topic ideas. You know who you are.

Also, THIS POST IS NOT SAFE FOR FAMILY. If you are related to me [...]

NPFP Guest Post: This Is Rape Culture

Welcome to RMB’s Naked Pictures of Faceless People, a series of guest posts from diverse anonymous bloggers. (Read more about NPFP’s origins.) These are the posts that are jumping to get out of us, but for whatever reason — safety, embarrassment, conflict of interest, protection of loved ones’ reputations or feelings, or so on [...]

The Most Awesomest TARDIS Dishcloth EVAR knitting pattern

I knit. Um, a lot. I also watch Doctor Who, well, about the same amount (I’ve a very hard time sitting and doing NOTHING; I like having my hands busy). So when I was looking for dishcloths and found this, well, I knew I had to make it. (That’s a Dalek, by the way, the [...]

Concert high

Indigo Girls. Coyote Grace. (Oh can that woman play the bass. Oh to be that bass.) Unexpected meetings — good, bad, and flat bizarre.

And the music. The music! Rocking, slapping, dancing, moving the soul and body and mind, music to groove to, music to grieve to: who the fuck says women can’t rock? And men [...]

Pink and red: a rejection, a reconciliation

It’s a red underwear day, and last month I promised I would, eventually, tell the story of my first period — after all, so many of you did (thank you!). But first, let me set the stage:

Growing up, I hated pink.

I mean, really hated pink. Irrationally, completely, unceasingly hated pink.

I also hated hair (though I [...]

NPFP Guest Post: The Lioness and Shades of Grey

Third Birthday

Monday was the Boychick’s birthday. My third anniversary of the joyful day when I birthed him.

And oh, was it full of joy. Once I could bring back in my body each of the sensations — the pressures, the muscle tightenings, the gasps and words and shouts and whispered pleas, the rush of joy that washed [...]

This is kyriarchy in action: the New York Times on “Mommy bloggers”

Type A Mom and Mom101 have done brilliant jobs explaining why the NYT piece Honey, Don’t Bother Mommy. I’m Too Busy Building My Brand is disgustingly discriminatory — and just another example of a larger mainstream media bias against blogs, and “mommy bloggers” in particular. Without quite naming it, they describe how this is typical [...]

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