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Message Boards: Helpful or Harmful?
I used to work as a Substance Abuse Counselor and facilitated many many many group meetings where I saw shared experiences helping all the people present. There's no way to deny that support from...
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Breast Cancer: Lymph Node Surgery May Not Always Be Needed
Sometimes less is more, and in the case of breast cancer surgery this seems to the case. In a just released study on women with breast cancer, it turns out that the removal of cancerous lymph nodes may...
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The Science of Kissing: Could the Pill Be at Fault For Your Bad Taste in Guys?
Opposites attract, goes the saying, and we all know about those sayings. With one exception: That of the major histocompatibility complex, or MHC, the group of genes that determines how our immune...
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What Happened When We Brought the Second Baby Home
I haven't written much in the last two weeks. When Grace was born, I wrote every day. I wanted to remember every moment, every little sigh and every baby grunt. I haven't written anything this time...
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No Longer Playing the "Big Girl"
Must be overly cheery, smiley, and always happy. Not a complainer. Must take everything in stride. Must not shine. Can be pretty, but no prettier than the main character. Role of big girl is an...
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BlogHer Network Member News, Feb 10: Casey Barber in ReadyMade Magazine
Casey Barber of Good. Food. Stories. has a recipe for homemade Cheez-Its and an article taste-testing various Cheez-It brands in the February/March issue of ReadyMade magazine. Lela Davidson from After...
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Fondue: A Romantic Option for Valentine's Day
Though plenty of people choose to eat out for Valentine's Day, there's something romantic about dining in, but making a meal that is a little out of the ordinary to celebrate love and friendship....
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Willow and Jaden Smith, Lauryn Hill: Is It Time to Stop Idolizing Black Celebs?
Recently, best-selling novelist Terry McMillan caused a mini-furor via Twitter when she pondered whether actor Jaden Smith, 12, and singer Willow Smith, 10, were being "pimped out" by their actor...
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14 Days of Chocolate, Day 10: Vanilla Garlic's Chocolate Espresso Shortbread
Every day from February 1-14, food bloggers in the BlogHer Publishing Network are sharing their very favorite chocolate recipes -- from chocolate gravy (!) to fondue, cookies, and cake. Sign up to get...
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When Bloggers Write Love Letters
We have these places, these blogs, where we write. I think often of what I'm leaving behind for my daughter to read, but also, my husband. I am the type of person who reads prologues and epilogues, and...
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Family's Trademark of "Urban Homesteading" Sparks Debate
This week, a Pasadena, Calif. family sparked passionate debate within the food, gardening and farming communities when they asserted their right to the trademarked terms "Urban Homestead®" and "Urban...
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BlogHer Network Member News, Feb 18: Dr. Heather Wittenberg Writing for Dr....
Dr. Heather Wittenberg from BabyShrink is now on ShareCare.com, Dr. Oz's new site designed to provide access to a great variety of experts for your health questions. She will answer questions about...
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I'm Not Married and It's All My Fault
When other women join the hate machine that tells women like me that we're unmarried because we are terrible people with broken mechanisms for maintaining relationships, my first impulse at this point...
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Conference Corner: New Roll-Over Agenda Feature
You may have noticed that the BlogHer Conferences page has been given a facelift recently, but that’s just the beginning! We’ll be rolling out new features over the next several months, and you can...
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When Bloggers Go Rogue: Toyota and Mommy Networks
In late 2006, Kristen Chase and I formed Parent Bloggers Network. It was designed to be a means of connecting brands and bloggers in a mutually beneficial way. Four years later, there are now literally...
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Weekend Menu Planning: Eat More Heart Healthy Fish in February
Did you know that February is American Heart Month and that the American Heart Association recommends eating fish that's high in Omaga-3 fatty acids at least twice a week? I love fish and cook it...
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How to Make Angry Birds Cupcakes
For the past couple of months, I've been a little angry with Angry Birds. It started when I realized that my 6-year-old was better at the game than I was. Which was a little embarrassing but whatever....
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What You Need to Know About Unemployment
I'm realizing, now that I am once again gainfully employed and looking back on my several months of unemployment or very little employment, that there are quite a few things I didn't blog about having...
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Sex in Literature Awards: Leave Authors Alone
“Do you subscribe to Esquire?” my friend Hannah asks me. It’s a chilly February afternoon and we’ve met for lunch at the Hammer Museum’s café for the usual dishing session. Most women meeting to...
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Unions Under Attack Across the US
Unions across the United States have been under attack this week as states like Ohio and Wisconsin are working to pass bills that would end collective bargaining -- among other things. The tension has...
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