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2013 Day of Silence: Teens Go Silent For LGBT Equality
This Friday, April 19th, my daughter and some of her friends won't be uttering a single a word. For a whole day, they won't say anything at all. Is this some sort of parent-of-teens pipe dream come...
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If Emily Posted: Facebook Home is Not So Sweet
Editor's Note: Facebook's latest thing is called Facebook Home. It puts your Facebook news feed at the top of your Android phone as your 'home' page. Alexandra Asher Sears has taken a look at Facebook...
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Pregnancy Shocker: I Made Dinner!
Pregnancy has made me useless. Well, more useless than usual. I'd rather veg out watching reality TV reruns (hey listening to NeNe talk shiz is entertaining stuff) than do... anything. That means that...
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Why I Gave Up On Diets
Diet is such an ugly word, isn't it? When I hear "diet", I think, "fad", as if it's just a short-term solution with no real sustainability. And I also think of suffering. Unfathomable human...
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Celebrate National Haiku Day with Books for Your Kids
Editor's Note: Happy National Haiku Poetry Day! I remember being absolutely infatuated with haiku as a child discovering the vast world of poetry. I would count syllables on my fingers -- 5, 7, 5 --...
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Will Visual Content Drive the Future Blogging Space?
A picture is worth a thousand words.The tech space is seeing a resurgence in visual content from major interface redesigns such as Tumblr's latest Android update, to larger photos such as Facebook's...
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How (Not) To Teach a Boy To Drive -- or Why I'll Never Be a Driving Instructor
When those hospital nurses place that baby in your arms and wheel you out to your car, they give you all kinds of health tips and safety checklists. They warn you about lead paint. They warn you about...
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Why Do People Expect Me to Apologize for the Boston Bombings?
If you have the internet connection to read this post, you surely know about the bombings at the Boston Marathon. This news is horrifying, depressing, and once again a stark reminder of the...
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The Beauty of Knowing and Loving Yourself
Editor's Note: Before we can love others, we must learn to love ourselves. We must know that we are worth every ounce of love someone wants to share with us. This piece reflects on one simple, yet...
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The Working Mom Mirage: Do You Really See Her?
Editor's Note: When you look at a working mom, what do you see? I mean, you obviously see her well-put-together look. Her not-too-high heels. Her makeup done, her hair fixed. But do you see her? For...
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The Secret to Being a PhD Student
What is it REALLY like to be a PhD student? It's not always what it looks like from the outside looking in. U. Ejiro O. Onomake is a third-year doctorate student who lets us in on a very important...
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Celebrating the Imperfect Christian
Editor's Note: Inspired by Sarah Bessey's essay, "I Am Damaged Goods", Samara was moved to describe her own experiences and feelings about being a not-so-perfect Christian. --HeatherI am the messy kind...
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A Letter From My 16 Year Old Daughter to the Senate
April 17, 2013Today, I am ashamed to call myself an American.I will carry this shame with me until the Senate decides to pass a bill that expands background checks on purchasers of guns. Any bill,...
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Announcing the 1st of our BlogHer '13 Keynotes: "The Walking Dead" Producer...
Sarah Connor.Ripley.Michonne.Talk about some powerful women.They are all brought to you courtesy of the first of our BlogHer '13 keynote speakers: Gale Anne Hurd.Photo Credits, left to right: © TriStar...
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For Boston: The Healing Power of Food
“My wonderful breakfast!” These three words -- a caption that accompanied a photo of the fruit salad Lu Lingzi enjoyed Monday morning -- remain a simple but powerful reminder of a tie that binds. In...
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Pop Some Tags: What I Got at Goodwill This Spring
I started thrifting seriously in 2011, when I discovered the Goodwill stores in nice neighborhoods can be as high-quality as consignment shops. In fact, I bought my entire wardrobe for BlogHer '11 at...
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One Boston Suspect Killed; Manhunt On For Second
Late last night, police were drawn into a vehicular chase and gunfire with two suspects, which CNN and several other sources reported ended in the death of the older brother of the pair, Tamerlan...
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BlogHer Food Interviews: Ooey, Gooey, Gorgeous Healthy Food Photography
This week's BlogHer Food '13 speaker interview made my tummy grumble. As much as I love all of the sprinkles and sugar on food blogs, I love a good, healthy recipe. Our speakers for the Ooey, Gooey,...
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New York's Tribeca Film Festival to Honor Memory of Nora Ephron
[Editor's Note: Like many women/film buffs/culture lovers I was (and am) a huge fan of Nora Ephron and her entire body of work. It is only fitting that her friends and colleagues would honor the late...
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Social Media and Tragedy: What BlogHer Does and Why
72 hours ago, I was working from home and saw my first tweet about the the Boston Marathon bombings. Only I didn't know it. The tweet was commenting on a Boston Globe reporter posting a picture of an...
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