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My Mom is Down with the Hood
My mother, who is an otherwise mentally stable white woman of sixty-eight, with a liberal political and religious upbringing, has now taken to carrying racial minorities in her handbag. "Boy, did I...
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Go Red for Wear Red Day and Help Raise Heart Disease Awareness
Heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined. However, a survey in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, discovered that heart disease awareness remains low among African...
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Local Food Trends: Bucking Stereotypes
Last summer, during a farm tour, one of our guests, a pre-teen boy, started talking about how great our breakfast must be. He waxed poetic about the bacon, eggs, sausage, and toast we must eat at the...
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Trying to Feed a Teen By Letting Go
If you're struggling while trying to get your teen to eat the good food you prepare, you need to read this post by Katie at Mom's Kitchen Handbook. She recently had a "lightbulb moment" and is...
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What Happened at Komen: Weak Leadership Makes A Weak Retreat
Apparently bowing to lefty pressure, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation leadership today led a cowardly retreat in a statement amending its decision to "cut off hundreds of thousands of dollars...
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This Mom Loves Football
I admit I enjoy football. I became enamored with football when I was a child, sitting crossed-leg on the floor in front of the television during a Steelers game. Terry Bradshaw passed the ball. It...
View ArticleBlogHer Conference Update - - February 3, 2012
Happy weekend friends! We've had a couple of really great announcements this week so I want to make sure you are up to speed on all conference related items. BlogHerEntrepreneurs On Thursday Elisa...
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Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes
Though Julie Chiou of Table for Two made these rich cupcakes to celebrate her 25th birthday, they would fit right in to our celebration of chocolate that's leading right up to Valentine's Day. They're...
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Mean Girls Never Left it On the Playground
When I was a kid I dreamed of a day when we would all just be adults and want the best for each other. I guess you could say I was a dreamer and learned the hard way that mean girls really just turn...
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Chocolate and Stout Brownies
I don't bake often, but when I do, it's usually holiday-related. I have been known to whip up some mean chocolate treats for Valentine's Day in the past, but it's been a long time since I made...
View ArticleYou Know You're A Runner If...
Runners are a unique and quirky bunch. In fact, one of the things that I love most about this sport is that it unites people from so many different walks of life. We come in all different shapes and...
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Make the AddThis Plug-in Give Your Twitter Name
Christine McCarthy from Christine.biz creates some very nice video tutorials in response to questions from her readers. Here's one that helps you find your way through some code for the AddThis plug-in...
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Best Picture Dinners: The Help
We're moving to the Deep South in today's edition of our Best Picture Dinners series. Next on my list is The Help, an inspiring movie about the power of storytelling used against oppression. The Help...
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Nutter Butter Brownies
Sometimes you have time to make brownies from scratch. Sometimes, you have to rely on a mix. And sometimes, as with this chocolate and peanut butter brownie recipe, you go for a mixture. This unique...
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By The Numbers: Eli Manning vs Tom Brady
Quarterbacks Tom Brady and Eli Manning will renew their rivalry today and a lot of fans will be debating both their positive and negative qualities. Who is smarter? Who is more experienced? Who threw...
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Nie Asks: What's Winter Looking Like in Your Neck of the Woods?
How is winter looking in your neck of the woods? Nic and Ollie enjoy a little sledding in our backyard. Your turn: I want to know what winter scenes you're seeing! Leave a comment below.
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Women in Games: The Escapist's Susan Arendt
Welcome, GamingAngels (and now BlogHer!) readers! It’s time to start bringing you more Women in Games interviews. Why? Because so many people don’t realize all the different ways that you can work with...
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Will a Super Bowl Twitter Campaign Help All Women #TakeBackThePink?
After three heated days of public outcry and debate surrounding Susan G. Komen for the Cure's decision to cut breast-cancer screening funds for -- and then restore eligibility to -- the women's health...
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Nevada Caucus: Romney Wins; Paul's "Honest Rape" Comments
Mitt Romney won the Nevada Republican caucuses yesterday with 47.6 percent of the vote and a "a broad coalition of voters that included groups that he has struggled with in previous contests,"...
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Anti-Gay Marriage Proposition 8 Ruled Unconstitutional
Today holds particular importance to families like mine. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled today that Proposition 8 -- a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage...
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