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liv79 commented on the blog post Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, and what the “stay at home” mom conversation overlooks 1 year, 2 months ago · View
“I think this should also be an opportunity to point out yet another hypocrisy of the right. They constantly sing the praises of (rich, white) stay-at-home moms, but offer few incentives or benefits for staying at home.” Yes to all of your words. Also, I’m in agreement with the OP’s point on choice. Choices are [...]
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liv79 commented on the blog post Ina May Gaskin on bodily autonomy and birth 1 year, 5 months ago · View
That makes exactly zero sense. So because human babies have big heads, we should fear birth and avoid it? I think a main point of the post was that we have turned birth into a scary medical situation that always needs to be managed and solved by trained medical professionals instead of trusting women (those [...]
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liv79 commented on the blog post Google+ has a gender problem 1 year, 11 months ago · View
Perhaps this is beside the point, but for myself, I choose “other” in my various social media outlets because I want to avoid gendered advertising plastered all over my pages. I prefer not to be targeted for biased and sexualized advertising based on what gender I present.
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liv79 wrote a new blog post: Why do I need separate campaign materials? ‘Cause my stupid lady brain responds only to pink. 4 years, 7 months ago · View
This Saturday in the mail my husband and I received, along with our Netflix dvd’s and nasty holiday cheese catalogs, His and Hers campaign solicitations for a Montana House of Representatives candidate! His came typed on white paper with blue and red letterhead, and mine came on pink stationary with a pink envelope with curly purple [...]
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liv79 wrote a new blog post: The Caylee Anthony Debacle 4 years, 10 months ago · View
I don’t know about you, but this whole Caylee/Casey Anthony thing has gotten out of control. My first reaction when the whole thing started was of course to turn to the lady on the elliptical next to me and say, "When was the last time you saw anyone make this big a deal out of a missing [...]





