I lost my mother when I was 23 years old to leukemia. She was diagnosed in September; by May, she had passed. That was 10 years ago. I don’t think I understood then just what had been taken from me at the time. Sure, no one to send me care packages, no one to call […]

The Huffington Post today published an article applauding Barack and Michelle Obama’s marriage. In the article, entitled The Obama Relationship: A Major Benefit Nobody’s Talking About, the marriage between Michelle and Barack is dissected and praised, while other past white house marriages are criticized harshly.
“If we elect Barack Obama we are electing a new possibility […]

Making babies met two very different forms of Kryptonite this week: the state of Louisiana and the antidepressant, Paxil.
New Orleans’ Times-Picayune reported this week that state representative John LaBruzzo, a Republican, is studying a plan that would pay women $1,000 to have their tubes tied in an effort to curb welfare costs.
LaBruzzo said he worries […]

Expectant mothers have enough to worry about before giving birth: prenatal vitamins, home vs. hospital delivery, whether to become a stay-at-home mom or go back to work. Teen mothers have their own set of additional concerns, and now, it seems, so do mothers giving birth via Caesarean section.
Via Jezebel: a recent Yale University study found […]

People are buzzing about McCain Vice Presidential running mate Sarah Palin’s teenage daughter, Bristol, who is seventeen and pregnant. Word is she plans to marry the baby’s father – and that part of the story seems to make people think there will be a happy ending. It sounds like the responsible thing to do. Or […]

Remember Ewan McGregor as Catcher Block in the retro rom-com Down With Love? His bachelor bed isn’t very impressive in front of this queen-sized made-for-lovin’ mattress.
With 10 grand out of your wallet you can control and contort the Groove into various positions. You can even romance with the built-in sound system and relax with the […]

Author Kimberly Ford shares stories from her new book, Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids. Having a healthy sex life is possible, even with three young kids!

When the games come to a close, 302 gold medals will have been awarded at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Katerina Emmons, a shooter from the Czech Republic, won the very first one.
Emmons was indeed the first athlete in Beijing to hear her national anthem played on the medal stand, amidst the awe and exuberation of […]

“You’re doing what?”
I heard that a lot in the spring of 2007, whenever I explained to friends that I had broken up with my Nathan, boyfriend of four years, yet we were still living together in the apartment we’d shared for the last two. It was a temporary matter, I’d say, a situation that would […]

Statistics show that for every child adopted by a woman, two are “be-parented” by a man.
My immediate reaction: what does this say about gender norms? Is the stereotypically less-nurturing sex heading in droves to rescue poor orphans? Was Daddy Warbucks that inspiring?
Turns out, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which released the stats, […]