Archive for June, 2007

Baba’s Day, ought seven

We begin the day sharing breakfast at a spiffy cafe with the Baba across the street and her family. Yep, we are so blessed that not only does a lesbo couple live across the street, they spawned, their girl is six weeks younger than ours, and one of the parents is a butch gal [...]

Baby Einstein, Berkeley, CA.

[With apologies to Julia Ward Howe.]
Whereas there have always been womanly men and manly women, and Baba’s in the latter camp, always has been, always will be, and we like it that way; and
Whereas people like Baba, even if they may constitute a minority of the general populace, constitute at least 50% of the [...]

I can’t help myself. Big week of I can’t help myself.
I just learned this news, via Round is Funny via her post at LesbianFamily.org. She linked to this boston.com piece:

Legislators vote to defeat same-sex marriage ban.
Of course I darted over to Pam’s House Blend to see more. Here’s her [...]

Call me a breathless groupie, call me what you like, I don’t care. I’m all a-dither because I just read on Echidne of the Snakes that Katha Pollitt has a blog, entitled And Another Thing!
I mean, her Subject to Debate columns have been run on The Nation’s online venue for quite [...]

After stumbling across Steven Colbert’s reference, a week ago Tuesday, to covens of lesbian feminists inseminating themselves with turkey basters, I felt it necessary, as a self-appointed agent of public enlightenment on matters pertaining to lesbian parenthood, to clarify the real relationship between lesbian gals trying to conceive (or TTC, as we call it) and [...]

A feminist vapor trail

Feministing’s in your face (or on your mudflap) logo.
What with the time-sucking combo of an infant plus a toddler around the house, and the honest labor I do from time to time for a buck, I’m often late to the party. That is, breaking news, for me, is stuff that to other folks is [...]




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