It started with the hives. At first I thought it was the cats. They'd climb all over me and within minutes, the itching would begin. But then I started getting them at work, I just figured it was cat hair on my clothes or something, not realizing that they almost always … Read More »
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Let’s Celebrate Women for International Women’s Day
Hey everyone... it's International Women's Day. In fact, it's the 100th International Women's Day!Women.... ROCK. We do! And we roll, we dance, we fall in love, we fall out of love, we climb mountains, we fly in space shuttles, we fight in wars, we run for president, we sing, we … Read More »
Boston Walk for Choice
I know I've been talking a lot about anti-reproductive legislation lately, but I wanted to share a short video recap I made of Saturday's Walk for Choice in Boston. Dozens of cities participated (internationally as well), and I was lucky enough to participate, carrying my signs … Read More »
I Stand with Planned Parenthood.
This post is part of Fair and Feminist's I Stand with Planned Parenthood Blog Carnival. Check out the other participating blogs today and lend your support.http://www.plannedparenthood.org/I stand with Planned Parenthood for a lot of reasons. I can think of the most recent, when, … Read More »
Why does the government hate women so much?
Hi. Did you at one time or do you currently have one of these? Adorbs, right? Buy it here.Oh, you don't? From left: Rep. Phil Jensen (R-SD), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Rep. Bobby Franklin (R-GA).Then please stop trying to govern mine.If you have lady bits or know … Read More »
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks & The IVF Connection
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010).Her name was Henrietta Lacks.She is known to most scientists simply as HeLa. In fact, she's known on an even simpler scale: she is not a person to most modern researchers, rather, she is an "immortal" line of cultured cells. The … Read More »
The John Locke Approach to Infertility
Yesterday I was in a very glowy, lovey-dovey mood. It was our leather anniversary - how could I not be? Wait, that sounded a bit too kinky, let me clarify: it was our third wedding anniversary. It's amazing how quickly the time flies. I think we're officially on the tail end of … Read More »
Dear Media: You’re Not Helping
Warning: ranty post ahead.The media has never really been kind to infertility. Then you get movies like Baby Momma and the ever horrifying The Backup Plan that kind of muck things up once in awhile. Only recently have we started seeing more empowering coverage such as Self … Read More »
A most wonderful dream
Last night, I had a pretty rad dream:Larry and I were at some random party. The Winkelvoss twins of "The Social Network" and Facebook settlement infamy (and yes, they were also played by Armie Hammer in my dream) were there as well and pulled us aside."We wanted to give you … Read More »
The Infertile’s Manifesto
Infertility is... so many, many things, I have learned.Thank you for such beautiful, moving, thought-provoking responses to yesterday's post, Fill in the Blank. Mum's still the word on where this is headed, but I was so moved last night as I read through all of the responses. … Read More »
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