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Who Runs the World?

November 2, 2011

Who runs the world? Exactly who you thought. Just don’t make me learn this dance to take part!…

Mothers of Intention: Moms are the New Activists!

November 1, 2011

If someone asked you to take a day out of your life to help mothers and children who are the poorest of the poor, who need the things we take for granted every day – enough food to feed …

Where the Heck Was PunditMom This Week?

October 29, 2011

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Yes, things have been a little quiet here, but I promise, I have good reasons: Welllll, I’ve been launching a new project I think you’ll enjoy called The Broad Side. It’s a new online magazine that will feature …

Mothers of Intention — ONE Day of Action for Mothers and Children

October 25, 2011

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I’m excited to be heading to Capitol Hill today with the ONE team and the moms who traveled to Kenya to see how families there are benfiting from U.S. aid to help treate HIV/Aids. This video says a little something …

Miss Representation: A Must See Movie

October 21, 2011

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“You can’t be what you can’t see.” That’s how the award-winning film Miss Representation begins, a movie that takes a critical look at negative portrayals of women in the media and how that undermines the ability of today’s generation …

Occupy Wall Street: The New Tea Party Movement?

October 6, 2011

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Some on the right are trying to portray the Occupy Wall Street movement as just a bunch of hippies and trust-fund babies who have nothing better to do with their time than smear the good names of all those Wall …

What Women Want and Why You Should Care: Women Influencers Online

September 30, 2011

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“Networked: What Women Want and Why You Should Care” was the title of the panel I moderated at this year’s Activism+Media+Policy Summit to talk about how and why media, policymakers and politicos should be paying attention to the …

5 Reasons Women Don’t Run for Office

September 28, 2011

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The White House Project. She Should Run. Take Your Seat. Emerge America. The 2012 Project. These are just a few of the groups that try hard — really hard — to find and …

Where in the World is PunditMom?

September 25, 2011

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So what have I been up to this week? Well … I had a nice chat on Mom Talk Radio with Maria Bailey about my book, Mothers of Intention. I was over at Babble Voices trying not to stress …

Teaching 9/11 on 9/12 & Beyond

September 12, 2011

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Much of the nation spent this past 9/11 remembering the horrible events of that day a decade ago. How is it possible that it’s been ten years since we watched the planes hit the World Trade Center buildings and then …

PunditMom Gets Around …

September 10, 2011

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Where have I been hanging out this week besides PunditMom? No, I wasn’t in that beautiful Giverny garden in France, but I was a few other fun places …. I was honored to be selected by Working Mother Magazine …

Hurricane Irene Giving the East Coast a Time Out

August 27, 2011

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I know most of us on the East Coast are busy battening down the hatches for the approaching hurricane (parenting code for “mixing the cocktails”) — but as I was glued to the Weather Channel this week watching the march …