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America Needs Paid Maternity Leave

October 26, 2015 By Sammiches Guest Writer

The United States is drastically far behind other developed nations with regards to maternity leave. Our working mothers need this, and our nation needs it in order to properly compete and develop further.

[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Liv of Live By Surprise As the elections edge ever closer, debates are happening, and candidates are again discussing why America is so far behind most other developed nations in developing a national policy on paid maternity leave. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), an agency of the United […]

Filed Under: Education, Health, Life, Parenting, Politics/Community

Props to All the Childfree Ladies Fighting With (Not Against) Moms

October 18, 2015 By Sammiches Guest Writer

Women, with or without children, contribute such greatness to society. It is time we appreciate each other and value each other, as women, not a moms or non-moms.

By M.K. Raley of Mother, Deconstructed Coming out of the Child Coma has been a long, slow process. How many times have you heard that? Well, you hear it because it is true. Just like the New Relationship Coma or the Wedding Year Coma, it is real and it can happen to you. I used […]

Filed Under: Life, Parenting, Politics/Community

Such a Pill: My Never-Ending Battle with Anti-Depressants

September 27, 2015 By Sammiches Guest Writer

For some, the dependency on anti-depressants is so real that it costs hundreds of dollars out of pocket per month if insurance does not pay.

By Anna Rosenblum Palmer of Shelburbia Standing in the sunshine chatting with a friend while she waters our community garden, our talk turns from carrots and beets (why is it that 40-something women love beets?) to drugs. Despite being in Colorado and standing amongst buds and leaves, we are not talking about the green kind, […]

Filed Under: Health, Life, Politics/Community

Believe Whatever Religion You Want, Just Don’t Be An A-Hole

September 20, 2015 By Joanna McClanahan

It's fine to believe whatever religion you want. What's not fine is trying to indoctrinate or alienate others. Preach kindness. It always wins.

“There is no tenderness or humanity in fanaticism.” – J. Strummer My dad was raised Mormon but I always knew him as an Atheist. My mother was raised Catholic but now believes in the Sacred Feminine. In an effort not to screw me up any more than necessary, my parents chose to raise me without […]

Filed Under: Life, Politics/Community, SPM19

Nicole Arbour, Fat Shaming, and the Feelings Police

September 14, 2015 By Sammiches Guest Writer

We don't get to pick and choose what's acceptable to joke about and what's not. So if we're offended, we need to click away and move on.

By Briton Underwood of Punk Rock Papa Nicole Arbour, of internet fame(?), has gotten herself in hot water as of late. Her YouTube video, Dear Fat People, caused such an uproar that her YouTube channel ended up getting shut down. Talk about pissing off some fatties. I am joking! She pissed off skinnies, too. One […]

Filed Under: Humor, Life, Politics/Community

If You’re Annoyed By Awareness Campaigns, Get Over Yourself. Immediately.

September 10, 2015 By Lola Lolita

[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I like to complain. And I think almost everything is stupid. I do. Mostly because I am still a disgruntled 16-year-old trapped in an older, mid-30s-something’s body, but also because it relieves stress to complain and think everything’s stupid. And also mostly because I’m an asshole. (←That’s probably the realest reason.) For […]

Filed Under: Life, Politics/Community Tagged With: als ice bucket challenge, awareness movements, epilepsy, food allergies, purple pumpkins, supporting awareness causes, teal pumpkins

I Survived Without Gender Signs, and You Can, Too

September 8, 2015 By Hannah Murphy

Gender neutral signage isn't the end of the world. Really. I survived, and so will everyone else if we stop being so gender obsessed.

[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Recently, Target elected to remove all gender-based signage, leaving its helpless patrons to aimlessly wander their way through the toy aisles, seemingly lost somewhere in the gender neutral abyss. To put it lightly, people were PO-ed. They took to the Twitterverse and all but condemned the retail giant to fiery gates […]

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Why Do We Expect So Little?

August 30, 2015 By Sammiches Guest Writer

By A. R. Amore of  The Plagued Parent This week I had a new walkway installed. The old walk was 13 years old and put in by yours truly. Over time it buckled and sank thanks to a maple tree — a much hated maple tree that my wife will not even consider chopping down. The […]

Filed Under: Life, Politics/Community

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