100% Chance Of Word Clouds With Downpour Of Gender Stereotypes

By on April 10, 2011 8 Comments
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While none of this surprises me, the story below still is jolting for a mom who is raising a girl (that would be me). Crystal Smith of The Achilles Effect recorded the keywords thrown at children in television advertising to get an idea of the gender stereotypes involved. She took this mash-up of words and [...]

Bad Moms Don’t Fake a Smile

By on April 5, 2011 10 Comments
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Remember that stage of life where you seem to be going to five weddings each summer? Wearing horrible bridesmaid dresses at two of them (yeah, right, sure I’ll wear it again)? For many of us, those days are long passed and have since been replaced with equivalent numbers of divorces, separations, couples in therapy, and [...]

From The Duh Files: Women Can Tolerate Pain More

By on April 24, 2010 1 Comment
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Wow, Mythbusters. Like I needed someone to prove to me that women can tolerate pain more than men. I mean, when’s the last time a man had his pelvis and privates tolerate the passage of an eight pound bowling ball? Been there, done that, and I’d do it again if duty called. Oh yes, I’m [...]