Only the Best for My Readers…

Since weekends are so slow inside the big white box, I’ve decided to take a page out of Chag’s book and do a sort of end-of-the-week round-up of things that caught my eye, piqued my interest or made me laugh. I’ll save any remotely original thoughts I might have for the days when you slackers people with lives actually come around. And if you LIKE the tasty links I’ve served up for your reading pleasure, be a pal and tell me. It’s terribly gauche to eat and run, you know.

First on my list is Mrs. Chicky’s post on girl-crushes. I love this sexy, true confessions kind of stuff (and I’m amazed at how many chicks dig Shakira. Who knew?)

Next is Hipster Mom sounding off about the ubiquity of clothing bling. Naturally, I agree completely. And her shirt idea is trés clever. Don’t even think about ripping it off ;)

We’re so proud of our Dawnie! Many high fives to her for being one of the the few, the proud, the new ClubMom bloggers!!! She’s on vacay but you should still go read about her big news.

Marcie sounds off about Dr. Phil and his annoying wife, Robin. GMTA!

And finally, something new for me to hate… As if the real-life Pussycat Dolls weren’t stupid and cheesy enough, Hasbro is now hawking toy Pussycat Dolls for little girls. What kind of freakin’ drugs are those people on anyway? They’re like the Bratz Dollz’ slutty cousins from LA. Nastayyyyy! Thanks to Tony for the info.

And there you have it! Happy weekend :)

PS: If you happen to be following the whole Fred Meyer “Your breastfeeding boobage is offensive” debacle, you can read more posts and debate about it here. There was one post by some jackass named JB that about knocked me off my seat and got me fired up all over again.

Fred Meyer Can Bite My Ass

Anyone who knows me…or sort of knows me knows that I am not a La Leche League member or much of a breastfeeding activist. I was lucky in that both of my babies latched on perfectly from day one and nursed with no problems. I don’t have anything against LLL. I just didn’t really ever get involved with them because I had no breastfeeding issues to speak of BUT after reading about the thing in the Fred Meyer supermarket in Oregon, I am pissed. Incensed. Infuriated. I suddenly feel a kinship with LLL.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, the brief overview is that a woman was given some major crap about nursing her three month old in a grocery store because people complained. I heard a blurb about it yesterday and then today I saw that CityMama had linked to her article about it here.

I sent an email to Fred Meyer corporate (owned by Kroger) detailing my feelings on the matter. I was not particularly articulate or eloquent or polite. I wanted to convey just how ticked off I am about this (with LOTS of capitalization…lol) more than I wanted to bamboozle them with loquaciousness and words they probably wouldn’t understand anyway.

My vitriol runneth over:

I am totally shocked and offended that your company would in any way impede a mother from nursing her baby in one of your stores. I have a newsflash for you…BREASTS ARE INTENDED TO FEED BABIES. Before they were co-opted by men as playthings, they were actually used to feed infants. Yes, believe it or not, there wasn’t always formula and bottles.

How ignorant and narrow-minded can someone possibly be? Nobody is bothered by women parading around half naked at the beach or on TV but a woman sits down to feed her baby and it’s OFFENSIVE? I suggest you train your employees to deal with this issue properly before you end up filing for bankruptcy. I am OFFENDED by your policy on public breastfeeding and I won’t shop in any store that reduces a woman to a pair of breasts and I am NOT alone. You owe ALL lactating mothers an apology.

Brilliant posts and comments about feminism and motherhood abound recently in blogland and it occurs to me that this incident ties right in with those themes. Sadly, though, it makes me feel like we have a long way to go before there is anything even close to true equality. Women are the bearers and nurturers of children and this is how we are treated? Our breasts are too obscene to fulfill their primary function? There are not words…

And guys? Are your babies breastfed? Then this affects you, too.

Hey!

Guess where I am? I’m at my daughter’s dance class. They have computers here for the kids but they’re on serious lockdown. You can’t get to any blogs on Blogger or Typepad or any others unless they have their own domain. Puh! How lame… Anyway, I just wanted to say hi. I was writing a post earlier at home and my computer, which never misbehaves, locked up and I lost the whole friggin’ thing. Not happy. Grrrr… Anyway, gotta run and grab Peebs before he unplugs something. TTFN :)

Addendum: I know ya’ll think I’m crazy but it’s a room full of computers and nothing to do for a whole hour but wait. What would YOU do?

But seriously, the computer room is the only place where I can close the door and let Peebs cruise around without getting into all kinds of stuff so it’s actually perfect. Usually, I just read the news online and surf around but since I have the new blog, I thought I’d log in and do the blog version of those early days of cell phones –> “Hey! Guess where I’m calling from?”

Just Shoot Me

Did you get the memo?

It’s official.

I’ve become my parents. Both of them.

Plural.

Arghhhggggggggghhhhh!

Why, you ask?

Well.

Because I said it.

I said the word.

Smart-alecky

As in “Don’t use that smart-alecky tone with me”

I don’t even know what that term actually really even means. So I looked it up.

Apparently…

One incarnation of “Smart Aleck” is a silent black & white porn flick from 1951.

Silent?

The hell?

They had porn in 1951? Silent porn?

I wonder if my parents knew about this movie when they were throwing that term around in the 70’s.

Heheheh :)

Kidding. KIDDING!

(Please. My parents were total squares. How else could I have turned out so cool?)

BlogHer Blab

Below is a comment received from Lisa Stone of BlogHer. With her permission, I’m reposting it here so everyone can read about some of the great things they are doing to make BlogHer more accessible plus a question about the B-List Blog Chicks gig in June and for all us east-coasters, some GOOD NEWS!

1. Lisa Stone Says:
   April 13th, 2006 at 8:50 pm eOkay, Izzy, I’m breaking out of lurk mode to confess that you’ve found me out:
2. “My other question: Is BlogHer just an excuse to meet other bloggers, cut loose and have fun or are you genuinely interested in the “conference” aspect. Just curious.”
3. Meeting other bloggers, adult beverages AND karaoke were indeed the secret of the event for moi. Until I read about ya’ll’s ass-off. Now I have a new reason for working on this thang. Irresistible!
4. I know everyone cannot make it out here and it kills me. Here are a coupla things we’re doing to make it easier: roomshares, rideshares, childcare. If you all plan a meetup in June on the right coast, please email me about it or come blog it in our forums? Tons of folks would be interested.
5. And we’ve sworn to bring BlogHer east in 2007…A commitment we’ll deliver on. The question for me is where?

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Everyone throw in your two cents for East Coast Blogher!

Thanks, Lisa :)

Unrelated Sidebar: You know when you’re in a bar and the bartenders ring a bell when someone gives them a great tip? Well, I’m ringing that bell for Fidget, who left me a phenomenal tip for her complete blog redesign. She says I have to use the whole thing on myself and I’m thinking that’s a swell idea. Thank you, Fidget :)



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