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It’s a Girl!

May 14, 2013by Paige Leave a comment

So it’s official! I’m having a girl. So happy to get to impart great knowledge and confidence to this young one. So far, I’m 25 weeks along, and feeling tons […]

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12 Week Baby Watch: First Ultrasound!

February 13, 2013by Paige Leave a comment

So I got the official picture from my doc. There’s a baby in here!! So far, everything looks perfectly normal. I’m excited at the prospect that next time I do […]

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Ah, the oncoming slew of “expert advice”…

January 16, 2013by Paige Leave a comment

So it’s been a couple weeks, and everyone’s been asking how far along I am, and I know the thing most new expectant mothers either dread or welcome happily: the […]

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Father Knows Best? We think not.

The Effects of Fatherhood on Mental Health

April 20, 2011by Paige Leave a comment

Mother wants what’s best for her kids; Daddy wants what’s best for Daddy, that is peace and quiet, pandering to his delusion of dignity (“respect”), a good reflection on himself […]

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9 Big Differences Between Men’s and Women’s Brains

April 20, 2011by Paige 6 Comments

By Amber Hensley The differences between women and men are not only well-documented, but frequently at the heart of jokes, anecdotes, and good-natured (and not so good-natured) ribbing. Experts have […]

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Inspiring Words

You don't have to be anti-man to be pro-woman. ~ Jane Galvin Lewis
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I think it’s about time we voted for senators with breasts. After all, we’ve been voting for boobs long enough.
~ Clarie Sargent, Arizona senatorial candidate
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Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, “She doesn’t have what it takes.” They will say, “Women don’t have what it takes.”
~Clare Boothe Luce
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I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute.
~Rebecca West
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Women belong in the house... and the Senate. ~Author Unknown
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Women are the only oppressed group in our society that lives in intimate association with their oppressors.
~Evelyn Cunningham
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I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
~Anaïs Nin
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Man endures pain as an undeserved punishment; woman accepts it as a natural heritage.
~Author Unknown
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I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.
~Alanis Morissette
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I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.
~Madonna
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Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
~Joseph Conrad
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Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.
~Lois Wyse
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I became a feminist as an alternative to becoming a masochist.
~Sally Kempton
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It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.
~Susan B. Anthony
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There is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women.
~Madeleine K. Albright
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I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns, and women join the unqualified men in running our government.
~Cissy Farenthold

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Art/Design

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Villains

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