Frederick is a book that should be on every preschooler’s shelf. A Caldecott award winner, it’s the charming tale of a mouse with a talent for words, whose contribution to his community is through his stories. It celebrates imagination and being different. The one criticism I’ve heard about the book is that Frederick is too […]
If you’re in the workforce or looking to go back after a stay-at-home stint, you may want to check out the new LGBT-friendly job search engine from Simply Hired. The service filters for jobs at companies that have scored a perfect 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index. The press release has more
Google has released version 4 of their amazing 3D mapping software, Google Earth. If you haven’t played around with it, I highly recommend giving it a try, especially if you have kids who are learning geography. “Fly” around the earth and see both satellite views and road maps. Overlay landmarks and geographic features. See 3D
A new book on same-sex marriage adds compelling evidence to the debate, while also making some controversial recommendations. Gay Marriage: For Better or For Worse? claims to be “the first of its kind to present empirical evidence about same-sex marriage.” The authors, attorneys Darren R. Spedale and William N. Eskridge, Jr., study the example of
One of the contributors to Blogging for LGBT Families Day just wrote a great article for the Syracuse Post-Standard, on finding God’s love and community as a lesbian family. I’m not particularly religious myself, but it makes me sick when the ultra-conservatives try to frame LGBT rights as a matter of the religious vs. the
Amazon is now offering over 10,000 different non-perishable groceries online. This sounds useful for moms (and dads) in a number of ways: For hard-to-find items that local stores may not carry. Amazon has a good selection of natural and organic products, for example, as well as items like vegan and gluten-free foods. (My personal hard-to-find
The Heart of the Game, a new documentary about a Seattle girls’ high-school basketball team, opened yesterday in Los Angeles and New York. The film, an official selection of the Toronto Film Festival, looks fantastic, based on trailer and reviews. One of those worth getting a sitter for, rather than waiting for Netflix. It captures
This week’s big story was, of course, the defeat of the Federal Marriage Amendment. News didn’t stop happening elsewhere, though: Alabama adopted a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, with over 80% of voters supporting the ban. The state of Missouri dropped its appeal of a decision that a lesbian was wrongly prevented from becoming a
Already have a dozen “I Love My Two Mommies” shirts for your little one? Try the new Mombian “Mommies’ Alarm Clock” wear. Sure to cause chuckles at the Pride March and double-takes at the supermarket.
The Food and Drug Administration today approved a vaccine for cervical cancer, the second-leading cause of death among women around the world. The FDA says vaccines are most effective when they immunize enough people so that the pathogen disappears. The New York Times reports that a Centers for Disease Control committee will likely recommend that
