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Stupid. Custody. Orders.

Yazan: Candace | 16 September 2006 | Comments Off on Stupid. Custody. Orders.
Categories: Bodies, Divorce, Family, Life, Masculinity, Relationships

Their father picked them up this morning for his every-other-weekend and started to pull away from the curb. He paused a few feet up the street and my daughter (12) opened her window and said the youngest (5) forgot to hug me. I could hear him in the back seat saying “Mama – I didn’t […]

Cleaning, Purging, Finding, Remembering

Yazan: Candace | 11 September 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Divorce, Family, Happy, Life, Relationships

I have been trying to make the house more functional. When we first moved here years ago the house was gross – a real fixer-upper but all we could afford: fillled with mouse poo, dog pee in every room, angry holes had been smashed in the walls, graffiti was everywhere and these were just the […]

Environment(s): Women’s Studies vs. Philosophy (or choosing classes again)

Yazan: Candace | 07 September 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Ecofeminism, Environment, Feminism, Life, School, Women's Studies

I signed up for more classes than I need, figuring I’ll check them all out, get a feel for the profs’ attitudes, take a look at the reading and assignment lists and then make my decision of which to take. My degree requirements are pretty much filled, save for a feminist research credit, a programming […]

More on lists and routines

Yazan: Candace | 27 August 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Culture, Family, Happy, Life, Relationships

I’ve written about lists before and now Rob is writing about lists too. After reading Rob’s post (based on a conversation with Jeff) there’s an advantage to making a list that I think he hasn’t realized. I know that when I see another person’s list, I know how I can best help them. I’m a […]

Not a mommyblogger, not a Jane

Yazan: Candace | 01 August 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Blogging, Blogher, Culture, Diversity, Family, Feminism, Life, Technology

I’m on my way home from BlogHer 2006 and realizing that there are a lot of things I am not. Mostly today I know I’m not a mommyblogger. Mommy/parent blogging does have incredible potential to support new parents in what can be overwhelming isolation and a shocking discovery that babies are not all crisp cotton, […]

Getting Ready for BlogHer 2006

Yazan: Candace | 24 July 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Blogher, Happy, Life, Third Wave

BlogHer begins in 4 days. Here are some of the things I’ve been doing to get ready (in no particular order): Choose sessions! (Day One) here and (Day Two) here. So many things look interesting and I’m not sure how I’ll manage to be in more than one place at a time. I’m really hoping […]

Tired and old

Yazan: Candace | 24 June 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Aging, Bodies, Life

I’m so tired. Again. I’ve spent the past 12 hours marking papers online. I’m sure my eyes are going to bug out if I sit here any longer. 28 done, 110 to go. At this rate I’ll be done sometime Thursday. I’m too tired to play WoW, too tired to clean or do dishes. Too […]

Solitude of Self

Yazan: Candace | 18 June 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Feminism, History, Life

We come into the world alone, unlike all who have gone before us; we leave it alone under circumstances peculiar to ourselves. ~Elizabeth Cady Stanton, from Solitude of Self, Address delivered before the Committee of the Judiciary of the United States Congress, Monday, January 18, 1892. And no two people are the same, nor can […]

Old Women

Yazan: Candace | 09 May 2006 | 2 Comments
Categories: Aging, Bodies, Culture, Feminism, Happy, Life, Third Wave

I’m getting older… single mom, couple of kids…I’m relatively casual, a jeans and t-shirt person predominantly although on a hot day I’ll wear a long loose skirt. I don’t wear make-up, I have a practical shoulder length haircut which I tie in a ponytail when I’m teaching dance classes. My hair is string straight and […]

WoW – The New Birth Control

Yazan: Candace | 02 May 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Culture, Games, Life, Relationships, Technology

Rob acquired a 14-day free trial dvd for World of Warcraft. Since we’re getting hyped up for E3 and our trip to California (next week!) we thought it would be the perfect time to get in the spirit and see what all the WoW hype is about. Four days, 3 characters, and a combined 20 […]

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