One day my sister in law (not yet a mom) asked me "Why do moms wear jeans like that?"

Now is an excellent time to plant them! You want #1640 Purple Dragon Carrots from http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com/cgi-bin/catview.cgi?_fn=Product&_category=8. They take 60-70 days to grow. Well-drained soil. I plant mine with early salad greens as a living mulch.

Fuck that noise. I got my kid hers last week. She is seven.

This may or may not be helpful, but Etsy is full of (mostly) women who make Waldorf dolls, custom for you. You get to pick the skin and hair and eyes and everything. It's like your own personalized Cabbage Patch kid, but made out of soft organic fabric and not plastic. That said, they are wicked expensive. I learned…

In fact, it's a LOT cheaper. A gallon of organic milk in my area runs about $8. A quart of organic yogurt is $6 (I think?). So, in the end, it saves you about $16/a gallon. Now, if you don't eat yogurt a lot, that may not be good savings/time balance for you. But I've got a kid who eats it by the bucket and I use it…

Uh, I know you were snarking, but if you really want nice smelling chalk, it's easy. Make your own sidewalk chalk (there are a zillion how to pages on the internet.... try Martha's http://www.marthastewart.com/268868/how-to-make-sidewalk-chalk) and add some essential oils to the mix. I like peppermint. Viola!

During our early courtship, Jim had given me a mix tape which included "What's Going On." (Actual mix *tape.* I'm old, ya'll.) When he picked me up for our first date the song was playing on the radio. I started to sing along.

I think that there's another way in which is resembles Junior High. I call it the "Age Group" problem.

My husband does this. Not that we hear a lot of it, but when we do. Example: my BFF's bf dropped a sexist joke at our dinner table one night and we all (including my BFF and my 5 yo daughter) just stared at him with flat faces. When he turned to my husband with a look that said, "Back me up, dude," Husband flicked his…

I'm not pretty. I'm OK with that. I'm smart, I'm sexy, I'm articulate, I'm creative. I'm a good mom, wife, friend, citizen of the world. I rock a size-G cleavage with aplomb, and have a great smile but I'm not pretty. And if one more person says "Why don't you just [wear make up/dress better/stop putting your hair…

Julie — Can't we do both? I'm a mom. I have to think about this stuff in my daily interactions with my daughter. Do you want me to simply stop thinking about this and focus all my energy on social justice? Not mention that the world is unfair to her but instead spend all my time telling her how the world is unfair to…

Ah. Sorry. Totalllllly misread your comment. I agree. It's really frigging baffling!

Okay. Here's a metaphor that may help you understand why some of us are pissed at this.

Hot buttered toast with a spare sprinkling of salt. I've spent years developing a bread recipe just to make the perfect toast for this particular craving.

My daughter is six. She's on track to be your height. Thank you for breaking path for her. I know it sucks now, and this is probably cold comfort, but your awesomeness now will make her life easier in ten years. (I hope.)

The Samoa/Caramel DeLite isn't a time thing. It's which bakery your particular troop gets them from. Apparently, there are two. I'm in Boston and we mostly get Caramel DeLites, which are, IMHO, foul usurpers and evil doppelgangers. See if someone from a different city can get you your fix. My mom buys Samoas for me…

This may or may not be useful to you but the King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion has a recipe for Samoas. P. 226. I, myself, have never made them, because if I make them, then I'll be able to make them and then I will die (fat and happy) from eating too many. But I thought my samoa-loving peeps should know.

I dunno. I mean, I kinda get it. I was a breastfeeder (in public) for 2.5 years and I am glad that Jezzies are standing up for me and my peeps. But I also get exasperated and exhausted by the pressure and shame that some breastfeeding fanatics put on women who don't or won't or can't breastfeed. The outright statement…

Hee. This is SO off topic but what the hell.... I have this whole theory about the sexism in the Dresden files. Most folks when they argue with me about sexism say it's Harry who is sexist, not Butcher. I disagree, but it's a subtle and pervasive sexism. To wit: Almost all on-stage mothers in the series are either…

I had a similar reaction. Skip the second book and read this instead: http://ferretbrain.com/articles/article-751