I'm way late (no, not that late -- that's something I have never actually experienced).

I'm talking late in writing a review on Julie & Julia. Who waits six weeks after a film comes out to weigh in?

Me, that's who.Think of it as an opinion that's been, well,… Read full post »

I could be a poster child for the feminist community.

I grew up in the 1970s listening to Marlo Thomas singing her heart out about Free to Be, You and Me! I adored Mary Tyler Moore.  I grooved on the fact that I was a beneficiary of the women's movement. … Read full post »

World's oldest new mom dies, leaves twin toddlers

Rest in peace, Maria del Carmen Bousada.

She has only just passed on and yet there are already more than 500 story links and nearly 3,000 blog hits.  I'm not surprised, though, because we can always count… Read full post »

It's been a year since I was vilified, pilloried and condemned.

June 10, 2008 was, for me, a day unlike any other. There I was, Pamela Tsigdinos, pictured on the home page of the New York Times with a link to a feature about my husband and me -- Exhibit… Read full post »

Ah, my heart went pitter patter when I opened my Google news reader this morning.

How could it not with a headline like this: "Childless is not a synonym for weird." The story goes on to attack the myths associated with women who don't have children. I didn't bother to… Read full post »

Newsflash: Non-moms do not represent a unified voting block, as evidenced by the 46 responses to my recent request for non-mom perspectives about Mother's Day on HARO. Much of the differences in opinion stemmed from the circumstances that led to being a non-mom (e.g. those who chose not to have child/…

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