Gardening and making your own soap and home-birthing your babies are fine, but these are inherently limited actions. If we want to see genuine food safety, if we want to see sustainable products, if we want to see a better women's health system, and if we want these things for everyone, not just the privileged few with the time and education to DIY it, then we need large social changes. Emily Matchar
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  1. Her conclusion: "You just have to follow your own heart" when it comes to medical decision-making.
  2. Attachment parenting, Sears writes, "immunizes children against many of the social and emotional diseases which plague our society, " producing children who are "compassionate, " "caring, " "admirable, " "affectionate, " "confident, " and "accomplished" ("faster than a speeding bullet, " "more powerful than a...
  3. When we combine very real workplace inequalities with these romantic opt-out stories, the idea that "having it all" is a laughable goal becomes enshrined as immutable truth. And when we portray opting out as a simple matter of "choice, " we ignore the systematic problems...
  4. Now let's make Virginia Heffernan a man. Can you imagine the same kind of spittle-flecked rage directed at a busy working father who admits to feeding his kids Annie's Organic Mac & Cheese?
  5. American culture at large has failed working mothers.
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