Cooper Munroe is a blogger, writer and web entrepreneur. TheMotherhood.com, the site for moms she co-founded
with Emily McKhann, recently won a WebAward and was a finalist for a
2008 Webby. Cooper lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and four
kids.
Last week BlogHer.org launched BlogHers Act, a year-long initiative to harness the incredible power of women online. BlogHers Act will take on two things:
1. Making a difference on a single global cause. 2. Identifying the top four issues that women online want the U.S. presidential candidates...
My oldest child turns 10 next month. All she wants is a cell phone and Internet access. Not gonna happen this birthday, but someday soon it will. I thought I had a pretty good understanding of how online communities work. mmm Since 2004, a friend and I have...
I know first hand how angry people get about the subject of kids on planes. A couple years ago, when I wrote (what I thought to be) a light-hearted op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about traveling with my four young children by air, not only did I get ferocious...
Maybe it is my own growing awareness, but, it seems to me, that 2006 was the year mothers spoke up louder than ever before. There are four mothers this year who have especially stayed on my mind for their voices, fearlessness and strength.
After running the brilliant "Remember Your First Time" GOTV campaign aimed at single women , Women's Voices. Women Vote. is reporting that single women were the single largest change-voters in the country.
Ted Haggard smiling in his car, telling reporters he did indeed buy methamphetamines and received a massage from a male prostitute was disturbing enough, but what really got me from that photograph was Haggard's son, looking at his father, from the back seat.
If your ears are buzzing, it is because Joan Blades just wrapped up a presentation in New York at the Women's Media Center, and she was talking about how wonderful all of you engaged mothers are.
Emily McKhann, my business partner, and the ad hoc MomsRising on-the-ground reporter, was...
Imagine the fear Kiki Peppard must have felt over a dozen years ago when her husband walked out of their Long Island home, leaving her with two small children, a mailbox full of bills and debt a mile high. Or the sick pain and dread she felt shortly after...
Posted November 4, 2008 | 04:44 PM (EST)