Leah Peterson writes at leahpeah.com/blog. She currently interviews authors, bloggers and parents for Leahpeah and Alpha Mom. As an Occasional Professional Photographer,
she sometimes takes photos for magazines. A published columnist, she wrote a book about mental illness and is crazy enough to write another one. She co-founded Crawberts, a
web-development company and founded BloggerNetwork.org where bloggers can connect. Her abstract, multi-textural, large-canvas paintings have been shown on both coasts and hang in homes all over the world. She loves her kids, her husband and singing at the top of her lungs in the car. Her favorite words right now are ‘precipice’ and ‘acquiesce’, which she consistently misspells.

Blog Entries by Leah Peterson

Melissa Summers: Not (So) Afraid Anymore and a Whole Lot Wiser

Posted February 2, 2007 | 11:25 AM (EST)


The other day, Melissa Summers, a fellow blogger whom I've had the
pleasure of meeting and interviewing in person, went on the Today Show.
To understand what that means, you'd have to know that Melissa doesn't
even like to speak on the phone with people, let...

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Teaching Fearlessness to My Daughter

Posted November 14, 2006 | 01:50 PM (EST)


A few weeks ago, I took my sixteen-year-old daughter to what some might think was an inappropriate event. I know her father did, as he repeatedly reminded her the day before we went, and actually on the phone a few hours before, that she was beautiful and healthy and in...

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"Feminist" Is An Eight-Letter Word: Talking with Gloria Steinem

Posted September 13, 2006 | 08:50 PM (EST)


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Not long ago I had the opportunity to speak with Gloria Steinem about her recent project, GreenStone Media, which is a new national radio network and the only national network owned by women. Gloria, Jane Fonda, and Robin Morgan (among other women)...

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