I'm sick. Oh, nothing major -- we're not talking about a chronic disease or even something respectable like pneumonia -- just a garden-variety virus. It's enough to make me miserable and feverish but not enough to make it acceptable for me to simply opt out of my responsibilities. And frankly, it sucks.
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* May's issue of Fitness Magazine prominently features BlogHer on the subject of Body Confidence 2.0:
* In parenthood, sometimes a blog is born
* The latest coverage on the BlogHer/Compass Partner Social Media Study from MediaPost and Biz Report
* The Today Show visits BlogHer Business and talks to Elisa Camahort Page (don't blink) and numerous MommyBloggers we love
* BlogHer updates fundraising initiative to add relief for Myanmar victims and offers matching funds
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Letter to my Body, Probably Sent from my iPhone
It's time for me to follow in the footsteps of many intrepid BlogHer editors before me, and take on the torch of the Letter To My Body initiative.
I have to tell you -- I've been dreading this day.
The Business of Mommyblogging on The Today Show
My heart sank when this morning's segment on the Today Show started off with Hoda Kotb announcing "... the growing popularity of... 'mommy blogs.'" She used air quotes, and everything. You could've substituted anything bizarre and mystifying in the quotations, actually. "Alien bloodsuckers," or "giant pink sea monsters," for example.
I turned to my husband. "This is not going to end well," I said.
But first, let me back up.
Miley Cyrus headed down a slippery (half-naked) slope?
It's everywhere by now, and surely you've already seen it -- Miley Cyrus did a shoot with Vanity Fair, and the 15-year-old Hannah Montana star's cover shot features her looking over her naked shoulder, holding a satin bed sheet (or something that looks like one) over her naked front.
Thrifty Teens? (Hint: They're Not Recession-Proof)
Traditional financial lore is that teenagers remain largely impervious to changes in the economy; teens and shopping go together like, well, chocolate and peanut butter. The current economic environment (notice that I am not using the "R" word) really is dire, though, because the news is now reporting that even teenagers are spending less.