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  1. Kim of Just a Conservative Girl: On Finding Power in Local and State Politics

    1/9/12 10:21am by PunditMom
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    Kim Jossfolk of Just a Conservative Girl

    It's 2012, and I hope everyone had a great holiday and enjoyed ringing in the New Year, especially as it promises to be a truly interesting one on the election front! I hope you're enjoying BlogHer's "Why I'm Political" series, as I get to talk with women bloggers from around the web about what they're focused on now that the 2012 presidential primary season is in full swing.  Read more >

  2. Ilina of Dirt and Noise: Involving Your Children in Your Political Passions

    12/14/11 7:00pm by PunditMom
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    This month for the Why I'm Political series, interviewing bloggers about the issues that matter to them, I was pleased to talk with Ilina Ewens of Dirt & Noise. Ilina once wrote about having to explain to her two young sons the importance of President Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law -- so I wasn't surprised that she had a lot to say about being a politically minded woman!  Read more >

  3. Jaelithe of The State of Discontent: On Talking Politics With Friends and Family

    11/17/11 3:39pm by PunditMom
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    Idea key

    Welcome to the second post in Why I'm Political, a series spotlighting thoughtful women sharing what motivates them to write publicly about issues they care about -- and what they're focused on as we enter the 2012 election season. This month, Jaelithe Judy of A State of Discontent had a few things to say about childhood poverty, food safety, getting political with friends and family, and who she thinks should be the first woman president -- all in her always thoughtful and eloquent style.  Read more >

  4. Shannon of Rocks in My Dryer: On Going Publicly Pro-Life

    11/3/11 2:53pm by PunditMom
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    Shannon

    I'm excited to welcome you to the first in Why I'm Political, a series of interviews with women from around the web who don't usually write about the political world -- but, when they dipped their toes in those waters, wrote some amazing essays! For those of us who spend time hanging around the web, it's not a surprise that women have found new empowerment through social media tools, including their blogs, to write about topics they might not have before. And while there aren't all that many women who write about politics as their main focus, women who are writing about their lives in powerful and passionate ways do find themselves weighing in on important issues.  Read more >

  5. The White House *Hearts* Women Entrepreneurs

    10/5/10 4:33pm by PunditMom
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    Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett

    When you get an invitation to the White House, you go. Especially when the occasion is the White House Women's Entrepreneurship Conference and the release of new data on how women business owners have been faring since the late 1990s, as well as new efforts to support women in their efforts to create successful businesses.  Read more >

  6. The Political Lessons of Christine O'Donnell's Surprise Win

    9/16/10 9:19am by PunditMom
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    Christine O'Donnell

    The primary phase of midterm elections is usually considered to be a snooze-fest by journalists and politicos. But not this year. Aside from the attention that Sarah Palin has drawn for the Tea Party, Christine O'Donnell -- and her win in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in Delaware formerly held by Vice President Joe Biden -- has given us pundits more than enough to write about between now and November!  Read more >

  7. Maria Shriver Says It's a Woman's Nation. Do You?

    10/20/09 8:00am by PunditMom
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    California First Lady Maria Shriver says we're now living in a Woman's Nation -- women make up half the work force, the majority of mothers are the main breadwinners or co-breadwinners of their families and women are in charge of 80% of the high ticket item household spending. That, says Shriver, is some power we need to grab by the horns!  Read more >

  8. Holding Up More Than Half the Sky

    10/16/09 12:21pm by PunditMom
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    One of my favorite Chinese proverbs says, "Women hold up half the sky." Some days I feel like it's more than half, but the point of the proverb is that women are equal partners with men in navigating through life. At least, we ought to be.  Read more >

  9. Getting Mad as Hell on Health Care and Not Taking it Anymore

    10/9/09 7:20am by PunditMom
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    Women on Capitol Hill seem to be mad as hell when it comes to health care and they're not taking it anymore. This week, women Senators and members of Congress started speaking out collectively about the lack of interest and, perhaps, the lack of respect that women's medical issues are getting in the health care reform debate.  Read more >

  10. Frontal Assault on Reproductive Health Care

    10/2/09 4:39am by PunditMom
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    Senator Debbie Stabenow is on a roll for women's health care. First, she took on Senator Jon Kyl about his proposal that maternity care shouldn't be provided for in the health care reform package:  Read more >

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Joanne Bamberger is a recovering attorney, writer, political analyst and political/media consultant living in the shadow of the nation’s capital.  She’s also known around the blogosphere as PunditMom!  Joanne's new book is Mothers of Intention: How Women & Social Media are Revolutionizing Politics in America (Bright Sky press).

PunditMom blog is the home of op-ed commentary by Joanne, who is also a freelance writer and former op-ed columnist for The Washington Examiner. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including The Washington Post, Arrive Magazine, Legal Times, Washingtonian Magazine, and many others.

A new media expert and authority on political involvement of women and mothers, Joanne was a regular contributor to AOL's Politics Daily, and her writing can also be gound at iVillage and Babble Voices.  Her political commentary has appeared on CNN, Fox News, Good Morning America, BBC Radio, NPR, Al Jazeera English & XM Radio POTUS, among others. 

Joanne speaks frequently at conferences and to private groups about the growing influence of women/mothers in politics and social media.  She has presented and participated in panels at Netroots Nation, the Feminist Majority Foundation, EMILY’s List, BlogHer, Fem 2.0, Mom 2.0 Summit, Type-A Mom Conference, WAM! 2009, the Women’s Media Center, Yahoo!’s Motherboard Summit, and others.  Upcoming conference appearances include Netroots Nation ‘10, BlogHer ‘10, Activism, Media & Politics Summit, and Blogalicious ‘10.  Joanne is a former contributing editor for News & Politics at BlogHer.

Joanne was nominee for the 2011 Social Media Award from the Women's Media Center and was named as one of the "Most Powerful Moms in Social Media" by Working Mother Magazine.

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