<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - mommy-wars</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/mommy-wars</link><description>Newsvine - mommy-wars</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:14:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 14:47:51 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Are we ready for a cease-fire in the Mommy Wars?</title>
<description><![CDATA[You could call Elisabeth Badinter a very lucky woman. It's not just that she's wealthy, successful, a respected scholar and a best-selling writer in her home country, France (yep, she gets to live in Paris, too.)]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jocelyn Noveck]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jocelyn Noveck]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11757121-are-we-ready-for-a-cease-fire-in-the-mommy-wars</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11757121-are-we-ready-for-a-cease-fire-in-the-mommy-wars</guid><category>us</category><category>wars</category><category>us-news</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>elisabeth-badinter</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:14:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=726558f0-e867-4820-b3f7-cba6a45d5a90.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=726558f0-e867-4820-b3f7-cba6a45d5a90.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This file photo of an image provided by Time magazine shows the cover of the May 21, 2012 issue with a photograph of Jamie Lynne Grumet, 26, breast-feeding her 3-year-old son for a story on &quot;attachment parenting.&quot; The cover photo generated a wealth of online chatter, including many mothers angered by the accompanying question: Are You Mom Enough? (AP Photo/Time, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8c09502b-3f04-482f-9e13-0c2e63774a38.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8c09502b-3f04-482f-9e13-0c2e63774a38.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo released by Henry Holt/Metropolitan Books/Time Books, Elisabeth Badinter, the French author of &quot;The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women,&quot; is seen. Badinters book, recently released in the United States, argues that the movement toward natural motherhood -- including extended breast-feeding, co-sleeping and so-called attachment parenting  -- ties women to home and family and hinders their ability to fulfill their true potential. (AP Photo/Henry Holt/Metropolitan Books/Time Books, He?le?ne Bamberger)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=11d286a6-2c56-43be-b827-ae128e1629ac.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=11d286a6-2c56-43be-b827-ae128e1629ac.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo released by Jen Singer, Jen Singer, a New Jersey mother, writes about parenting issues on her web site, MommaSaid.net. Singer recently wrote in a post that it was time for a truce in the Mommy Wars:  How about we all stop arguing over which Mom works harder? she wrote.  (AP Photo/Kristen Totaro)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8532efcc-dc3e-4d83-b042-f1dca350009a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8532efcc-dc3e-4d83-b042-f1dca350009a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This file photo of an image provided by Time magazine shows the cover of the May 21, 2012 issue with a photograph of Jamie Lynne Grumet, 26, breast-feeding her 3-year-old son for a story on &quot;attachment parenting.&quot; The cover photo generated a wealth of online chatter, including many mothers angered by the accompanying question: Are You Mom Enough? (AP Photo/Time, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>(Photo) Mother Breastfeeding Her 3-Year-Old Son on TIME Magazine Cover Shocks</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The headline reads, "Are You Mom enough?" But if that wasn't enough to fan the flames of the Mommy Wars, there's the photo that goes with it: A pretty young woman wearing skinny jeans and a tank top, nursing her nearly 4-year-old son. It's meant to illustrate a story about Dr. &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[newsguru]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[newsguru]]></source><link>http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11646699-photo-mother-breastfeeding-her-3-year-old-son-on-time-magazine-cover-shocks</link><guid>http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11646699-photo-mother-breastfeeding-her-3-year-old-son-on-time-magazine-cover-shocks</guid><category>time</category><category>laws</category><category>health</category><category>children</category><category>mom</category><category>kids</category><category>parents</category><category>breast</category><category>public</category><category>time-magazine</category><category>cover</category><category>breastfeeding</category><category>mothers</category><category>pretty</category><category>attachment-parenting</category><category>mommy</category><category>mothers-day</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>william-sears</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:52:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=newsguru9F16FFB6-2CC6-4034-EB12-33EF33738F8D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=newsguru9F16FFB6-2CC6-4034-EB12-33EF33738F8D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Conservatives are manufacturing the war on women for political gain</title>
<description><![CDATA[
There is no such thing as the &ldquo;women&rsquo;s vote&rdquo; and the Mommy Wars were never real.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11313779-conservatives-are-manufacturing-the-war-on-women-for-political-gain</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11313779-conservatives-are-manufacturing-the-war-on-women-for-political-gain</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>hilary-rosen</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>womens-vote</category><category>ann-romney</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:58:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib20E23905-AFBD-0842-AED3-4D9CF4BD6247.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="274" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib20E23905-AFBD-0842-AED3-4D9CF4BD6247.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Phony Mommy Wars </title>
<description><![CDATA[
&ldquo;It was my early birthday present for someone to be  critical of me as a mother, and that was really a defining moment, and I loved  it,&rdquo; a gleeful Ann told the backyard full of Florida fat cats, sounding &ldquo;like a  political tactician,&rdquo; as Garrett Haake, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11268207-phony-mommy-wars</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11268207-phony-mommy-wars</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>ann-romney</category><category>2012-election</category><category>garrett-haake</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:06:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib76062D86-6F2D-F450-BA49-B7F1B0D9E373.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib76062D86-6F2D-F450-BA49-B7F1B0D9E373.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Women Voters Prefer Obama over Romney, says Reuters Poll</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll out Tuesday shows that Obama has a comfortable 14-point lead on Mitt Romney among women likely to vote in November's general election, 51 percent to 37 percent. That split is more or less the same from the same poll taken back in March that showed Obama&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11263954-women-voters-prefer-obama-over-romney-says-reuters-poll</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/18/11263954-women-voters-prefer-obama-over-romney-says-reuters-poll</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>women-voters</category><category>2012-election</category><category>president-obama</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:08:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib5A84FBA8-49F3-14DF-5224-A44CC95053F0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="166" width="274" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib5A84FBA8-49F3-14DF-5224-A44CC95053F0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dispatches From The War On Women: Poor Women Get No Choice | Care2 Causes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney would like to be clear about something: being a stay-at-home mom is a choice that demands respect when a rich woman chooses it. Other mothers need to know the &ldquo;dignity of work&rdquo; that comes from working a job outside the home and raising children by themselv&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[gmross]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[gmross]]></source><link>http://gmross.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11246718-dispatches-from-the-war-on-women-poor-women-get-no-choice-care2-causes</link><guid>http://gmross.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/17/11246718-dispatches-from-the-war-on-women-poor-women-get-no-choice-care2-causes</guid><category>politics</category><category>mommy-wars</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:29:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gmross12054B50-2AF6-680E-7D36-47CF3A4DFB93.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gmross12054B50-2AF6-680E-7D36-47CF3A4DFB93.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Mommy wars': Time for a cease-fire - Boston.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[EDITORIAL | Editorial
The latest round of the tired &ldquo;mommy wars&rsquo;&rsquo; &mdash; a purely political tiff between a Democratic pundit and Ann Romney &mdash; is, thankfully, fizzling out. But not before too much time, breath, and digital space were wasted, once again, o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bore-head007]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bore-head007]]></source><link>http://bore-head007.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/14/11197033-mommy-wars-time-for-a-cease-fire-bostoncom</link><guid>http://bore-head007.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/14/11197033-mommy-wars-time-for-a-cease-fire-bostoncom</guid><category>editorial</category><category>stay-at-home-mom</category><category>us-news</category><category>hilary-rosen</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>ann-romney</category><category>twitter-war</category><category>a-purely-political-tiff</category><category>pit-women-against-each-other</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:19:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bore-head0077F06771F-765B-6E01-8BB3-D3C2A68FEE8C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="227" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bore-head0077F06771F-765B-6E01-8BB3-D3C2A68FEE8C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney: Obama will erode the rights of gun owners</title>
<description><![CDATA[The presidential campaign briefly veered from the emotional Mommy Wars on Friday to the back-burner issue of gun rights, with Mitt Romney telling the National Rifle Association that President Barack Obama is not protecting gun owners &#8212; even though the topic has rarely arisen during his time in office.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Babington]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Charles Babington]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11187024-romney-obama-will-erode-the-rights-of-gun-owners</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11187024-romney-obama-will-erode-the-rights-of-gun-owners</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>national-rifle-association</category><category>presidential-campaign</category><category>nra</category><category>mommy-wars</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:13:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1fe94657-cfe3-4506-bfce-aadf2def68f5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1fe94657-cfe3-4506-bfce-aadf2def68f5.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by his wife Ann, prepares to speak at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/066871ca-2ebc-4d30-a46b-2d587be810db.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/066871ca-2ebc-4d30-a46b-2d587be810db.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/25c154c8-9d5b-4fb0-9888-d8de294c96ac.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/25c154c8-9d5b-4fb0-9888-d8de294c96ac.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b1f096f8-cb0f-4a37-9377-4500270ec7db.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b1f096f8-cb0f-4a37-9377-4500270ec7db.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hasn't worked? Obama stands up for Romney's wife</title>
<description><![CDATA[The White House &#8212; and President Barack Obama himself &#8212; rushed into a damage control campaign Thursday to blunt the impact of a Democratic consultant's suggestion that Ann Romney isn't qualified to discuss the economy because she "hasn't worked a day in her life."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/12/11167807-hasnt-worked-obama-stands-up-for-romneys-wife</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/12/11167807-hasnt-worked-obama-stands-up-for-romneys-wife</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>presidential</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>ann-romney</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:37:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b5fbdcb7-d553-4130-99c6-ded741ee94ed.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="314" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b5fbdcb7-d553-4130-99c6-ded741ee94ed.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 19, 2012 file photo, Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks with audience members after her husbands spoke at the University of Chicago, in Chicago. Ann Romney is firing back at a Democratic consultant who is suggesting that the wife of wealthy presidential candidate Mitt shouldnt be talking about the economys toll on women. &quot;Guess what, his wife has actually never worked a day in her life,&quot; said consultant Hilary Rosen on CNN. The remark inspired Ann Romneys debut on Twitter.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f665a872-d71c-4fda-b88e-6f9d1b6d7738.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="387" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f665a872-d71c-4fda-b88e-6f9d1b6d7738.jpg" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 19, 2012 file photo, Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Springfield, Ill. Ann Romney is firing back at a Democratic consultant who is suggesting that the wife of wealthy presidential candidate Mitt shouldnt be talking about the economys toll on women. &quot;Guess what, his wife has actually never worked a day in her life,&quot; said consultant Hilary Rosen on CNN. The remark inspired Ann Romneys debut on Twitter.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/932328e8-5538-44d5-b043-5c1a045d52b8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="378" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/932328e8-5538-44d5-b043-5c1a045d52b8.jpg" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 20, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and his wife Ann hug during a victory rally in Schaumburg, Ill. Ann Romney is firing back at a Democratic consultant who is suggesting that the wife of wealthy presidential candidate Mitt shouldnt be talking about the economys toll on women. &quot;Guess what, his wife has actually never worked a day in her life,&quot; said consultant Hilary Rosen on CNN. The remark inspired Ann Romneys debut on Twitter.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/060dc073-8fd2-4a59-a8ea-f23d6f320495.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="374" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/060dc073-8fd2-4a59-a8ea-f23d6f320495.jpg" width="120" height="113" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chart shows women as percentage of U.S. electorate and presidential voting patterns since&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>MIA: Alaska's &quot;First Dude&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Those people are always having children out of wedlock. However, when the right sort of people have children out of wedlock, it's just a "personal family problem." ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/03/1821333-mia-alaskas-first-dude</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/03/1821333-mia-alaskas-first-dude</guid><category>politics</category><category>50</category><category>moms</category><category>child-rearing</category><category>dads</category><category>unwanted-pregnancy</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>those-people</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Sep 2008 18:09:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Good Moms, Bad Moms: Are The Mommy Wars Fact or Fiction?</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new study documents the growing divide between working and stay-at-home moms, the "Mommy Wars." Taking the opposite view, Susan Faludi explains in her article Pitting Women Against Each Other : "...the national "debate" on women has centered on content-free blatherings ab&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[motherhood]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[motherhood]]></source><link>http://motherhood.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/28/1128642-good-moms-bad-moms-are-the-mommy-wars-fact-or-fiction</link><guid>http://motherhood.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/28/1128642-good-moms-bad-moms-are-the-mommy-wars-fact-or-fiction</guid><category>mom</category><category>family</category><category>motherhood</category><category>parenting</category><category>home-garden</category><category>mommy</category><category>stay-at-home</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>work-life-balance</category><category>working-mom</category><category>balancing-work</category><category>career-mom</category><category>good-mom</category><category>good-mother</category><category>mom-wars</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:19:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Amazon Introduces the Kindle Portable Reader - The Other Mother: A Novel Now Available in Kindle Book Format</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, Amazon introduced the Kindle wireless portable reader. The Other Mother: A Novel is now available in Kindle Book format.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[motherhood]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[motherhood]]></source><link>http://motherhood.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/19/1108936-amazon-introduces-the-kindle-portable-reader-the-other-mother-a-novel-now-available-in-kindle-book-format</link><guid>http://motherhood.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/19/1108936-amazon-introduces-the-kindle-portable-reader-the-other-mother-a-novel-now-available-in-kindle-book-format</guid><category>amazon</category><category>motherhood</category><category>novel</category><category>e-book</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>kindle</category><category>the-other-mother</category><category>womens-fiction</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:15:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The working wounded</title>
<description><![CDATA[Most women don't have a choice to stay home with kids]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chello]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chello]]></source><link>http://allpurpose.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/05/943778-the-working-wounded</link><guid>http://allpurpose.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/05/943778-the-working-wounded</guid><category>business</category><category>motherhood</category><category>career</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>working-mom</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Sep 2007 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mommy Wars Part 5</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Pew Research Center released a study today saying that, if given the chance, women would prefer to work part-time instead of full-time (http://pewresearch.org/pubs/536/working-women).]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cmpaulson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cmpaulson]]></source><link>http://cmpaulson.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/12/833136-mommy-wars-part-5</link><guid>http://cmpaulson.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/12/833136-mommy-wars-part-5</guid><category>business</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>working-women</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:43:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why Feminists Fight With Each Other</title>
<description><![CDATA[Deborah Siegel -- writer, feminist and entrepreneur -- doesn't strike one as the type to dredge up old fights.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[merrydeath]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[merrydeath]]></source><link>http://merrydeath.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/12/777238-why-feminists-fight-with-each-other</link><guid>http://merrydeath.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/12/777238-why-feminists-fight-with-each-other</guid><category>politics</category><category>feminism</category><category>feminist</category><category>betty-friedan</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>infighting</category><category>third-wave-feminist</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>In the Mommy Wars, Single Moms Win Hands Down</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mommy Wars have been around a lot longer than I have. Why, I still fail to understand. Seriously, isn't being a mom hard enough without bickering with our peers about who's a better mother? Until recently, I've never found a winner in these Mommy Wars.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[vacelts]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[vacelts]]></source><link>http://vacelts.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/09/768246-in-the-mommy-wars-single-moms-win-hands-down</link><guid>http://vacelts.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/09/768246-in-the-mommy-wars-single-moms-win-hands-down</guid><category>us-news</category><category>parenting</category><category>mothers</category><category>single-parents</category><category>stay-at-home-moms</category><category>single-moms</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>working-moms</category><category>alpha-moms</category><category>beta-moms</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:11:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Beta moms' hit out at alpha tyranny</title>
<description><![CDATA[Are you an alpha or a beta parent? Telegraph article takes on perfect parenting...]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[reneemoodie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[reneemoodie]]></source><link>http://reneemoodie.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/22/732558-beta-moms-hit-out-at-alpha-tyranny</link><guid>http://reneemoodie.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/22/732558-beta-moms-hit-out-at-alpha-tyranny</guid><category>health</category><category>parenting</category><category>mommy-wars</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 10:59:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Women Who Ditch Their Career for Homelife Could Be Making a Huge Mistake</title>
<description><![CDATA[I wrote The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much? because the typical reporting on the job-versus-family issue was so biased and incomplete.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[merrydeath]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[merrydeath]]></source><link>http://merrydeath.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/16/666329-women-who-ditch-their-career-for-homelife-could-be-making-a-huge-mistake</link><guid>http://merrydeath.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/16/666329-women-who-ditch-their-career-for-homelife-could-be-making-a-huge-mistake</guid><category>politics</category><category>stay-at-home-moms</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>working-moms</category><category>feminine-mistake</category><category>economic-security</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Author: At-Home Moms Should Work Instead</title>
<description><![CDATA["Something is very wrong with the way American women are trying to live their lives," the late Betty Friedan wrote in "The Feminine Mystique," her groundbreaking 1963 book attacking the idea that a husband and children were all a woman needed for fulfillment.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jocelyn Noveck]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jocelyn Noveck]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/06/651730-author-at-home-moms-should-work-instead</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/06/651730-author-at-home-moms-should-work-instead</guid><category>us-news</category><category>betty-friedan</category><category>feminine-mystique"</category><category>mommy-wars</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Are Smart Stay-at-Home Moms Wasting Their Brains? - Associated Content - Associated Content</title>
<description><![CDATA[Theres been a big debate lately about college-educated housewives, and if were wasting our brains and baccalaureates by abandoning good jobs to wipe little noses and butts all day.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[PAULA NEAL MOONEY]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PAULA NEAL MOONEY]]></source><link>http://paulanealmooney.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/17/364999-are-smart-stay-at-home-moms-wasting-their-brains-associated-content-associated-content</link><guid>http://paulanealmooney.newsvine.com/_news/2006/09/17/364999-are-smart-stay-at-home-moms-wasting-their-brains-associated-content-associated-content</guid><category>politics</category><category>housewives</category><category>feminists</category><category>working-mothers</category><category>stay-at-home-moms</category><category>mommy-wars</category><category>work-at-home-moms</category><category>dutch-labor-party</category><category>sharon-dijksma</category><category>working-moms</category><category>working-vs-stay-at-home-moms</category><category>college-educated-homemakers</category><category>college-educated-housewives</category><category>at-home-moms</category><category>hybrid-moms</category><category>stay-at-home-mothers</category><category>working-vs-stay-at-home-mothers</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:40:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mothers Anonymous</title>
<description><![CDATA[Is the "Problem that has no name" still a problem when we can bitch to our hearts' content online?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kayt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kayt]]></source><link>http://kayt.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/01/308360-mothers-anonymous</link><guid>http://kayt.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/01/308360-mothers-anonymous</guid><category>motherhood</category><category>feminism</category><category>urbanbaby</category><category>mommy-wars</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:30:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>