"high-tech-moms" Articles & Blogs:
Minivan moms can be pretty high-tech
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I am a high-tech Mom and here's the proof: I purchased my first CD burner in 1989 and used it to create holiday music mixes I gave to friends at Christmas. I was one of the first people I knew to sign up for broadband internet in 1998. I opted for a DV...[Read on] |
What the Hell is an Anti-mom?
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One Day at a Time
It’s Emmy preview time and the Hollywood Reporter published a piece The Rise of the TV’s ‘Anti-Moms’ about the types of moms on TV today. Not surprisingly they run the gamut from hapless to neurotic to cruel to superhuman. ...[Read on] |
Paid Sick Days are Good for Moms And Kids
| The Connecticut Paid Sick Days proposal has been a controversial and highly discussed proposal. It truly is a difficult time to place additional burdens on our business community, and the proponents of the legislation have worked very hard to address mo...[Read on] |
Brands look to parents watching TV with their kids
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Marketers are ready to pounces on moms! More moms are watching children's programing -- with -- their children. And...marketers see an opening.
Nickelodeon, Disney and Time Warner's Cartoon Network are the big beneficiaries, but smal...[Read on] |
WPS fans: Mom’s the word this weekend
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The WPS is gearing up to celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend.
Saint Louis and Los Angeles are both marking the occasion with special ticket deals. The Athletica are giving ‘moms’ a free gift, even though they play on Saturday, while in ...[Read on] |
Catching Up With Single Mothers
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by Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Senior Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
In today's NY Times Bob Herbert highlights the increasing economic anxiety American families are facing. New analysis shows that economic security, the knowledge that yo...[Read on] |
Will the Internet Ruin Your Children's Brains? (Hint: No) (Video)
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Tech guru Molly Wood investigates the ‘dangers’ of Internet use for teenagersPost | Today 7:00 am
Editor’s Note: Molly Wood is an executive editor and on-camera personality at CNETTV.com.
Molly hosts the weekly Buzz Report video blog, a so...[Read on] |
Sons of Matriarchy: Boy Rapper Speaks Out Against Objectifying Women
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In an age when teenagers are running amuck, emancipating themselves from their parents left and right, one cool young dude remains loyal to his homestead and isn't afraid to admit he's a mama's boy. Fourteen-year old rapper Brian Bradley, better known as ...[Read on] |
Happy Ada Lovelace Day
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Today is Ada Lovelace Day - an international celebration of women in technology.
Who was Ada? The daughter of poet Lord Byron and the Countess of Lovelace, Ada Lovelace (b. Dec. 10 1815) is considered the world’s first computer programmer. She was one ...[Read on] |
Moms, daughters play ball for cancer research
| Pink will be plentiful at this week’s third annual Susan G. Komen Girls Flag Football Tournament.
The three-day event, which includes two days of competition and a Bigger and Better Family Fun Night, is a fund-raiser for Susan G. Komen For the Cure.
Mor...[Read on] |
New Moms, Older Moms, and Health Reform
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by Brigette Courtot, Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center
To kick off NWLC's recognition of National Women’s Health Week, and in light of yesterday’s Mother’s Day holiday, I’ve been considering how health reform will improve mothers' heal...[Read on] |
Women to Watch in the Olympics (While You Still Can): The US Hockey Team
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The ladies of the US’s women’s hockey team are a stunning group of women—who will be going for the gold this Thursday against Canada--peppered with Ivy League grads, awesome moms, and career women (including two women who have opened the...[Read on] |
Sarah Gilbert: from Roseanne to Talk Show Creator
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Now that Comic-Con has ended the excitement for us TV addicts is now focused on the upcoming fall TV season. This week began the annual dog and pony show TCA (which I’d love to see in person one day) with all the networks rolling out all the new sho...[Read on] |
The iPad: Yet another product from the he-man's woman-haters club?
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Despite sounding like a space-age feminine hygiene product, Apple's new iPad launched today with nary a lady or lady part in site. Even though we here at BUST were as excited about the launch of this product as anyone from the cock-and-balls set, Apple se...[Read on] |
How women rule the web
| Women make up the majorities on social networking and e-commerce sites, and the time and money they spend on these sites considerably exceeds those figures for men. Even on social-gaming sites, thought to be a preserve of men, women predominate. In all, t...[Read on] |
Tricky tech problems chicks can fix
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So I have a bit of a problem.
This past weekend, just three weeks after I excitedly bought the brand new 5th generation 16 gig iPod nano (see it here in all its stupendous, working glory), I found that not everything was perfect with my shiny new gadge...[Read on] |
See Mommy Run
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More and more, elite female athletes are taking on a challenge greater than sports. They’re returning to the competitive world of sports while juggling motherhood.
Soccer moms have led the charge. The U.S. Women’s National Team has consistently feat...[Read on] |
LIVE’S High Heel-a-thon
| The 2010 Regis and Kelly LIVE! High Heel-A-Thon is set to take place on Wednesday, September 22nd. The High Heel-A-Thon is a fun 150-yard dash in support of The Heart Truth®. Although this is simply a fun event in heels, a lot of serious athletes als...[Read on] |
Unemployment Rises, Especially Among Single Moms, but Some Help Is on the Way
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by Joan Entmacher, Vice President for Family Economic Security, and Valerie Norton, Public Policy Fellow, National Women's Law Center
Unemployment rose to 10.2 percent in October, reaching a 26-year high, according to data released today by the Bureau o...[Read on] |
Liberia Innovates to Save Lives of New Moms
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MONROVIA, Liberia (WOMENSENEWS)--A small group of reporters huddled around Roseline Broh, a nurse midwife supervisor, at the entrance to the labor ward at Redemption Hospital here. The facility provides free services and some of its 200 beds hold ...[Read on] |
Smart Phone Apps Women Really Need
| What multi-tasker isn't addicted to their phone? Now you can make calls, send emails, check into Facebook and Foursquare, take pictures, tag a song on the radio with Shazam, read the newspaper, and find a great recipe for dinner or make reservations to e...[Read on] |
Childbirth a barrier? Not when five of six top NYC Marathon winners are moms
| By Laura Pappano
It has become a provocative theme: Marathons and motherhood. Five of the top six women to cross the finish line in the 2009 ING New York City Marathon are moms.
1. Winner Derartu Tulu, 37, of Ethiopia – an two time Olympic gold ...[Read on] |
Title IX: 38 Years Later
| by Kavitha Sivashanker, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
Today marks the 38th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX is a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in all federally funded educational programs. It has op...[Read on] |
HS sports: 'one of the next great markets'
| According to rankings, the biggest high school football game in the country tonight will be played in South Florida tonight and will -- courtesy of ESPN -- be aired for the nation to watch. Marketers from Nike and other major brands will be watching becau...[Read on] |
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