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What happens when a long-time feminist activist becomes a mother? How does she stay true to her vocation and voice and still have time for her daughter? She's not sure either, but join this baseball-loving Chicago feminist as she tries to find her way through typical parenting land mines with a feminist perspective.

August 2008 - Posts

• Book Review: Eco-Friendly Families & Author Conversation

  It's back-to-school time and I personally believe this is the real new year. This is the time for resolutions - yes, I'm that much of an academic nrrd. My life revolves around academic years. So what better resolution than to be more green? Eco-Friendly Read More... Posted Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:46 AM by Veronica Arreola | 0 Comments Filed under: book review, books, diy, family, redthread

• Prepping for kindergarten...with labels!

  When I'm not freaking out about my daughter's entry into kindergarten , I'm trying to do our back-to-school shopping little by little. While I do fondly recall hitting the stores for bargins and I *love* back-to-school shopping, I just don't want to do Read More... Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 6:00 AM by Veronica Arreola | 2 Comments Filed under: education, personal, redthread, reviews

• A volcano? Oh, a tornado! Or why I lie to my kid

  That's what my five-year-old daughter said as her daddy was rushing us to the basement on Monday night. She then burst into tears from fear. Jennifer, our resident parenting professional, blogged that we shouldn't pretend to not be scared around our kids Read More... Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:34 PM by Veronica Arreola | 3 Comments Filed under: family, personal, redthread

• Progressive Stealth-Mom Voices

  First, welcome to any new readers who saw my last post highlighted in this month's issue of Chicago Parent! Next...the wrap-up for the first weekend of training for the Progressive Women's Voices program. It was a blast and so tiring! Sadly Carmen & Read More... Posted Friday, August 01, 2008 3:42 PM by Veronica Arreola | 0 Comments Filed under: feminism, media, personal, redthread