Here's what those in the profession would call an "issue," one that I probably shouldn't be ruminating on in my blog. I love being a mom, but I hate to be solely defined as one. I won't even click on blogs with "mommy" or some other derivation in their title. I just think it's the most unsexy, boring-sounding moniker for ones blog--plus it implies a kind of cliquishness. If you are a mommy, come join. Meh! I'm a mommy, right, but f*ck, I'm a woman, a trained clinical counselor, a Canadian, a wife, sister, daughter, an amateur photographer, a blog junkie, a reader, a writer, a swimmer, a practitioner of yoga... But the "mommy" blogs--just their titles make me want to 'url. Sure your kiddies are important to you--as they should be--but to define yourself by the fact that you can reproduce? All my mommy issues come bubbling up and the feminist in me cringes. EDIT: As usual, my timing is impeccable (insert heavy sarcasm). I read one of the best blog entries ever today, and it's by a new mom.











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