Blogging is like breastfeeding

Update: Two readers just made me realize that I’ve been blogging for as long as I breastfed. Whoa.

I was reading my latest newsletter from Mediabistro about its annual dinner for women’s magazine editors. But it was this quote from New York Times reporter Lisa Belkin that stopped me in my tracks:
Belkin compared blogging to breastfeeding [...]

Running into my lacto fetishist

I pulled a late night my final day in New York City, which surely exasperated the poison oak. After sipping wine with my superstar LifetimeTV editor at the chichi Bar Centrale, I headed downtown to hear some music.
Mae was with my best friend from Reed College uptown, making cookies, as I caught the subway to [...]

“SWLF (the “l” is for lactating) seeking sex with no-strings attached…”

I realize that very few women fall into this category: dating while lactating. (Ah, yes, that was quite an experience, let me tell you…)
At BabyCenter.com this week, I’m asking for breastfeeding mamas to speak up.
You see, I’m writing an essay for a forthcoming anthology called Got (Breast) Milk: The Pleasures, Pains, and Politics of [...]

If You Live in the SF Bay Area….

… consider this your personal invite to this Saturday’s Litquake in San Francisco.
I’m reading on Saturday, October 13, at 6 p.m. in “Real Life: Memoir Authors Tell It Like It Is.”
(Last year, I read during “Mommy Lit,” and this year it’s “Real Life.” Hmmmm, does that mean I’m growing up?)
Where? Double Dutch, 3192 16th Street, [...]