Are you a news junkie, do you watch C-Span while serving your kids lunch? Can you define "pundit", a "smoke-filled room", have you ever "misspoke"? Perhaps, like me, you've been following the presidential race since it began in late 2006...(you don't think it all started at the Iowa Caucuses now do you?)
Well, the MOMocrats, Activistas, League of Maternal Justice, Moms Speak Up, Moms Rising, and PunditMom have a little something to share with you.
All you mamas and papas of the world who know that parenting is a political act, there's no shortage of political opinion from the playground set.
The MOMocrats: moms, bloggers, writers, lawyers and more from across the nation deftly skilled at the art of political smackdown are dedicated to putting a Democrat in the White House.
Activistas' out of Portland describes it's goal: "to inform, inspire & connect busy parents who want to create change on the issues that matter to your family." Their site offers relevant news, alerts, and opinion on local and national issues.
The League of Maternal Justice uses the power of the mom internet community to "expose the injustices perpetrated against mothers everywhere and to exact vengeance through aggressive finger-wagging and online shaming."
Moms Speak Up is a collaborative blog of writers who "are women, parents, consumers, voters and much, much more" and are "fed up with the "business as usual" attitude of politicians & greedy corporations." They believe "It's time for us to speak up and be heard!"
Moms Rising is an organization working toward a more family-friendly America, with over 140,000 citizen members. Several very prominent women bloggers on their site voice their opinions on the issues and work to advance the efforts of the organization.
PunditMom: has been called a "one woman media empire" and writes regularly on her own site, as well as for The Huffington Post, BlogHer, Moms Rising and a whole slew other notable online and print publications.
Catherine Morgan, a single mom and contributing editor for BlogHer, not long ago began chronicling the Political Voices of Women on her blog. To date she has over 400 women listed from various political persuasions, many of whom are also moms.
This list just scratches the surface and of course I've forgotten many, so if you're out there (dads!) or know of any other great political parenting writers online, let us know!
-Full disclosure: editor Christine writes on politics for a couple of the above sites over here and here and more often on her own column here at the Huffington Post and her political blog, Modern English.
Thanks for the shout out! Let's get our politics on!
Posted by: PunditMom | August 10, 2008 at 09:07 PM
Thanks for link love! Great line-up and resource here!
Posted by: Julie Pippert | July 16, 2008 at 09:29 AM