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Originally from Boston, Michelle is a writer, editor, instructor, obsessive sports fan, loud talker, quick laugher, new mom, and chances are, she watches more television than you do.
Follow her on Twitter at michellevoneuw
senior sports analyst
member since 10.1.99
red sox nation, ma
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william wants a doll
how does a feminist mom raise her son to be the same?
12.10.10
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As I turned the corner in the upscale independent toy store full of handcrafted puzzles and games well beyond my price range, an item caught my attention. It was an adorable baby doll sitting high up on the shelf, nestled in a box that touted lifelike toes and a removable diaper. The doll, dressed in a blue striped onesie with only a patch of light brown hair on a pale pink head, reminded me immediately of my son. Certainly, the pacifier attached to the baby doll’s mouth by a magnet mirrored the device we’d learned to never leave the house without.
I stood on my tiptoes to slide the box off the shelf. As has happened several times in the past year, my frugal, logical side was overcome by a strong desire to spend too much money on something my baby would never remember, much less care about, from the $21 Red Sox jumper to the $700 Uppa Baby stroller, for reasons that probably had much more to do with me than Joey himself. In some cases, I resisted (the stroller); in oth...
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