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		<title>&#8220;Do You Have Any Children?&#8221; article</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/12/09/do-you-have-any-children-article/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What? Two posts in one day here?  It&#8217;s amazing what a little thing like classes ending will do :-)  It&#8217;s so nice to have a little free time to breathe for exams. Anyway, I wanted to post this great article on Huffington Post about adoption awareness. It&#8217;s written by a birthmother in an open adoption [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RL Boycott: Join the Facebook Group!</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/12/08/rl-boycott-join-the-facebook-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been following the Ralph Lauren Boycott on here and want to help with this cause, I strongly encourage you to join the Facebook Group: Boycott Ralph Lauren.  Their goal is to reach 100,000 members/fans by Friday to prove  to RL that there is support for this cause in huge numbers.  As Darryl says, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RL Boycott: CNN Segment Canceled!</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/12/06/rl-boycott-cnn-segment-canceled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you know, I was supposed to appear on CNN News today with Dr. Maria Rago of ANAD and former supermodel Emme at 4pm Eastern Time to announce the nationwide boycott of Ralph Lauren that thousands of you signed up for. Well, The Ralph Lauren Company orchestrated a very savvy move and the segment was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RL Boycott Update</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/12/05/rl-boycott-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whew! This has been a difficult week dealing with the boycott, but I think we&#8217;re all making some headway. This is where we are now &#8211; The Ralph Lauren Company didn&#8217;t respond to my open letter (even though most of the high ranking executives at the company read it), so I called for a national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boycott Ralph Lauren</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/12/03/boycott-ralph-lauren/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forewarning: this is a long post but worth it! I saw this documentary, America the Beautiful, this past spring and it was amazingly eye opening (It&#8217;s now on Netflicks.com to watch instantly!). The creator, Darryl Roberts was actually there for the viewing and it was refreshing to see a man so passionate about women&#8217;s issues, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Me. On the Radio!</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/09/17/me-on-the-radio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blessings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaylee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, this morning I was listening to our local Christian radio on my way to school and the radio host asked callers to talk about what they survived.  Some were big touching stories like surviving a house fire, beating breast cancer, etc., others were smaller that and caused chuckles. But, I immediately thought about my adoption experience. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption in the Media: Finally Something Good?</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/07/14/adoption-in-the-media-finally-something-good/</link>
		<comments>http://omommawrites.com/2009/07/14/adoption-in-the-media-finally-something-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t really like MTV.  Well, I used to back in the middle school and high school days when it was the cool thing to watch all the time. But then I realized what trash it is, filled with sexual images and dirty language constantly. Ick!  Why waste my life watching crap on TV? But, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unveiling the Project</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/07/01/unveiling-the-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Savannah]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;m recovering from my nasty cold and going to use Savannah&#8217;s nap time to nap myself, just thought I&#8217;d share my project for my last class. The assignment was a creative one that expresses what feminist issues are close to you and what you can do to help. My biggest issue right now? Raising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Disney Rant</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/06/19/my-disney-rant/</link>
		<comments>http://omommawrites.com/2009/06/19/my-disney-rant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omommawrites.com/?p=875</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Savannah is obsessed with Disney princesses, pretty much like every other little girl in America that I know.  And on the surface, it seems like a good thing.  Ya know, all happy and beautiful and girls getting what they really want, like true love (after the Prince saves her, of course).  I can&#8217;t lie, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frosty for Dad=Helping Others</title>
		<link>http://omommawrites.com/2009/06/16/frosty-for-dadhelping-others/</link>
		<comments>http://omommawrites.com/2009/06/16/frosty-for-dadhelping-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like adoption has always been apart of my world, when I was a young child I had cousins and aunts adopted into our family so it was just a natural thing for me to grow up with. However, not until I became a birthmother at 16 did I truly take an interest and [...]]]></description>
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