Author Archives: Moorea
Avoid Depression: Make an Adventure of the Recession
Fun is not a word usually associated with an economic slump. But if you've lost your job or your savings or your business is slow, you have a choice to…
Why Is Donor Sperm So Expensive?
In my last post, I lamented the fact that my wife and I are temporarily postponing starting our family due to the recession and the cost of sperm. If you…
Why A Home Birth? It’s All in the Numbers
Freedom of Choice: For those who believe in women's freedom of choice about pregnancy, it's time to think about women's freedom of choice in birth. Though there are more birthing…
Penny-Pinching Pregnancy: Saying No To Expensive Tests
We didn't have much cash to start with, but we just couldn't wait. And then it happened on the first try. I'm 6 weeks pregnant but I didn't get a…
The 3/50 Spending Movement: Queered
Two of my favorite local small businesses have signed on as supporters of the 'œ3/50' movement. The point is to save local small businesses by spending $ at three different…
Femme Economics: Waking Up to the Recession
I've succumbed to the recession. I had a sign on a corkboard in my office for seven months that said 'œI will not participate in the recession' and I just…
Femme Economics: Money Makes a Femme? Reading Femmethology
Oh my dear femmes, and the femme-curious: What makes a femme? I've been writing this column trying to say a lot of things about class politics and eco-feminism through the…
Questions for a Queer Trust and Estate Attorney
For my first interview for Queercents, I decided we could use some advice about trusts and estates, how to make sure our families, partner and charities can benefit from our…
Femme Economics: Economy Falls, Hair Rises
Last week, I cut off seven inches of my hair and my partner cut hers butch-shorter than I'd ever seen on her. We shocked one another- and neither of us…
Radical Resolution: Buy Nothing New in 2009
This year I joined some of my friends on Facebook to buy 'œNothing New In 2009'. It's not a piece of cake- even though it's been easier for me since…