... and another thing:

[ailbhe]

From http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ :

"please do not send consumable gifts -- such as food, flowers, and other perishable items -- to the White House. While President Obama, the First Lady, Vice President Biden, and Dr. Biden appreciate your thoughtfulness, they request that instead you look to your local community"

D'y'see that?! D'y'see that?! There are feminists in the White House!

Comments

[kiya]

... sweet.

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

Too. Fucking. Awesome.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Now if we can only get rid of that ridiculous archaic term "First Lady." Better yet, get rid of the role, and let the president's spouse keep their own job for a change.

[(Anonymous)]

I think Ailbhe is the one person who really cured me of the guilt 'Society' has always made me feel for making the choice to be a SAHM. (Even though I did some part-time paid employment in the pre-school my children attended during the years they were there - which was over a long period, as I have 5 sons!) I still hate the way people ask mothers "Do you work?" I always used to answer, "Yes, but not in paid employment."

However, I get less than half the minimum state pension now as a result. To me the biggest boost for SAHM's has been the new rule which gives Nation Insurance Credits for the years spent raising your own children!

Hurray for REAL freedom of choice, and for valuing the work SAHM's do!

Elaine