Book Review: My Body Belongs to Me by Jill Starishevsky

Jill Starishevsky is an Assistant District Attorney who has dedicated her career to prosecuting child abuse and sex crimes in New York City. For over a decade, we can only imagine the cases that Jill Starishevsky has worked with and as dedicated as she has been to seeking justice for child abuse and sex crime victims. Jill is also the mother of two small children and has a true love for writing that led her to create the website, The Poem Lady. Living in New York City, Jill has also founded How’s My Nanny, which enables parents to purchase license plates for their strollers where passersby and those who see nannies with children to go onto the website and either report bad behavior or praise good behavior seen from nannies.

Jill Starishevsky’s true …

Bristol Palin Gives Birth to Baby Boy

Bristol Palin, the daughter of former (thank. goodness.) Republican vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin gave birth to a healthy, 7lb. 7oz. baby boy on Saturday at 5:30am. The baby’s name is Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston.

Sarah Palin first released news of Bristol’s pregnancy after she was “tapped on the shoulder” to run for office with former Republican presidential nominee John McCain at a convenient time while rebutting rumors about a cover up of her own pregnancy.

On Monday, Bill McAllister, a spokesman for Gov. Palin said, “This office will not be issuing any statements on [Bristol's baby]. We’re here to talk about state government and that matter falls outside of that.”

And because politicians and their families are treated by people as well as the media as celebrities, baby pictures of Tripp are …

We’ve Been Named one of the Top 50 Best Looking Blogs of 2008!

The little world of Woman Tribune has been growing and has had much success over this past year. We have been through a handful of designs and have finally settled into our new look out-of-beta and from all of the hard work that has been put into Woman Tribune, we have hit a tremendous milestone.

Based on creativity, clean designs, user friendliness, layout structure and organization, Balkhis has named Woman Tribune one of the 50 best looking blog designs of 2008.

We could not be more ecstatic about this, it has definitely been a fun, exciting and most of all, worthwhile journey to get where we are today.

Blogging Basics: Time isn’t Always Money

We have all heard the phrase “time is money” when it comes to the business world, but in the blog world, to expect compensation for the exact amount of time you put into your blog is almost unheard of, especially when you’re new to blogging.

Whether you started your blog for personal use or to market your business, it is wise to think about your website as an additional relationship with a partner who is insanely jealous. It will need tender loving care, especially during the first three to four months and if you even think of giving something else your attention, even for a little while, your blog is going to be very upset with you, sitting there with no one paying attention to it.

With the amount of time you will spend writing your posts, advertising them as well as your blog as a …

Glazed Ham with Apricot-Mustard Sauce

There are a great variety of different meats prepared for Christmas day. My family has always been pretty straight-forward and predictable food-wise; we have a ham and for people who won’t eat the ham, a roast is prepared. For those families, like mine, out there who are always greeted with the same main course on Christmas day, try doing a little something different with your main course to shock and delight the taste buds.

You will need:

7 pounds (about half of a bone-in) cured smoked ham, (butt end), room temperature
2 cups apricot jam
1/4 cup mustard powder
Butter for aluminum foil

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees, with rack in lowest position. Line a large roasting pan with aluminum foil; place roasting rack in pan.

2. With a sharp knife, trim fat, leaving a 1/4-inch-thick layer. …

Book Review: Remember Who You Are by Linda Carroll

Remember Who You Are by Linda Carroll immediately caught my attention with the dedication and ultimately was the reason why I was so interested in reading her book. The dedication includes Carroll’s daughter’s names including Courtney Love and her granddaughter’s names including Frances Cobain. I jumped at the chance to read a book, especially a book about a woman’s spirit and learning and living with authentic power, written by the mother of the famous and never boring Courtney Love.

Linda Carroll is a practicing therapist whose life’s mission is helping women and in Remember Who You Are, you can clearly see her passion and dedication as she offers personal anecdotes and genuine wisdom she has gathered throughout her life and from the people she has met and bonded with.

As a person who blogs almost compulsively, I …