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The Mommy Wars are Bullshit

April 12, 2012
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Sometimes the most eloquent thing I can say about a subject is “I call bullshit”. Look, I work. I’m a mom. One of my best friends in the entire world is a stay at home...

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A Soldier’s Thoughts on Birth Control, Religion and Women in the Military

February 16, 2012
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I’ve become somewhat of an accidental feminist lately. I’ve struggled mightily with my religion’s stance on birth control and finally accepted that, well, I’m just a bad catholic....

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New York Times At War Blog

January 12, 2012
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I wrote a piece for the New York Times At War blog through Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. I hope you’ll swing over and check it out.   http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jessica-scott/    
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The PerfectVacuum

January 8, 2012
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  I have somewhat of a problem in my house. While I’ll freely admit to having too any animals (really, I think we’re borderline qualifying for an episode of animal hoarders but if you repeat that, I’ll deny...

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Stupid Girls

December 5, 2011
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    A couple of nights ago, I had a conversation with my 7 year old daughter. Now, it’s not like the conversation is the thing to remark on. We talk all the time. Most of the time,...

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Change of Command

October 20, 2011
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It’s barely been a year since I took the guidon. I’m sitting here now, no longer Viper 6. It feels strange because I half expect the phone to chime with one of my LTs asking me something....

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Was It Worth It?

September 26, 2011
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I’m sitting here tonight in a crappy hotel room in Sierra Vista Arizona. I’m away from my kids. I’m alone but for the bright white screen of my computer and I’m thinking. It’s never a good...

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Talking to Kids About 9/11

September 10, 2011
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On Thursday, I went to talk to my 4 year old daughter’s pre-k class about 9/11. I was supposed to be listening to the Signal Regimental Commander talking about micro cyber, but I figured my...

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Putting All Your Eggs in the Facebook Basket

June 11, 2011
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As much as I’m online, I’m still a very simple girl when it comes to finding people online. I use Google. I don’t necessarily look for people’s dot com address but when...

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RWA 11 Conference Prep: Part 1

June 9, 2011
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So this year will be my 2nd RWA National Conference. For those of you who remember last year’s freak out, it was kind of a BFD (big F(**ng deal) for me to go from...

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