Polls – Mombian

What’s On Your Mind About Back-to-School Time?

August 23, 2012 • No comments

It’s back-to-school time, so I thought I’d once again put up a poll to see what’s on our minds this time of year. Please share any further thoughts in the comments.

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What Are You Looking Forward to This Summer?

June 13, 2012 • 2 comments

It’s my son’s last week of school before vacation, and I’m thinking about our summer plans, so I thought I’d ask the rest of you what you’re looking forward to this summer. Anyone taking any trips? Starting (or finishing) any home improvement projects? Sending the kids to camp?

What Are Your Back-to-School Concerns?

August 24, 2011 • 1 comment

It’s back-to-school time, so let’s do a fun little poll for all of us who have children braving the wilds of education:

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What Do You Think of Valentine’s Day?

February 9, 2011 • 1 comment

Take our completely unscientific but perhaps slightly amusing poll.

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Spring Agenda

March 23, 2010 • 5 comments

Consider this an open thread for the first week of spring. What’s up with all of you?

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What Legislation Matters Most to You?

June 24, 2009 • 5 comments

This week Reps. Barney Frank, Tammy Baldwin, and Jared Polis introduced an LGBT-inclusive version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be holding a hearing on the LGBT-inclusive Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Within a week or so, the Supreme Court should file a response to the case [...]

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Prop 8: How Do You Think They Will Rule?

May 22, 2009 • 3 comments

The California Supreme Court will announce their decision on the legality of Prop 8 this coming Tuesday. How do you think they will rule? {democracy:23}

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What Was the Hardest Part About Starting Your Family?

March 25, 2009 • 3 comments

What did you find most difficult about the path to parenthood? Feel free to elaborate in the comments. (I realize this poll doesn’t really capture the experiences of those who began their families while in opposite-sex relationships; I would like to explore that in a future poll. I’ve been doing these polls rather sporadically, but [...]

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Where Do You Socialize with LGBT Families?

March 18, 2009 • No comments

Let’s do another poll and explore how we build community and friendship: {democracy:19}

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What Was Your Favorite L Word Parenting Storyline?

February 25, 2009 • 4 comments

Time for something frivolous—an L Word quiz, but with a Mombian twist: {democracy:18}

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Poll: School Vacation Week

February 19, 2009 • 1 comment

Many school districts had the week off. How did this affect you? {democracy:17}

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Poll: Lesbian Parenting Books

January 27, 2009 • 6 comments

It’s time for another poll: {democracy:16} Feel free to leave comments about what you liked/didn’t like about any of these books or others. More books for and about lesbian families, as always, in the Mombian Shop.

What’s On Your Mind?

January 13, 2009 • No comments

{democracy:15}

Back-to-School Poll

August 15, 2008 • 2 comments

There are only a couple of weeks left until school starts in most areas of the U.S. For those of you with school-age children, here’s a quick poll: {democracy:10}

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Who Will Star in L Word Spinoff?

July 20, 2008 • 5 comments

After Ellen brought us news late last week that there is an L Word spinoff in development. After the show finishes its sixth and final season next year, one storyline will be carried into an online series that will then segue into the new series, if Showtime approves it. The new show will star one [...]

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Mayo Ad Viewers Can’t Take a Yolk

June 26, 2008 • No comments

LGBT advocates in the U.K. are urging supporters to boycott Heinz products after the company pulled an ad that showed two men kissing. The TV spot for Heinz Deli Mayo, “Mayo with a New York Deli Flavor,” shows two siblings getting ready for school and asking their mum for their lunches. Thing is, their “mum” [...]

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Which State Will Be Next?

May 21, 2008 • 2 comments

Let’s take another poll: {democracy:7}

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Are LGBT Parents More Anxious Than Non-LGBT Ones?

May 13, 2008 • 2 comments

Slate did a weekend review of “Super Books for Pretty Good Moms: Parenting guides that won’t make you even more anxious than you already are.” Whether you’re an anxious parent or a calm one, you’re most likely familiar with how the media plays up these anxieties (and then tries to sell us the solutions). This [...]

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Working It Out

April 15, 2008 • No comments

This week’s poll is in honor of season three of Work Out, which provides just enough women’s-sports coverage (and lesbian visibility) to get us through the gap between the end of March Madness and the start of the WNBA season. (Then it’s on to Wimbledon, the Olympics, and the U.S. Open here in the Mombian [...]

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Discrimination Doesn’t Fly with Tammy Baldwin

April 2, 2008 • 4 comments

When Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin went with a congressional delegation to Europe, she brought along her spouse, as did other members of Congress. Or at least she wanted to. The Pentagon at first said her spouse, Lauren Azar, who had exchanged vows with Baldwin in 1998, could not take the flight. Speaker of the [...]

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The End of the L Word As We Know It

March 11, 2008 • 3 comments

As anyone who’s been around the LGBT blogosphere in the last 24 hours knows, The L Word will return next year for a sixth and final season. Let’s take a quick poll: {democracy:2}

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