Tough Mothers: Raising Children and the Development of Grit
As we have previously mused, there seems to be a necessary element of physical discomfort to develop grit. Our bodies are always […]
Can Watching YouTube Videos Make Your House Cleaner?
There are people who don’t care about little messes and clutter. And there are those of us who long continually for clean […]
Manic Martyr Moms on Mushrooms
Next up in the trend of “normalizing” and “destigmatizing,” we have moms on mushrooms. Unfortunately, we’re not talking about mothers learning new […]
Childless, Childfree, and Being Around Children
As reactionary “trad-isms” and “anti-feminisms” proliferate there are more calls for “every woman to have a child.” Really! This is uttered by […]
Time and What You Do With It
New experiences imbue our time with an intensity that makes a few hours feel like a long stretch of days. A different […]
Imagine If You Can: Motherhood Without Instagram
There’s a foolproof way as a woman to ensure that you get rest when it is required for physical healing. There’s a […]
Unintended Profundity: Paris Hilton on Birth, Death, and What We Fear Most
Well, folks, she’s done it again. An oracle of our age, a woman whose uttered wisdom exceeds the limitations of her public […]
Is it “puttering” that makes a house a home?
Many a homemaker has despaired of ever living in a place of beauty. There is always something to be cleaned, something to […]
Motherhood “In the Trenches”: Reassessing the Language of War
When a mother describes the daily care of babies and toddlers there’s an expression used to capture the experience: she might say […]
Sentimentalizing Mothers and Mothers Who Are Not Overly Sentimental
Used book sales are a treasure trove of cast-off volumes, unwanted and unlooked for by most. Gorgeous old tomes sell for a […]