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FTM Friday…Homemade Laundry Detergent
Hello…FTM Friday! Remember me? Yeah, I don’t either. Whatever. So this week we’re going to A.) Move away from body products (but only temporarily! I have way more recipes people.) and B.) Pretend like...
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15 signs you need to GTFU
I agree with this dude who said parents need to calm the fuck down. I would like to add that people need to grow the fuck up. From this point forward, we shall use the acronym GTFU. Sometimes, that’s...
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I need a part-time parenting arrangement, mmmmkay?
The problem with being a mother is that you have to do it all the time. I need a part-time arrangement. Even ¾ time would work. But this round-the-clock, 365-day a year bullshit? Yeah. It ain’t workin’...
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This week…just in the nick of time…she was saved by salt air and fog.
(First of all, it was last week, but whatevs.) After a super handy internet helper diagnosed me with chronic depression based on the last blog post I wrote, I figured it was time to make some changes....
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Hey world. I’m pregnant, not broken.
Hey world. Check it out. I am not sick, disabled, handicapped or broken. I am pregnant. I am not frail, fragile, needy or excessively dependent. I am pregnant. I am not incapable, incapacitated or...
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Ride on, kid. I’ll be right back here.
A few months ago, my fifteen-year-old daughter Ava was introduced to a mountain biking team. It’s a high school team. She was gifted a bike, and started riding. If you could see my face right now,...
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On rage and helpfulness. Or, of course women are furious.
A few days ago, I sat at my desk reading two articles that outlined in detail Harvey Weinstein’s harassment, assault, and intimidation of women. As I read about the way he threatened and assaulted...
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I wrote a book! And I finally get to share it with you.
At around 7:30pm on November 3, 2015, I received an email with the subject line “HI” from a man named Jermaine Johnson in Los Angeles, letting me know he was a manager with 3 Arts Entertainment, a...
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Invisible labor and the “small space” that’s ours.
Alright, I’ll admit it. I am having a rough time. Here’s what’s up: When I left California, I left the support network I’d built over 18 years to help me raise four kids and work as a writer. And now...
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Anyone else failing to find their way back into the world?
I think I’ve forgotten how to be in the world. I am not special. I did not experience some uniquely bad pandemic experience, but I suppose the conditions are a bit unique in that I moved to a new...
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