Being a single mom is hard. Most of the time I don’t consider myself a “single” mom because A) I am in a relationship with a man who helps out, and B) I’m too proud to complain about parenting alone. It has been just D-dude and I for a long […]
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I Am A Feminist For You
I see the way eyes roll and the room gets quiet when I proudly declare that I am a feminist. I hear how people—both men and women—spit the word out as if it were a sour grape. I know, and accept, that over the past century, this word has picked […]
Why Mother’s Day is a Big Effing Deal
Anything I want. All weekend long. No way in hell. These are my responses when people ask what I’m doing for Mother’s Day; whether I’m celebrating Saturday or Sunday and if I think I’m milking it. Mother’s Day is a big freaking deal in my household. It’s always been this […]
5 REASONS WHY WE NEED TO SHOW HUSBANDS WE APPRECIATE THEM
With two kids under the age of two, it’s hard not to get caught up in the everyday craziness that is parenting. In between the small spats over whose responsible for putting the kids to bed, or drawing straws over who has to change the next blowout, to who has […]
The F-Word: A Look at Feminism, Complacency, and the Possibility of Bill as “The First Gentleman”
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I’ve dropped the f-word a time or two in my writing, and I’ve been told I might offend some readers, turn them off. For this reason, I’ve decided to delve in to the controversy of the f-word (FEMINISM) and at the very least, clarify the kind […]
The Dystopian World Of A Christian Pastor
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Karen Johnson of The 21st Century SAHM By chance, I live in a very conservative, Christian state in the Midwest. I am a Christian, but I am not too conservative. I am what many call a “Christian liberal.” (I can sense the eye rolls from […]