By Caitlin Murray of Big Time Adulting If you haven’t experienced it already, by this point in life, you’ve at least heard of someone going through a really rough life event. Whether it be the untimely loss of a loved one, a difficult surgery, or a serious illness, we’ve all been affected, directly or indirectly, […]
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Toxic Positivity Is Destroying Your Mental Health
How many times have you seen it? Friends and acquaintances who appear to have it all together, who project a perfect life to the public and on social media, who sing the praises of their experiences and their significant others, who share quippy and pointed positivity platitudes, only to reveal in a shocking bombshell that […]
Don’t Kiss Babies, Mom Warns After Daughter Gets Life-Threatening Herpes
First-time mom, Brogan Thomas, knew something was seriously wrong when she discovered a purple rash all over her one-year-old daughter’s body. “It looked like she’d been in a fire,” she told People Magazine. Brogan was right to worry. Her daughter, Kaylah Merritt, was suffering from Eczema Herpeticum, an infection caused by the Herpes virus, and […]
You Can Buy Used Tissues for $80 and Nothing Makes Sense Anymore
By our SPM news team You can now buy a crumpled tissue that a sick person has already sneezed in. This product is completely real. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE. For $80, you can buy a used kleenex to purposely give yourself a cold virus in one of the grossest ways possible. A note comes […]
Police Arrest Nurse for Rape of Patient in Vegetative State at AZ Facility
Police have made an arrest in the case of a woman in a vegetative state who was raped and subsequently gave birth to a child at an Arizona care facility on December 29. The suspect is 36-year-old Nathan Sutherland, a licensed practical care nurse responsible for overseeing the care of the victim at Hacienda Healthcare […]
Anxiety and Depression Made Me a Supermom
Dealing with anxiety and depression is hard. And dealing with anxiety and depression while parenting is often viewed as a monumental struggle. I would like to present an alternative point of view, however. I would like to submit the idea that my anxiety and depression have made me a better mom. Do I know what […]
Midwife’s Viral Post About Grooming Your Garden Provides Much-Needed Reassurance
Anyone who’s ever gone to the OBGYN — pregnant or not — has likely fretted over the condition of their undercarriage prior to inspection. And why not? If somebody’s about to go diving in your deep sea, it’s the least you can do to tidy up for them beforehand. Manicuring the lawn, so to speak, […]
Goop Wants You to Put Coffee Up Your A** and No, We’re Not Kidding
Sweet flippety fuckdragons, does Gwyneth Paltrow have a line she is unwilling to cross? Apparently not. Because it appears she’s no longer concerned with us steaming and shoving eggs up our clam salads. Now her lifestyle brand, Goop, wants us to toss our other salads, recommending we introduce caffeine into our downtowns. In its Beauty […]