By Colleen McCardell of Are We There Yet? The room was sweltering. A single metal fan in the corner turned slowly, barely moving the air. My skirt stuck to me and my thighs slipped on the hard plastic chair, covered in sweat, the crack in the middle of the seat pinching my legs every time…
What Your Sweary Friends Need You to Know
I swear. Like a motherfucking sailor. It’s not that I wasn’t taught how to “speak properly” or that I was raised in the wild with nary a manner to show for it. It’s just that I swear. It’s how I express myself. And I won’t fucking apologize for it. If you have some friends or…
How Living More Minimally Is Changing My Life
By Amanda Blakeney of Legally Mommy Those who know me know that I’ve been singing the praises of “minimalism” lately. And while I’m sure it makes me sound like some sort of combination of preachy bitch and millennial vegan hipster, I can’t help it – it has been a total game-changer. Those who follow me…
Eighteen Lies. No Sex. No Videotape.
By Linda DeMers Hummel Call them fibs. Call them a bunch of bad advice. Call them wishful thinking. Here are 18 lies that I once believed. 1955: “Little girls can’t do that. Only boys.” 1965: “The Dave Clark Five are better than the Beatles.” 1968: “Relax. No one’s going to vote for Nixon.” 1971: “Come on….
The F Word
By Bethany Monticelli There is something to be said about friendships. How they change us, complete us, fulfill us, ruin us, heal us, gut us. There is something magical about how people can come into our lives by chance and change us forever. There is something tragic about how sometimes those people come into our…
6 Things Nobody Knew We Needed in 1997
By Rachel Stewart Johnson of rachelstewjo.wordpress.com Here’s a rumor: There was once a time when human beings could sit in waiting rooms occupied only by a 13-month-old edition of an employee newsletter called Focus: Health. Turns out there are many components of modern life we didn’t know we needed years ago. Here are a few examples…
My Daughter Is a Liar
By Emily James of emilysarahjames.wordpress.com My 4-year-old is a liar. She tells me things like, “I don’t need to go to the bathroom,” and, “I already blew my nose.” The way she curls her lip, puts her chin down and looks off to the side gives it away, so I’m still safe. But just as…
Can You PLEASE Stop Pretending Life Is Rainbows and Unicorn Farts on Social Media? Sincerely, Someone About to Barf
I see you, posting your happy-go-lucky status updates and memes. Declaring your platitudes and Praise-Be-Gods for life’s blessings. Humble-bragging about your kids’ accomplishments and your spouse’s thoughtfulness. And I’m asking you to stop. Please, just fucking stop it already. Because no one believes you. Or at least those of us who can see behind the…
Hottest Chick in This Place! (How Times Have Changed)
By Shya Gibbons of Vintage Dreams with a Modern Twist Vocabulary is forever changing. An evolving language is a positive sign that society is moving and shaping; society, and its inhabitants, are growing, learning, and adapting. I try my hardest to stay up-to-date on current “cool” terms, but the fact I put cool in quotation…
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