Okay, you big-breasted Berthas, you are right — looks like you do have it rough, with your fruitless quests for over-the-shoulder boulder holders and creepy stares from men (and women) at your below-the-neck region. But what about those of us on the other end of the spectrum? Yeah, we women over […]
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Why We Need Another Madonna
By Tina Steele of The Tina Situation There are several women I can credit with shaping my values and beliefs throughout my life. My mother, who stayed at home to raise me, was obviously the most influential. Just a few years ago, I discovered writer Dorothy Parker and immediately identified […]
White Girl Weave
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Tina Steele of The Tina Situation About 10 years ago, I got myself a white girl weave. Not extensions – a weave. The difference is subtle, I’ll admit. This was around the time that celebrities were finally coming out of the beauty closet and admitting […]
Mental Illness and Who I Am Because of It
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] You’re stupid. You’re selfish. Grow up and quit acting like a child. Three statements I’ve heard so many times in my life I’ve begun to believe them, even repeat them to myself. Who am I? I’m nobody special, nobody you would remember in a crowd of […]
20 Reasons My Toddler is Celebrating the Return of School
By Natasha Daniels of Anxious Toddlers The return of school. The house cleared out. I am exhausted. My feet are breaded with Cheerio dust, but it is over. I now have 10 months alone. Well, almost alone – there is my toddler – the last hurrah. My toddler is doing […]
Why Do We Expect So Little?
By A. R. Amore of The Plagued Parent This week I had a new walkway installed. The old walk was 13 years old and put in by yours truly. Over time it buckled and sank thanks to a maple tree — a much hated maple tree that my wife will not […]
Depression Didn’t Steal My Summer
By Kristina Hammer of The Daily Rantings of an Angrivated Mom Here it is, August already, and I have no idea how we got here. Summer is coming to an end before I even settled in to its peaceful lack of school schedules and routines. There was so much I wanted […]
Cut-Throat B*tches Wear Mom Jeans, Too
Recently, while coming down from an incredibly unproductive Red Bull high, I had an epiphany. You see, I’m a fairly new mom. In 2012 I got married, and not long after I found myself peeing on a stick before work. Oh hey, look at those two little lines! From there, […]