It’s one thing to fat shame women. (If by “one thing,” I mean a total dick move.) But fat shaming pregnant women? Well, that just borders on criminal behavior. One Canadian meteorologist has found herself the target of fat shamers — and not once, but twice. During both her pregnancies, Kristi Gordon, meteorologist for Global BC in Vancouver, has received hate […]
Politics/Community
10 Reasons NO ONE Really Believes In John Lennon’s “Imagine”
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] THERE IS RARELY A TIME that I hear John Lennon’s song “Imagine” when I don’t get a little choked up and sentimental towards a hopeful world. The anarchic, atheistic, socialistic, rebellious nature of the song has somehow worked its way into the heart of Americana, where even the most pious of […]
Trolls in the Sandbox
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Last night I was trying, and failing miserably, to tap my well of creativity. I wanted my first post as a fixture here at SaPM to be funny, thought-provoking, and brilliant. What this means is I was mentally shooting rubber bands at the ceiling fan and writing exactly squat. My spouse-guy […]
Commenting on Internet Articles (for Dummies)
I’ve been blogging for about 3 1/2 years now, and in that time, I’ve received my fair share of negative, rude comments from readers. At first, I was so taken aback and personally insulted by the rare mean comments I’d encounter that I would rack my brain, trying to figure out how to convince everyone […]
How Modern Society Has Ruined Halloween
I feel bad for my kids. I do. They’ll never know the intimacy of having a childhood birthday party wherein their parents don’t rent out an entire amusement park and invite anyone they’ve ever come in contact with in their entire lives or the simplicity of Mom not sending them to their school holiday parties […]
Why We Should Tell Children They’re Pretty
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] It’s taken me some time and some thinking to be able to come around to addressing this topic properly, and I’m still not entirely sure that I can. I first read the article on Facebook about parents who refuse to praise their children on their outward appearance a few weeks ago, […]
*Shoulder Shrug* It Was the ’80s
The other night, my husband was telling my parents and me the story of how when he was a kid his parents forgot to pick him up from the airport after he had spent a month in France with the family of a former exchange student. No one at the airport could reach his parents […]
It’s Still Not OK to Say ‘Retarded’
Just a reminder, as it seems many people have either missed the memos, chosen to ignore them, or forgotten them completely: It’s still not OK to say “retarded.” Ever. Not even when you’re just kidding. Not even when you post something written by someone else. Not even because your freedom of speech is protected under the […]