[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Liv of Live By Surprise As the elections edge ever closer, debates are happening, and candidates are again discussing why America is so far behind most other developed nations in developing a national policy on paid maternity leave. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), an agency of the United […]
Politics/Community
Props to All the Childfree Ladies Fighting With (Not Against) Moms
By M.K. Raley of Mother, Deconstructed Coming out of the Child Coma has been a long, slow process. How many times have you heard that? Well, you hear it because it is true. Just like the New Relationship Coma or the Wedding Year Coma, it is real and it can happen to you. I used […]
Such a Pill: My Never-Ending Battle with Anti-Depressants
By Anna Rosenblum Palmer of Shelburbia Standing in the sunshine chatting with a friend while she waters our community garden, our talk turns from carrots and beets (why is it that 40-something women love beets?) to drugs. Despite being in Colorado and standing amongst buds and leaves, we are not talking about the green kind, […]
Believe Whatever Religion You Want, Just Don’t Be An A-Hole
“There is no tenderness or humanity in fanaticism.” – J. Strummer My dad was raised Mormon but I always knew him as an Atheist. My mother was raised Catholic but now believes in the Sacred Feminine. In an effort not to screw me up any more than necessary, my parents chose to raise me without […]
Nicole Arbour, Fat Shaming, and the Feelings Police
By Briton Underwood of Punk Rock Papa Nicole Arbour, of internet fame(?), has gotten herself in hot water as of late. Her YouTube video, Dear Fat People, caused such an uproar that her YouTube channel ended up getting shut down. Talk about pissing off some fatties. I am joking! She pissed off skinnies, too. One […]
If You’re Annoyed By Awareness Campaigns, Get Over Yourself. Immediately.
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I like to complain. And I think almost everything is stupid. I do. Mostly because I am still a disgruntled 16-year-old trapped in an older, mid-30s-something’s body, but also because it relieves stress to complain and think everything’s stupid. And also mostly because I’m an asshole. (←That’s probably the realest reason.) For […]
I Survived Without Gender Signs, and You Can, Too
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Recently, Target elected to remove all gender-based signage, leaving its helpless patrons to aimlessly wander their way through the toy aisles, seemingly lost somewhere in the gender neutral abyss. To put it lightly, people were PO-ed. They took to the Twitterverse and all but condemned the retail giant to fiery gates […]
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 even consider chopping down. The […]