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Mayim Bialik versus “for all of human history” 26 Aug 2013 | 09:45 pm
So, Mayim Bialik, how do you feel about people responding to your writing and advocacy: I have noticed naysayers using my name in titles of articles and posts in hopes that people will a) read them, ...
Swearing in front of your kids versus having class 23 Aug 2013 | 09:45 pm
The other morning my four-year-old pointed her finger at my frizzy mop of hair and said, “No, hair. That’s naughty.” And I was like, “Did my hair do something wrong?” And my daughter said, “Yeah. Your...
Humor versus the internet 21 Aug 2013 | 09:45 pm
My friend Stef recently posted on her Babble blog about 9 Popular Yet Terrible Kids Books. Go click over to it and take it in. It’s a fun read. I mean, the Giving Tree hella had it coming. That books ...
Lactivism versus stealing someone’s mail 19 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
Here’s how I imagine the publishing of this The Ethicist column from last week went down: When Chuck Klosterman got the letter from S.M., a volunteer who serves homeless and at-risk American Indian pe...
Being a good parent versus looking at your iPhone 16 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm
Am I the only person who didn’t read this article when it came out earlier this year? I vaguely recall it coming up in my Facebook feed and me being like, eh, fuck that shit. Alas, I’ve read it now a...
Elimination communication versus being a lazy parent 14 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm
When the NY Times writes about elimination communication it’s like comments Christmas. All the regulars come out. Here’s Sanctimommy: I love it! Hear that parents who use diapers? You are lazy! Eithe...
RIE versus raising a non-confident(?) child 12 Aug 2013 | 11:32 pm
Here is my vision of hell: a room full of first-time moms who just attended a three-day, intensive RIE® seminar. So deafening is their ”sportscasting” that I will be stranded for all eternity trying ...
Intactivists versus circumscision 10 Aug 2013 | 12:31 am
I once said to a couple of mothers of sons, “Hey, did you circumcise?” And I could see people around us recoil in horror, preparing themselves for what surely was going to be a shitstorm. Instead, one...
Lactivists versus boobophobes 6 Aug 2013 | 03:23 am
Picking apart lactivists is almost too easy. I mean, this: Bitch, please, indeed. This image is offensive, inane and it stinks of romantic primativism, condescension and smugness. I can’t make fun of...
If You Skim This, You Will Break My Heart 6 Aug 2013 | 02:31 am
My life changed drastically when the kids started going to school full-time last month. For the first time in over four years, I have well, not exactly free time, but time. Time to work, time to think...
