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Mis. Miss. Missed.
CN (Content Note): This post discusses miscarriage, pregnancy loss, trauma and depression. I was on our couch, sobbing so hard I couldn’t breathe. Tissues were scattered around. “I want the baby back,” I said to my husband. “I know. Me … Continue reading
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Tagged family, friends, friends for life, friendships, grief, hope, loss, love, marriage, miscarriage, missed miscarriage, moms, parenting, pregnancy, pregnancy loss, pregnant people, pregnant people who are outside the gender binary, rainbow baby, Relationships, sadness, trauma, women, women's rights
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On The Cusp
The end is nigh. My days of carefree, unadulterated freedom are almost over. Or, at least, hopefully they are. What on earth am I talking about? I’m talking about trying to have a baby, of course! My husband and I, … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, children, domestic violence, feminism, health, humor, marriage, memories, millenials, mom-ally, moms, money, motherhood, OCD, Oregon Trail Generation, parent-ally, parenting, parenting (like I know anything about that), pregnancy, privilege, rants, Relationships, sarcasm, thinking about having babies, trauma, women
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On Moms
So Mother’s Day has come and gone, for this year. I was with my mom all this past weekend and the one before so I was a wee bit busy with my real-deal mother and didn’t have time to post … Continue reading
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Conflicted: Complexities of Misogyny and Victim-Blaming
My initial reaction to a recent article on salon.com was fairly visceral. And also a little conflicted. Then everything shifted and my response was more conflicted than it was visceral. Let me explain. The article is written by a woman … Continue reading
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Tagged batterers, domestic violence, intergenerational trauma, intimate partner abuse, misogyny, moms, multigenerational survivors, patriarchy, power and control, sexism, sexual assault, survivors, victim-blaming, violence against women, women, women's empowerment, women's rights
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Working While Female
I am of the mindset that the American work life balance is not good for anyone. Workplace culture is a tough environment for all of us, as it expects us all, at least to some extent, to shed elements of … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, babies, children, double standards, equal rights, equality, LGBTQ, male privilege, maternity leave, misogyny, moms, parenting, parenting (like I know anything about that), pregnancy, self-care, sexism, shifting cultural norms, social change, social justice, stress, thinking about having babies, US maternity leave policy is a joke, white privilege, women, women's empowerment
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No shame in your mom game
I hardly ever write about parenting or motherhood. Mainly because I am not yet a mom yet and feel unauthorized to say anything on the subject. But. I am a huge parent and especially mom-ally. So I like to think … Continue reading
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Happy Mother’s Day!
This post is going to say it’s being published on 5/12, but it is, in fact, still 5/11 here and thus Mother’s Day. So this one goes out to all the moms. Happy Mother’s Day!
