Do you ever just feel like a real-life, adult, living version of Goldilocks? If so, you aren’t alone. It seems like — lately, more than ever — we’re all living in a state of extremes, with too little of some things and, alternatively, way too much of others. From stressing over the state of finances,...
caseylstewart / TikTok I know most of us would rather poke our eyes out than hear that famous phrase one more damn time: “It takes a village!” It’s infuriating for a myriad of reasons, though most parents can nail down the main reason why “it takes a village” makes our skin crawl: it’s so true,...
TikTok/ @popthatmumma The birth of a baby is one of the most miraculous moments in life. Suddenly, a new human is in the world — and at the very same moment, a mother is created. And because the moment is so important, there are lots of opinions — and misconceptions — about how mothers and...
Ray Mickshaw/WireImage/Getty Images One of my favorite psychological phenomena popularized by the internet is “The Mandela Effect.” Essentially, it’s a specific false memory somehow shared by a group of people. It’s named for Nelson Mandela, a South African freedom fighter whom many “remember” dying in prison in the 1980s (he didn’t; he died in 2013...