The first time a video by Ceci Kane came across my Instagram feed, she was recreating a typical scene from one of the Internet’s richest sources of drama: Facebook mom groups. What millennial mom hasn’t stumbled across a wild Facebook argument about breastfeeding, or a raucous Reddit dogpile about baby-led weaning, or even a particularly...
Scary Mommy We’ll admit it: We used to make fun of Disney adults. Or, rather, we used to not understand what the fuss was all about. Why would you, a grown person, spend your hard-earned money on a theme park? Why would you choose to spend your time off walking miles (and miles and miles)...
filmstudio/E+/Getty Images My hair was falling out when my mom came to visit for two weeks. It was mid-November, and I was trying to cover it up with fun hats. I don’t know why I bothered, it wasn’t like anyone was looking at me. Not at work where I spent my days managing an optometrist’s...
The Washington Post/The Washington Post/Getty Images The 2024-2025 academic year is still young, but already school shootings have loomed large in the national discourse. According to Education Week, there have been 9 incidents since July 31 that have resulted in 24 injuries and deaths. (That’s not even counting those killed or injured in the 2023-2024...