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Category: personal stories

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I Hate Pregnancy. So Why Do I Feel So Guilty Saying It?
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by on April 8, 2025April 8, 2025

I Hate Pregnancy. So Why Do I Feel So Guilty Saying It?

Damircudic/Getty Images I’m about to tell you one of my deepest, darkest secrets, something I only feel brave enough to write here from the comfort of my computer. When I took a pregnancy test for my second child, the immediate positive result wasn’t met with tears of joy or squeals of excitement. Instead, my gut...

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"Excused Absences" Are Classist Bullsh*t
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by on April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

"Excused Absences" Are Classist Bullsh*t

Zeljkosantrac/Getty Images I called the absolutely obnoxious "attendance line" for my daughter’s school at 7:30 a.m. "Hey! It’s Mathilda’s mom. She’ll be out today, Thursday, Nov. 7. She was up all night puking her brains out, so I think it’s best to keep her home for at least today. We don’t want to spread anything."...

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Maybe Let's Cool It With Our "Core Memory" Ambitions
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by on April 3, 2025April 3, 2025

Maybe Let's Cool It With Our "Core Memory" Ambitions

DisneyKids | YouTube I’ve been a parent for 13 years and in that time I’ve seen a number of new terms coined or popularized. “Gentle parenting.” “Spirited child.” “Crunchy Mom”( and her counterpart, “Silky Mom”). And then there’s “Core Memory,” which debuted in Pixar’s Inside Out. Far be it from me to even give the...

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A Split Tongue Wasn’t On My Sexual Fantasy List. It Should Have Been.
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by on March 31, 2025March 31, 2025

A Split Tongue Wasn’t On My Sexual Fantasy List. It Should Have Been.

It was my last night on vacation, and I was absent-mindedly swiping through Bumble while I enjoyed dinner solo at a local market. Unexpectedly, one profile caught my attention. I first noticed how he fit my physical type: people who look like brown Jesus (I’m pansexual and date folks of any gender). He was a...

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