Warner Bros. Television I’m watching Gilmore Girls for the 100th time. On the screen, fast-talking mom Lorelai manically asks her 16-year-old daughter Rory to join her on an impromptu road trip the night before her wedding. Confused, responsible Rory demands why as Lorelai dodges questions before breaking down and admitting she can’t marry Max. Lorelai’s...
Natalia Lebedinskaia/Getty Images Even before I had a baby, I heard the horror stories of school lunch judgment. Notes home from teachers to parents telling them not to send certain foods in lunch boxes. Entire schools banning specific lunch items. It left me annoyed and indignant. But I didn’t fully feel the rage of those...
Galina Zhigalova/Getty Images In the emergency room, I clutch my left side with both hands and close my eyes. Looking around me at the other people in pain makes my own worse. I was sent here from urgent care, where the doctor felt my abdomen and noticed that although I was feeling pain in my...
Vera Livchak/Moment/Getty Images Now that we’re finally naming things like default parents and the invisible load, I imagine many of us have stepped back to examine our own relationships and see how much of this stuff is at play. I have been pleased with my findings: My husband truly believes in being an equal partner...