bethechange258 / TikTok By now, surely, you’ve heard of the Netflix series Adolescence, which follows the story of a young boy, redpilled on the internet, who is accused of murdering a female classmate. The show, which quickly shot to the number one watched show on Netflix, reached around 124 million views worldwide, positioning itself among the top 10 most-watched English-language shows of all time on the platform. With such popularity, redpilling has become quite the topic of conversation. The term comes from the “red pill / blue pill” metaphor representing a choice between learning an unsettling or life-changing truth by...
14 Mother’s Day Desserts For A Fruity & Beautiful End To Brunch
A Cookie Named Desire Let’s be honest for a hot second: Moms, would you rather receive a floral arrangement or a flower-shaped dessert on Mother’s Day? Yeah, that’s what we thought. Flowers are beautiful and all, but hand over the damn chocolates and sweets. Mother’s Day is on the horizon, meaning it’s time to slyly offer up ideas for Mother’s Day activities, gifts, and — yep! — Mother’s Day desserts to your partner or kid. OK, crafting flower- or petal-shaped confections by hand may be out of their baking wheelhouse (doesn’t mean we left it off this list, though), but...
An Ode To The Moms & Mother-In-Laws Who Know It's *Your* Day
Mother’s Day can be overwhelming. Whether it’s your first one or your 10th, there’s something about a holiday dedicated to you that can feel like a lot — and it’s probably because the holiday isn’t just dedicated to you. It’s also dedicated to your mom and your mother-in-law and your stepmom and your grandmother and all the moms in your life. And even though everyone keeps telling you it’s all about you on Mother’s Day and it’s your day, the pressure to celebrate your mom or mother-in-law (or both) is there. Because sometimes your mother-in-law wants the entire family to...
My Village Looks After Single Moms On Mother's Day, And It Means So Much To Me
Ariela Basson/Scary Mommy; Getty Images, Shutterstock, Stocksy In the past, my Mother’s Days were never too eventful. My kids would bring a piece of art or a poem home from school (which honestly, I’ve always loved) and then our family would go out to brunch or dinner. While I definitely felt the love from my kids, I never got much special treatment from my husband. Definitely no flowers or gifts. Definitely no breaks from parenting or even acknowledgement for how hard I was working as a mom. I was grateful for everything I had, but still, I absolutely felt resentment...