My daughters are still pretty young, and as parents do, I constantly and inadvertently eavesdrop on my kids. It’s fascinating. The shit that comes from their mouths when…
Birthday party invitations come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Some arrive in the mail, some merely pieces of 8 1/2 x 11 paper, printed at home and…
Trigger warnings: rape, molestation, illegal abortion. It was a gray day in 1967 Washington, DC; the warm summer days and bustling streets of Georgetown had surrendered to the…
My kids started school last week. When they stepped out the door with their brand spanking new Ninja Turtle backpacks, I heard the angels singing. Yep…I’m one of those…
If I am being honest, my daughter came into this world pushing me away. She was independent from the moment she was born. Sure, she relied on me…
If I were more eloquent, or perhaps just better informed on racial issues and feminism and the language they use, I could say something like, “I am using…
I never wanted to be a teen actress in Hollywood. Either you get cast as a princess, a spoiled rich girl, an “ugly duckling” who needs to be…
Your child has a summer assignment? Cry me fucking a river… I can hear the faint, falsetto of Timberlake now, as I begin to type this post. I…
I really can’t seem to get my shit together. My shit is a disaster. Totally untogether. In fact, it’s scattered. Strewn across the landscape of my life like…
September, like winter, is coming. I’m already mourning the end of summer- lazy days of teenagers sleeping late, no 6:30 am lunch prep, and far too many hours…