Blogging about parenting.
Little Seal is about Emily Rapp's son Ronan, who is 2 1/2 and has Tay-Sachs disease. Count on Rapp for a jolt of humanity and perspective amid the mundane.
Her Bad Mother is Catherine Conners, a working mom devoted to her husband and children, who chronicles the ups and downs of parenting, balancing it all with humor and poignancy. She is not afraid to speak out against mothers who believe that their way is the best way to raise kids. These blogs are among the
25 Best Blogs 2012 per Time magazine.
posted by netbros
on Oct 23, 2012 -
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The Mom Stays in the Picture - When Allison Tate wrote about how "Too much of a mama's life goes undocumented and unseen... I'm everywhere in their young lives, and yet I have very few pictures of me with them",
it resonated with many other women. "To read through the notes that came with the thousand-plus photos (and yes, we have read every single one) was to read the minds of today's mothers. Over and over you told us that you don't look the way you want to look, don't look the way you once did. Even when joining a movement created around the motto 'I am not perfect to look at and I am not perfect to love, but I am perfectly their mother,' you felt the need to apologize."
(via middleclasstool's other half)
posted by flex
on Oct 12, 2012 -
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For us children, our mother's nagging can be a frustrating, constant annoyance. However, when her presence is no longer felt, these words become our strongest source of comfort and affection. It is then that we learn to hold on tightly to these warm, faint traces of memories. From Singapore, a
"tribute to all the mothers of the world". [SLYT]
posted by undue influence
on May 24, 2012 -
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GLBT rights advocate Carolyn Wagner has passed away. In 1996,
Carolyn's 16 year old son, William, was assaulted in his school in Fayetteville, Arkansas, following years of
anti-gay harassment. School administrators rebuffed his complaints, telling him to man-up. His mother, Carolyn, filed a
complaint with the Office For Civil Rights that the Fayetteville Arkansas School District was in violation of their son's Title lX rights and succeeded in convincing the OCR that GLBT students are covered by Title lX, and won.
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posted by roomthreeseventeen
on Jan 19, 2011 -
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"
Regardless of political stance, no one can deny the joy felt upon seeing your loved ones return home safely --
WelcomeHomeBlog.com is a site celebrating that amazing feeling. Visit daily for heartwarming stories, videos and pictures of members of our courageous armed forces returning home to their families and friends..."
posted by zizzle
on Dec 1, 2010 -
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Drummer and vocalist
Jimmy Carl Black, "the Indian of the group", who appeared on more Mothers of Invention
records than you could shake a stick at, has passed away. Here's Jimmy drumming with The Mothers of Invention
live on French TV 1968,
live on BBC TV 1968, singing with
The Muffin Men, 2002, and on one of his last gigs, singing Capt. Beefheart's
Dropout Boogie in June 2008, in his duo with mad banjo wizard Eugene Chadbourne which they called
The Jack and Jim Show.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Nov 3, 2008 -
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Did the blue dress ever exist? Regina Louise had a miserable childhood, shuttled from foster home to foster home, at best ignored at best and at worst abused. There was only one happy memory from her childhood: the time she spent with the sole foster mother to ever show her love. But that woman had vanished from Louise's life years ago, and it seemed unlikely they'd ever meet again... (Warning: this newspaper article may make you cry.)
posted by yankeefog
on Dec 31, 2005 -
46 comments
In the aisle by the chill cabinets, no-one can hear you scream.
posted by dg
on Jun 11, 2003 -
9 comments
