Oh, the darkness, it’s a weird thing. This past week or two, the speed of life overtook me. For the most part, I don’t notice it’s even happening until I’m laying face down on my couch unable to move, wondering why I’m the worst at everything and everybody else is so much better at it all than me. But this… Read more →
Category: The Not-So-Trivial
Let’s Be Americans
Enough is enough. Our government is playing games while real people are suffering. WIC Programs have been shut down, babies and foster children are left without formula, families are left without food. Head Start programs are being kept open through the end of the month only as the result of a $10 million dollar donation from a private Texas couple. Our… Read more →
“Boss Of My Body” Watch This With Your Kiddos, Learn + Groove
YES!!!!!! THE MOTHER COMPANY DOES IT AGAIN!!!! From the Mama minds behind Ruby’s Studio (The Feelings Show, The Friendship Show), here comes another gem: The Safety Show! It comes at a perfect time for us, just when I’m obsessively worrying about how to talk to Delilah about the scary stuff without scarring her. Leave it to The Mother Company to come… Read more →
Safe Sleep Saves Lives. Let’s Talk About It.
The San Fernando Valley, aka The818 has the third highest concentration of infant sleep deaths in all of Los Angeles, beaten out only by Downtown/Inner City, Harbor/South Bay. Read more →
Esteem Yourself.
A couple of months ago I started contributing regularly as a beauty writer on Babble. After a long long struggle to reclaim my style after letting it completely fall by the wayside in hopes of disappearing in to my postpartum depression, I realized that I felt strongly that taking care of your appearance and wanting to look good were not a… Read more →
I Couldn’t Possibly Ever Forget.
Me and the Towers, September 11th, 2001 (photo by Sara) On September 11th, 2001 I was a twenty year old college student living in lower Manhattan. So were many of my friends. On the 10th Anniversary of the attacks, I asked them to join in me writing out the events of the day as we experienced them. Average American kids… Read more →
The Mother Of All Narrative Cinema; Alice Guy-Blache Finally Gets Her Due
Have you ever heard of Alice Guy-Blache? My friend Julie emailed me about this kickstarter for a documentary about Alice, and I was kind of shocked that I had no idea who she was, to be honest. I mean, not that I know about all the things, but I went to NYU film school where they are very serious about the… Read more →
No, YOU Get Off MY Internet
This morning, Forbes.com released their annual list of 100 Best Websites For Women. It includes everything from food blogs, to personal blogs, to corporate blogs, to message boards and community based sites. Reading through the list, as with most of these lists, I found that some choices were cutting edge, some obvious, some passé, but one choice was puzzling beyond… Read more →
Last Night I Dropped To My Knees And Prayed For The First Time Ever
I don’t write about Faith much. Possibly because it’s just not one of the topics I’m very comfortable discussing in public, but also possibly because my own religion of practice happens to be Judaism and so while I’ll happily share my traditions, discussions of prayer, faith, and all those deeper, more personal elements of religion often leave me feeling uncomfortable or… Read more →
Clothes I’m Not Buying But Want To
I’ve gained weight. Which totally sucks. I hate gaining weight. But I’ve got a useless lump of coal where my thyroid should be and I’m a workaholic with poor self-care so inevitably every few years I plump up and have 30 lbs to battle back. Unless it’s a year I get pregnant in which case I have 100 lbs to… Read more →