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McSweeneys: I Don’t Hate Women Candidates – I Just Hated Hillary and Coincidentally I’m Starting to Hate Elizabeth Warren

I have no problem with women. My wife is a woman and I have daughters who will likely be wives and mothers of daughters one day. I only had a problem with Hillary Clinton, and my problem with her is completely separated from her gender, and is solely based on the fact that she was […]

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Washington Post: PTA culture and the working mother

My 6-year-old daughter recently told me how her best friend’s mother is always at school. This mom volunteers for library, for swimming, for the health walk and even made a papier-mâché spaceship for one of their class projects. Meanwhile I, who must cram in my work before my kids get home at 1:30 p.m., had […]

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NYT: How I Solved the Gender Labor Imbalance

I told myself I would never fall down the “wife trap rabbit hole.” My mother and father both worked outside the home, but like many women of their generation, my mother was in charge of keeping the home and caring for the children on top of her paying job. When my boyfriend and I moved […]

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NYT Motherlode: Turn Your Princess-Obsessed Toddler Into a Feminist in Eight Easy Steps

1. Read the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White in which Snow White is asked to clean, cook, make beds, wash and sew for the dwarfs in exchange for shelter from the evil queen. Ask your toddler to imagine what might have been different if the dwarfs had been female instead of male, and instead […]

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McSweeneys: Mommy Blogger’s Lament

June 20, 2039 Dear Son, I realize that you’re angry, and I’d like the opportunity to clarify a few things. If you heard my side of the story, you wouldn’t be so quick to resent a mother who’s done nothing more than love you. I never pitched “Is my Toddler a Homophobe?” to Thisisnotyourbubbysblog. After […]

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The Rumpus: Epicurious.com Reader Comments

Bruce Krieger is clearly a very confused person. 1 teaspoon cream tartar in his “S’mores Cheesecake” topping? I feel sorry for his children. by DSR from New York | flag if inappropriate That the writer of this recipe is deeply insecure and in need of psychological intervention is not in question. What concerns me is […]