Halloween forces me to confront two things about me: I hate mass consumer marketing towards young children and I hate being confronted with the expectation to perform as a Halloween-loving mother to my children.
Month: October 2015
Confessions of a Reluctant Mommy to the First-Time (or Future Tense) Reluctant Mommy
When I was child-free, I harbored this nebulous concept that I would someday have kids. I was also much more preoccupied with trying not to get pregnant for most of my adult life thus far, so a progression to trying to become pregnant seemed…unnatural.
The Lockdown Drill Makes Me Long for the Earthquake Drill
We prepare mass shootings the way we prepare for natural disasters. We know the next one is coming. It’s just a matter of when.
subversive mommy 