We just returned from a vacation, crossing the Atlantic on the RMS Queen Mary 2, a British ocean liner, and a week in Norway, mainly Oslo, where my husband’s family on his mother’s side comes from. The boat was predictably luxurious, fun, and relaxing. Norway was beautiful and impressive in its lack of tension, unlike the United States in general and the city where I live, Chicago.
Read MoreI took a teaching job in Abu Dhabi. Once I recovered from the culture shock, the heat, the insane amount of sand, and the horrible treatment of the essential workers, I realized I missed my husband, and while Abu Dhabi offered a change, it wasn’t a positive one for a person who hates malls.
Read MoreMoms are all the rage these days. Moms competing for sexual desirability, making insane lunches in Bento boxes, complaining, boasting, drinking at Marianos and Trader Joes, competing for the best mother ever award which marks them as bad mothers because competition is so triggering. We see them everywhere, dancing with their offspring on TikTok, yelling on reality television, modeling clothes and being interviewed along with their model offspring. Our current Vice President is a mother and the Speaker of the House, and we have mothers all over the globe running countries and being bad asses. This is progress.
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