parenting
Kristen Arnett’s “With Teeth” Packs a Huge Bite
As unreliable a character as Sammie is, the reader knows she’s not a liar.
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Family Stones: Lee Lai’s “Stone Fruit” Draws the Growing Pains of Queer Kinship
“Everyone’s pretty messy, while also being really well-intentioned.”
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Very Online: Can Claudia Conway’s Platform Save Her?
“My mom deserves to go to jail—that’s unreal.”
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Very Online: Bean Dad Continues a Tradition of Performative Parenting
From Facebook to Twitter and beyond, parents dunk on their own children online.
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The Internet has (Literally) Accelerated Gender Reveal Parties
Gender reveal parties are killing people. Also, they’re absurd.
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The Long Feminist History of Fighting for Universal Childcare
The erasure of childcare as a feminist agenda point has had various consequences.
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Bird’s Eye: Surveillance Culture Comes for Nannies
Unlike suspicion and mistrust, trust is not easily built. Once built, it may experience ruptures and need frequent repairs.
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Father Knows Nothing: Purity Culture Stunts the Sexual Growth of Black Girls
The concept of virginity derives from white-evangelical, patriarchal notions that have been used to control and regulate the bodies of women.
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Pure Love and Trust: HBO’s “Share” Shows Groundbreaking Post-Assault Parental Behavior
Share sets a groundbreaking new model for a fresh paradigm of post-assault parental behavior.
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Needles and Spins: Anti-Vaccine Propaganda Is Dangerously Profitable
Recasting a social contract as an individual choice is at the crux of the movement’s menace.
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