"At 12:19 I arrive at Bryant Park. It is so pretty! David already has a poké bowl and he admires my chicken platter but suggests pork would have been a better option. I tell him there was no pork option at the Halal cart." Aisling Marron in The Pom today:
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Amy Colleen wrote about how moms can never get it right in The Pom last week:
Thank you to everyone who signed up for a paid membership in May! We raised $128.88 (after Substack and Stripe took their cuts), all of which will be donated to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. Thank you for helping us help moms in need.
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I did *not* touch on this specific concept in the article, but as I was writing, I kept thinking of how @headoverhills.bsky.social put it: people are horrified at the idea of a child being spanked but somehow expect all children to behave as if they have been. www.the-pom.com/p/control-yo...
Did you read Jenny Mollen's #boymom post? What did you think of it? Emotional enmeshment is the discussion topic at The Pom today--when do we cross the line from making a joke to being creepy? www.the-pom.com/p/lets-discu...
CONTENT CALL: Anticipating August, we're looking for school-themed essays at The Pom! We want to hear about the teachers who made a difference, the decisions you've agonized over, how you've handled bullying, a day in your life as a teacher or homeschool parent. Guidelines below. #callforsubmissions
CONTENT CALL: Anticipating August, we're looking for school-themed essays at The Pom! We want to hear about the teachers who made a difference, the decisions you've agonized over, how you've handled bullying, a day in your life as a teacher or homeschool parent. Guidelines below. #callforsubmissions
"My children’s innocence feels so fleeting and so fragile, and yet it is one of the heaviest things I carry," writes @taylorschu.bsky.social in her debut essay for The Pom. Sign up as a paid subscriber today to read the whole thing tomorrow! All proceeds in May will go to centralpafoodbank.org.
Amy Colleen (sewistwrites)
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Last Christmas I wrote a little satire piece about all the conflicting advice moms receive during the holidays, and today I wrote a follow-up for those moments when your child Acts Up and everyone has an Opinion on it. www.the-pom.com/p/control-yo...
Getting my sourdough starter going is making me kind of see what the trad wives are on about. Like wow yeah, I’m making something out of nothing. The universe is mine to tame
At the same time, I do think women should still be able to vote
