“At least you guys can wear halters. I’ve got man-shoulders.” – Regina George. “Mean Girls.” That’s me at 13, backstage at the student theater. Looking at this photo 13 years later, I’m struck by how pretty I look. I was a pretty girl. I didn’t know it. In fact, every single time I looked inContinue reading “Monster in the mirror: insecurity over looks is not awesome, and shouldn’t be required”
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I don’t love this song any less now that I’m knocked up
In fact, I kinda love it more. And I’m totally smug. Totally. Though this doesn’t stop me from making all sorts of jokes about how damn lucky this kid is right now, with it being -22 in Moscow, and him or her all snug in my womb. I mean, it’s so cold that your faceContinue reading “I don’t love this song any less now that I’m knocked up”
To the Mothers
Kim recently wrote about the side of motherhood that no one really talks about, and what a soldier you have to be to endure it. There isn’t a Mother’s Day card out there that says: “Thanks, mom! You love me even though they had to sew up your vajayjay up after I came out ofContinue reading “To the Mothers”
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