And another straight line to men who feel like they have to act stereotypically male to prove that they are men, which probably includes most of the misogynists on the internet.  It’s hard enough for boys to break free from male stereotypes as a kid when their peers make fun of them for it, but it’s gotta be even…

I’m mom to just one girl but yes, all of this. Her feet smell. She burps and farts with glee. She loves dinosaurs, digging in the dirt, outer space, and doing science experiments. She also loves dolls, looking pretty, and princesses. These things are not mutually exclusive and the whole #boymom phenomenon drives me…

Yeah....not to be overdramatic about this, but I feel like I can draw a pretty straight line between this assumption that boys are loud, messy, like playing in mud and catching bugs and being physical, to the same kinds of stereotypes that leads people to assume that women can’t succeed in certain fields or be good at…

I’ve noticed that when it comes to social media, women seem to feel the need to label and categorise themselves, at least more than I’ve seen men do it. Not just mothers, but groups of women friends too, whether it’s hashtags around brunch and rosé and their “squad” and the like, and I know several friends who came up…

Pretty much. At work I’ve noticed the ‘boymom’ shirts means ‘I’m just going to let my kid do whatever he wants because well, he’s a boy! Shrug! What you gonna do?!’

YES. And I guarantee that every #boymom who says “well, my son has lots of energy/likes playing with toy trucks/makes fart jokes” because he’s a boy also uses that justification to excuse behavior that ranges from totally normal for a child that age (meltdowns and tantrums happen), to totally abnormal but justifiable,…

Exactly. #Boymom is the precursor to “Boys will be boys.”

My Mom had all girls and “boy moms” used to annoy her so much. They all seemed to assume that being loud, messy, and roughhousing was something only boys did. She would frequently point out that my sisters and I did all of those things (especially the story where my middle sister and I were fighting and fell onto the…

People interested in having a different life than their parents life, or the life of those around them growing up, have a hard time. They are climbing a mountain towards a goal without clear markers. They are climbing blind. That’s what college or work or life mentors are for: someone to quantify your experiences, to…

Go eat your shrimp cocktail, Eleanor, and tell your friend Jason to say “hello” to Donkey Doug.

Scientist (an astronomer!) checking in here. I don’t think it’s ok to bash or belittle people, but I find the recent resurgence of astrology deeply troubling. It’s not that astrology is useless or without logic. It’s that it makes testable predictions that have never, ever, ever been verified, but people believe in it…

Maybe the first thing we should fight is kleptocratic hocus pocus.

Why do I think all of this has to do with Harvey Weinstein and Georgina Chapman in some way?

I want this guy to start a YouTube channel for reviewing all shitty products.

Am I the only one who choked up a little when all the demidogs started dying and they cut to Dart’s body collapsed next to a Three Musketeers wrapper?

Monarchy has never seemed so vestigial.

Another reminder of who the REAL psychopathic monster of the Old Testament Bible was.

It’s counteracted by the drinking.

The bottle of wine I just drank did more in its life for women than Mike Pence ever will.