Lindsay King-Miller
Lindsay King-Miller
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Lindsay King-Miller Articles
I am a compulsive memorizer. I am terrified of making a mistake, ever. But I'm learning to let go of my perfectionism.
Read...Brands getting in on the body love game might be a positive sign, but in and of itself it is not radical. We need to make body love radical again!
Read...People talk about skin care like it’s fun — a way to relax. But for me, the very idea opens onto a black hole of self-loathing.
Read...Someone I have never met donated a large sum of money, for no other reason than they felt it was the right thing to do, to help my family feel safe.
Read...I just tell my daughter the truth about my period: I have PMS, my back is killing me, and we’re going to eat a lot of chocolate.
Read...We’re always hardest on people who give into our own worst impulses, and I see my own shadow in those parents. I’m an over-sharer too.
Read...While it might seem frivolous to those who feel right at home in the titles "mom" or "dad," many queer parents agonize over what they want their children to call them.
Read...Asking for help is the hardest part. The truth is that asking for help is uncomfortable, even when we’ve been repeatedly reassured that it’s welcome.
Read...For queer parents like me, meanwhile — although I know that my whiteness and my class affords me a degree of protection from scrutiny and interference — the threat of being deemed an illegitimate parent also serves to silence any discussion of mixed feelings.
Read...Your period is a time for many things: comfort eating, getting into arguments for reasons you can't reconstruct…but it’s also a time to express yourself.
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