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The Brutally Honest Mom Manifesto That Changed My Life

Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions wasn't your typical cutesie baby fare. It was raw, real—and unabashedly funny.

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MommaBare Advice: How Do I Raise Children With Healthy Body Image When I Struggle With My Own?

How do I raise a boy to love and respect all women regardless of size in a world where he is bombarded with images of what is attractive?

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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard To Talk To White People About Racism

The antidote to white fragility is ongoing and life-long, and includes sustained engagement, humility, and education.

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Conversation With A Faucet: Flash Fiction

She couldn’t imagine the water she sat in, the water that enveloped her body, wanted to be here.

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16 States Have More People In Prison Cells Than College Dorms

Let than sink in for a minute. More people behind bars than in the dorms.

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Ravish Me This . . . Top 5 Reads Of The Week

Providing this week's most-riveting reads: a funny fashionista, two powerful essayists, and . . . a four-year-old?

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Idiot Of The Week With Frangela: Cup Of Love

A Minnesota man confessed to clandestinely ejaculating into his co-worker's coffee because he didn't know how else to say I love you.

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You know what’s an epidemic? Making people feel second rate and ashamed, criminalizing them for something like having an obese pregnancy.

Pregnancy, Obesity, And The Lies We Tell

You know what’s an epidemic? Making people feel second rate and ashamed, criminalizing them for something like having an obese pregnancy.

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