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January 6, 2025 Culture, Love and Marriage, Videos

Limerence is NOT Love

January 6, 2025 Culture, Love and Marriage, Videos

Limerence is an involuntary state of intense romantic desire for another person, characterized by intrusive and obsessive thoughts, feelings, and…

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My Mother was a Greenliving Minimalist Before Instagram Told You It was a Thing You Should Be Doing
September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Culture, Raising Kids, working mom

My Mother was a Greenliving Minimalist Before Instagram Told You It was a Thing You Should Be Doing

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Culture, Raising Kids, working mom

I took my daughter thrift store shopping a few weeks ago and she was intrigued by the artifacts we found…

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Books Black Bookworms are Anticipating in 2019
January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Book Worm, Culture

Books Black Bookworms are Anticipating in 2019

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Book Worm, Culture

2018 isn’t even decomposing in its grave and I am on my THANK U, NEXT! . As for books authored…

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Why are some of the greatest fiction writers of our day afraid to challenge the status quo?!
January 19, 2018September 22, 2018 Book Worm, Culture

Why are some of the greatest fiction writers of our day afraid to challenge the status quo?!

January 19, 2018September 22, 2018 Book Worm, Culture

Even when I love the world these imaginative writers create, I’m disappointed by certain reoccurring elements

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January 15, 2018September 21, 2018 Culture, Raising Kids

Learning to Let Our Daughters Frown

January 15, 2018September 21, 2018 Culture, Raising Kids

And I wonder how often we force girls to play a role to fit the confines of our expectations at the cost of their individuality and self-expression?

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November 16, 2017September 21, 2018 Culture, Raising Kids

Photo Series: Reaching for Ambrosia

November 16, 2017September 21, 2018 Culture, Raising Kids

There’s this fruit tree existing amongst concrete and steel, yet it dares to bare fruit. Out of reach. She’s got…

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One of my parenting goals is to help my kids creat One of my parenting goals is to help my kids create healthy and sustainable rhythms while establishing value and worth beyond their labor.
This is capitalistic cosplay, why do you even need This is capitalistic cosplay, why do you even need to “sign” an AI actress. Why even go through mock human processes if not to denigrate us?!

All I can do is refuse to 
consume. 
pay for. 
even acknowledge this as worth my ongoing attention and teach my children to do the same. 

Let the bots watch it.

This is a slippery slope. Then let AI replace the studios, the executives, the agencies and the consumers. Are we just going to burn our environment down so the matrix can flourish?! 

#AI #tv #film #parenting #theatre
The world has and continues to change significantl The world has and continues to change significantly and quickly for many of us. Every dollar counts. This is about real families and real budgets. If you’re feeling this pinch, you are not alone.

I’ve connected with a campaign to provide resources to help parents understand the impact of tariffs better, see the 🔗 in my bio.

#BackToSchool #ParentingTips #Budgeting #Layoffs #SchoolShopping #FamilyBudget

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