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Everything You Need to Plan the Perfect Aesthetic First Birthday Party for Your Sad, Beige Baby
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (191+ words) This is an excerpt from Mc Sweeney's contributor Hayley De Roche's new book, Dress Your Baby in Sage and Taupe: A Handbook for the Sad Beige Parent, available now! You know, with many long years of therapy. So get to…...
How to Baby-Proof Your Home
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (246+ words) 1. Install Baby Gates Baby gates are great for keeping babies out of places you don't want them to go, like inside your home. String several gates together with zip ties to form a barrier around the perimeter of your property....
New and Exciting Anxieties Gifted to Me by My Three-Year-Old
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (319+ words) The time I said, "Hey buddy," to my wife, and my daughter responded, "She is NOT a buddy." The time on vacation when she said, "We are going to dinner AGAIN? We are going to ANOTHER restaurant?" The time she…...
Some Autistic Thoughts on Joy, and a Sneak Peek at My Debut Fiction
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (801+ words) You've Always Been This Way is a column written by Taylor Harris, a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman and 1980s preschool dropout, who identifies every moment from her past that filled her with shame, and mutters, "Yep, that tracks. I see it all…...
Stephen King's The Shining, If the Hotel Had Possessed Wendy Instead of Jack
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (688+ words) Wendy lit the stove to heat a pot of tomato soup. She turned to grab a wooden spoon and gasped. Two little girls in smocked dresses stood in the doorway. "Come play with us," one said. "I'm making lunch," Wendy…...
Let Us Walk You Through Our Very Reasonable Baby Registry
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (539+ words) Thank you so much for helping us welcome our new baby into the world. We've done a thesis amount of research as first-time parents, so here's an overview of what we'd love from family and friends, and what we're prepared…...
A Glossary of Philadelphia Slang
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (425+ words) Use the code TENDENCY at checkout for $5 off. A term used by New York transplants to pander to locals and/or cynically promote their recently opened boutique, restaurant, or bakery. "Come celebrate the grand opening of our new French-Belgian infusion…...
Necessary Prerequisites for Having a Baby
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (654+ words) Use the code TENDENCY at checkout for $5 off. So you want to have a baby. That's the biggest decision you've ever made in your life. And with it comes an endless list of to-dos, supply needs, and pointers to make…...
Why I, Santa, Am Demolishing My Workshop and Replacing It with an Enormous Ballroom
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (305+ words) Art + Water addresses the crisis of affordable artist workspace in San Francisco, fosters the careers of local artists, and creates a dynamic new exhibition space. Click to learn more. As your Santa, it is my right to run the North…...
I Don't Know, CAN you?" A Teacher's Grammar Lesson Goes Too Far
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (424+ words) A sad but true story. Ms. Johnson's fianc" left her at the altar. According to legend, that's why she was so mean. I never got it. As a shy child, nobody realized I needed glasses until 5th grade. Most teachers, including…...