A 2020 Blog About the Patriarchy
Happy New Year!
Happy 2021, everyone. We all know 2020 was a mess of a year, but for me, it was not without its bright spots. I spent quality time with my husband and my dog. I officiated my best friend’s wedding. I finally learned to bake. I started this blog. Quarantine would have been much, much harder…
Walking a Mile in My Pocketless Pajama Pants
2020 was a strange Christmas. It was all set to be a bummer— separated from family, unable to make my annual pilgrimage to my sister’s home in Oregon, you get it. We’re all in the same boat. Then, in a whirlwind, my dearest friend decided to get married at her mother’s home in Wisconsin on…
For Christmas in 2020, Hallmark Gets with the Times (Finally)
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love Hallmark movies. I’m a year-round Hallmark viewer, but Hallmark Christmas movie season is the ultimate. The settings are festive, the meet-cutes adorable, and the first kiss— in the movie’s final frames— is perfectly lit as fake snow falls on 90s stars. It’s everything a…
Hey hon, what’s for dinner?
It was grocery day— again. I was planning our dinners for the week— again. I love to eat, so I’ve learned to love to cook, but slowly, over the past few years, grocery day has begun filling me with dread. Not because I have some sort of problem with the actual grocery shopping. I like…
Operation Whatever Collette Needs
My dearest friend, Collette, is getting married on Christmas Eve. We’ve known each other since college. Once, when she was in a fit of being twenty and seriously considering a mohawk, I gave her an Edie Sedgwick pixie cut with kitchen scissors. At twenty-three, I drove from Illinois to Minnesota to visit her for a…
What should I get Tony for his birthday? Inquiring minds want to know.
The holiday season is upon us. Halloween is in our rearview mirror. Thanksgiving leftovers are in our fridges. We’re in it now. It’s time to buy Christmas gifts. My husband was a Thanksgiving baby, so actually, at my house, the gift-giving frenzy really begins around mid-November. Every year, a flurry of calls and texts come…
I Was Late to the Glennon Doyle Party
“What does she even do?” “I don’t know. She has a mommy blog?” I’ll be honest: I don’t remember which half of that dialogue is me, but I remember the conversation. The conversations, really, because there was a time when mommy blogs were a thing I made fun of. A lot. Because I was a…
These Acts of Violence
“I, too, am ever baffled and enraged by the culture that consistently and completely silences my identity as an ambitious, accomplished woman once I assumed the title “Mrs.” What’s truly astonishing is that this kind of violence is more often than not perpetuated by women themselves.” -Hyejin Lee, ArtStoryLab That comment was posted months ago,…
Talking Pride & Prejudice with the Best Book Ever podcast
Guys.* I was on a podcast. It’s called Best Book Ever, and it’s the best podcast ever. Okay, I can’t prove that, but it is a great one, and I honestly do listen every single week. I can’t stop, won’t stop listening to BBE, and I’m thrilled to have gone on the best podcast ever…
When You Don’t Know What to Say or Think, Turn to People Smarter than You and Read
This week, I don’t know what to say. The world is big, and likely to change dramatically in the coming days— for better or for worse, we don’t yet know. I don’t have it in me to write a post about the hypocrisy of my having laser hair removal. (A huge time-saver, but also an…
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Jaimie Morimoto 