My life pre-pandemic was typical #MomLife. Mornings were a blur as my husband and I rushed the kids off to school before commuting to our offices and working until it was time to head home and begin the evening schedule of swim practice, baths, dinner, and homework. I never felt like I had a work-life balance or enough quality time with my girls. I was constantly questioning if I was doing enough in my career, as a wife, and as a mom....
In just about every boy’s life, there will come a time when they’re given admission to “Dick School,” journalist Peggy Orenstein quotes sex educator Charis Denison in her new book Boys & Sex, “The question is, will he drop out, graduate or go for an advanced degree?” Dick School, of course, is exactly what it sounds like: the time where the stifling “rules” and anxieties and standards that make up what we consider toxic masculinity and “bro” behavior go unchallenged....
Last month, 7-year-old Jurnee Hoffmeyer came home from school with an unexpected haircut to her dark blond curls. According to the Associated Press, Jimmy Hoffmeyer said that his daughter got off of her school bus with the hair on one side of her head noticeably shorter than the other side. According to the Jurnee, who is biracial, a student on the bus had taken a pair of scissors to the girl’s hair on their way home from school....
There was probably a time when your skincare routine was allowed to consist of scrubbing your face with bar soap and a warm washcloth, then calling it a night. But as your skin ages and you become more strategic about longevity, new words like “acids” and “retinoids” come out to play — and suddenly you’ve got a vanity full of pots, bottles, and goo galore. It works out though, because our culture is kind of obsessed with skincare and wellness right now, and new products are being innovated every day....
Home > Primary Sources > History & Biography > Lewis & Clark > The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 21, 1806 TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 20, 1806July 20, 1806July 22, 1806July 22, 1806July 21, 1806 Monday July 21st 1806....
Home > Primary Sources > History & Biography > Lewis & Clark > The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 4, 1805 TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 3, 1805July 5, 1805July 4, 1805 Thursday July 4th 1805....
Home > Primary Sources > History & Biography > Lewis & Clark > The Journals of Lewis & Clark: June 29, 1806 TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark June 28, 1806June 30, 1806June 29, 1806 Sunday June 29th 1806....
Home > Primary Sources > History & Biography > Lewis & Clark > The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, September 20, 1804 TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Day 288 Day 290...
Home > Primary Sources > History & Biography > Lewis & Clark > The Journals of Lewis & Clark: November 27, 1805 TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark November 26, 1805November 28, 1805November 27, 1805 November 27th Wednesday 1805 Some rain all the last night & this morning at day light 3 Canoes and 11 men Came down with roots meat, Skins &c....
Home > Primary Sources > Philosophy & Religion > The Quran > The Koran/Sura XI — Houd TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Sura XI — Houd Mecca — 123 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful ELIF....
Home > Culture & Entertainment > Film > The Migration of Ghosts TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Pauline Melville is hard to pin down. In an era when so many writers are confined to a single voice or easy ideological stance, she-using the main metaphor in her novel The Ventriloquist’s Tale — speaks in many tongues, from the excruciating beauty of “Lucifer’s Shank,” wherein one friend watches another slowly succumbs to lymphatic cancer, to the boisterous black humor of “Don’t Give Me Your Sad Stories”, as two working-class alcoholics find a laughable stain among their garments of despair....
Home > Business > Consumer Resources > The Nitty-Gritty of Mortgage Shopping TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales Source: The Federal Interagency Task Force on Fair Lending A mortgage—whether it’s a home purchase, a refinancing, or a home equity loan—is a product, just like a car, so the price and terms may be negotiable....
Home > Culture & Entertainment > Performing Arts > The Seven Streams of the River Ota TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales This visual masterpiece by French-Canadian director Lepage is an ambitious, exhilarating and rambling portrait of human resilience....
Home > Primary Sources > Poetry > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare: How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shameHow sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame Which, like a canker in the fragrant rose, Doth spot the beauty of thy budding name!...
Home TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales The sport of the Vikings Bjorn Daehlie Related Links 2014 Winter Olympics Cross-Country Through the YearsEncyclopedia: SkiingMemorable Moments Bjorn Daehlie The Vikings were the world's first cross-country skiers....
It’s safe to say there’s no longer a real relationship between Meghan Markle and her father Thomas — Meghan cut off contact long ago, and Thomas’s continued comments in the press make it easy to see why. So, why are outlets still paying this man to weigh in on Meghan’s life decisions? Meghan’s father’s comments in new documentary Thomas Markle: My Story aren’t just baseless, they’re downright creepy. Just so we’re all clear on who Meghan is dealing with here, we’ve rounded up the weirdest quotes from Thomas’s ill-advised 90-minute(!...
Happy 14th Birthday, Vivienne & Knox! As admirers of both Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, it may come as no surprise we’re also big fans of the Jolie-Pitt children. That said, what do we know about the Jolie-Pitt children, including twins Knox and Vivienne? While Jolie and Pitt have chosen to keep their kids somewhat sheltered from the world (none of the kids are on social media, for example), we have been getting more glimpses of them as they come into their own over the years....
Millions of young women have reportedly had intrusive and uncomfortable gynecological exams that they didn’t really need, according to researchers behind a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine earlier this week. The study, conducted by researchers at University of California San Francisco and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that 2.6 million women (between 15 and 20 years old) received pelvic exams or pap smears over the last year and more than half (54....
On National Voter Registration Day, September 22 this year, you might be seeing a lot of messaging around making sure your voter registration is up-to-date. But if you’ve got an 18-year-old in your life, you have some more homework on your hands this election season. In the even that your kid isn’t already one of those politically active Gen Z types, this task could be difficult. We’d like to give you a little help with that....
I always imagined that I would be married when I had my first kid. Being a single mom isn’t something I pictured for myself. But life had other plans, and as hard as it was, I’m glad it did. Related story Kelly Clarkson & Jewel Look on the Bright Side of Being Single Moms During the Holidays For the first six and a half years of my son’s life, it was just me and him against the world....
