What I read today June 18
- Mister Rogers was actually a badass: New film “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” shows his tough side, Salon
- LEARNING TO CLEAN UP - MONTESSORI YOUNG TODDLER WEEK 27 AND 28, the kavanaugh report
- OUR APPROACH TO BIKE RIDING, the kavanaugh report
- Our Gentle, Montessori Approach to Toilet Learning 12 – 18 months (Stage 1), altheas atelier
- The timing of toilet training: What's the best potty training age?, parenting science
- TOILET LEARNING VS. TOILET TRAINING, daily montessori
- The caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum at the border, explained, Vox
What I read today June 14
- TRYING A CAPSULE WARDROBE, the kavanaugh report
- 4 ART TRAYS AT 18 MONTHS, the kavanaugh report
- Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children, The Atlantic
- Why Rich Kids Are So Good at the Marshmallow Test, The Atlantic
- Japan is making a push to stop the stigma against crying babies, Quartz
- Parents who refuse to call their newborns "girls" or "boys" are leading the gender revolution, Quartz
- How Birth Certificates Are Being Weaponized Against Trans People, The Atlantic
- Mom Truths: "I Kept Waiting for That Motherhood Euphoria to Arrive", my domaine
- It’s All Too Much, and We Still Have to Care, The Slate
- The Gospel According to Glennon, Elle
What I read today June 1
- How Screwed Will Your Subway Line Be by the L Train Shutdown? Everybody Else Edition, Village Voice
- 6 Things You’re Recycling Wrong, NY Times
- How the Trump Administration Got Comfortable Separating Immigrant Kids from Their Parents, The New Yorker
- A Healing Artist’s Eclectic “Little Treehouse” in Hartford, Man Repeller
- NYC Pauses Expansion Of Ambitious Residential Composting Program, Gothamist
- Vintage Muse du Jour: Princess Elizabeth of Toro, Messy Nessy Chic
What I read today may 31
- They are the Chinese Restaurant Road Trippers, Messy Nessy Chic
- A Guide to the Secret Bee Villages of NYC, Messy Nessy Chic\
- Photos: The Marlboro Man has nothing on these pioneering cowgirls, Timeline
- I used to be a 911 dispatcher. I had to respond to racist calls every day., Vox
- The Strange History of the “King-Pine”, The Paris Review
What I read today may 29
- Everyone Is Missing A Key Reason The U.S. Birth Rate Is Declining, HuffPost
- If You’re Headed to the Rockaways, Part of the Beach Just Died, Village Voice
- An Unusual Idea for Fixing School Segregation, The Atlantic
- The secret to honing kids' language and literacy, Science Daily
- ‘Roseanne’ Canceled by ABC Hours After Racist Tweet by Roseanne Barr, NY Times
- 'I'm not sorry I said it': Erykah Badu on music, motherhood and wildly unpopular opinions, The Guardian
- DO YOU LIE ABOUT CO-SLEEPING? IF SO, YOU’RE NOT ALONE, Mother Mag
- How Frida Kahlo's Husband Tried to Lock Away Her Letters to Other Lovers, Broadly
- The Malcolm X Murals of America, City Lab
What I read today May 24
- Inside the Champagne Vaults of the Brooklyn Bridge on the 135th Anniversary [Photos], Untapped Cities
- BLACK MATERNAL MORTALITY IN THE U.S., Mother Mag
- The Legendary Met Opera's History Is More Compelling Than Fiction, architectural digest
- Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?, The Guardian
- B-52 Bomber Radicalism, Jacobin
- Looking Back on William Hawkins, the Outsider Artist Who Became Wildly Popular in His 80s, hyperallergic
- The Aesthetics of Gentrification, and New York’s Top-Down Approach to Change, hyperallergic
What I read today May 23
- The Follower Factory, NY Times
- The Crazy Way Teens Are Hiding Their Imperfections Online: Finstagram, Elle
- The hipster is dead, let's start an anti-authenticity movement, Campaign
- Same old, same old. How the hipster aesthetic is taking over the world, The Guardian
- How This Paul Taylor Dancer Knew It Was Time To Retire, Dance Magazine
- Food apartheid: the root of the problem with America's groceries, The Guardian
- For six decades, ‘the man with the golden arm’ donated blood — and saved 2.4 million babies, WaPo
- Inside the World’s Only Sourdough Library, Atlas Obscura
- How Ceiling Fans Helped Slaves Eavesdrop on Plantation Owners, Atlas Obscura\
- I Was Forced to Carry an Unviable Pregnancy to Term. This Is My Diary, Broadly
Hard read - WE AREN’T THE WORLD, Pacific Standard
Fascinating
What I read today May 22
- Interior Dept. moves to allow Alaska bear hunting with doughnuts, bacon, NBC News
- LISTEN: Episode 80: Age and Authenticity, Design Observer
- The Future of College Is Facebook Meme Groups, NY Mag
I'm gonna go with "kids these days" and shake my head on this one - The 'Transit-Oriented Teens' Are Coming to Save Your City, City Lab
- ‘Ope!’: The All-Purpose Expression of Midwestern Politeness, Chicago Mag
hahhaa I think i say this all the time! - I Made My Shed the Top Rated Restaurant On TripAdvisor, Vice
- The Age of Post-Authenticity and the Ironic Truths of Meme Culture, Medium
What I read today May 21
- Bushwick Residents March to Block New DeKalb Monolith, Village Voice
- The Curse of an Open Floor Plan, The Atlantic
- The Open Secret of Anti-Mom Bias at Work, NY Times
The comments are such a bummer - The Radical Self-Reliance of Black Homeschooling, The Atlantic
- Dolls That Nurture Boys’ Empathy, NY Times
- Video: The Ecstatic Empathy of Motherhood, The Atlantic
What I read today May 17
- Department of Finance creates a taxing nightmare for nonprofits, NY Daily News
- The L Train Shutdown Scenario Just Got a Whole Lot Worse, Village Voice
- Cleaning Up Canal Street, Jeremiah's vanishing new york
- The Gentrification of Canal Street, NY Times
- Single Moms Talk About Raising Children Alone, Broadly
What I read today May 16
- We Must Speak Up Against Israel's Slaughter in Gaza, Vice
- Palestinian nonviolence relies on global non-silence, The Guardian
- The Bronx Is Blooming, but for Whom?, Village Voice
- How I Learned Not to Call 911, Village Voice
- A FEW MONTESSORI FRIENDLY FAVORITES FROM 15 TO 18 MONTHS, the kavanaugh report
- Babies would rather talk to other babies than listen to your baby talk, Quartz
What I read today May 14
- Splish, Splash and Pedal Harder, NY Times
- The Childbirth Photos Instagram Didn't Want You to See, Bazaar
- What's The Subway Etiquette For Emotional Support Hens?, Gothamist
Gosh, I can't explain it, but I really find this woman annoying. Actually, I find almost all plant-instagramers annoying - Model and her pet hen can't bear to be apart, NY Post