What I read today Oct 15
How Marketers Talk About Motherhood Behind Closed Doors, The Atlantic
”Do not begrudge the mom for her temporary inability to see the value in your product, the moral of M2Moms seemed to be. Only when you acknowledge that her life is hell will she be open to what you’d like to sell her.”When Abortion Is Illegal, Women Rarely Die. But They Still Suffer., The Atlantic
What ‘Go to Your Room’ Teaches Kids About Dealing With Emotions, The Atlantic
#This18, NY Times
Civics Education Helps Create Young Voters and Activists, The Atlantic
Parents Are Divided on Whether It's Okay to Let Their Kids Dress as Moana for Halloween, People
When a DNA Test Reveals Your Daughter Is Not Your Biological Child, The Atlantic
Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon. To These Boys, He Was Just Dad., NY Times
CONNIE MATISSE OF EAST FORK POTTERY OPENS UP HER ASHEVILLE, NC HOME, Mother Mag
MY NEW FAVORITE PARENTING PHRASE, the kavanaugh report
Midwives on the March, The New Yorker
For White Women Learning Calculus in a School Building On Fire, Medium
It Truly Is a 'Scary Time' for Boys, Jezebel
OMG, the comment section! I always made a lot of rules around when and where I would walk home to various apartments at night and there were def a few scary incidents
What I read today Oct 12
Freedom from Bullying: How a School Can Be a Moral Community, Psychology Today
The Five-Year-Old Who Was Detained at the Border and Persuaded to Sign Away Her Rights, The New Yorker
OUR FAVORITE BOOK FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, the kavanaugh report
How school ruins kids, Medium
I’m Dying. Here Is What I Refuse to Accept With Serenity, The Nation
‘Those Kids Are No Longer Yours’: An Investigation into Uganda’s Adoption Market, The Nation
Portland family waits for answers to why they can't bring their son back to the U.S., KATU2
Free schools not delivering on promise of innovation, study finds, Financial Times
Dubious headline here
What I read today Oct 11
Activists Made BrettKavanaugh.com into a Resource for Sexual Assault Victims, broadly
Writer Nikole Hannah-Jones issues a challenge to parents in Philadelphia and beyond, The Notebook
Brooklyn Made Education: Self-Led Learning With A Slice of Social Justice, Huff Post
At Brooklyn Free School, Students Control Their Education, VOA
Class Dismissed, Psychology Today
What I read today Oct 10
Doulas are playing a role in C-section births, Washington Post
How to Have a Cesarean in Awareness, Inspired Birth Pro
NYPD cop sues for $5M, says she was shamed for pumping breast milk on the job, NY Post
Interscapular pain associated with neuraxial labour analgesia: a case series, Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society 2015
What I read today Oct 9
What I read today Oct 8
$1.3M Banksy Artwork “Self-Destructs” at Auction, hyperallergic
Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040, NY Times
The Dad-Joke Doctrine, The Atlantic
How I Trained My Husband to Be a Dad, NY Times
Motherhood gave me an identity crisis. Solving it was simple, but it wasn’t easy., Washington Post
Don’t expect your kids to come to you with all their problems—find them a “trusted adult”, Quartz
For the Bottle Man, Business Is (Happily) in the Toilet, NY Times
Making Jewelry From East River Glass, NY Times
History Lesson: The history of Columbus’ most famed ‘lost’ restaurant – The Kahiki, Columbus Underground
Demolishing the California Dream: How San Francisco Planned Its Own Housing Crisis, Collectors Weekly
Synesthesia: How My Brain Swirls Color into Life, Design Sponge
What I read today Oct 5
What if paying rent on time boosted your credit score?, Fast Company
Success Academy is moving into Brooklyn school despite opposition, NY Daily News
Kansas City Lovers Of 'Very Strange, Outside The Mainstream' Movies Now Have A Home, KBIA
Desire paths: the illicit trails that defy the urban planners, The Guardian
WATCH: Watch a Midwife and a Doula Fact-Check Hollywood Birth Scenes, Vulture
What I read today Oct 4
Two People Were Being Harassed For Speaking Spanish In A Grocery Store. Then This Woman Stepped In., Buzzfeed News
Driven by South’s Past, Black Women Seek Votes and a New Future, NY Times
Woman's Day 5107 - Down-to-Earth Smock, Unsung Sewing Patterns
Woolmark Prize Winner Bodice Is a Handmade Homage to India—And So Much More, Vogue
Ms. Colombia, Beloved Jackson Heights LGBT Figure, Found Dead, Jackson Heights Post
The Unlikely Politics of a Digital Contraceptive, The new Yorker
What I read today Oct 3
Why Is Giving Birth So Hard?, The Atlantic
City Takes Third African American Owned Property Under Guise of Affordability, Kings County Politics
University of Virginia Historian Documents How Black-Owned Land Was Stolen, JBHE
Raising a Black Boy Not to Be Afraid, Literary Hub
Black male youth more fearful when visiting whiter neighborhoods, Ohio State University
Black Boys Feel Less Safe in White Neighborhoods, Study Shows, NY Times
Women Are Being Denied Epidurals During Childbirth. Here's Why., Broadly
LPC approves additional demo of fire-ravaged Lower East Side synagogue, Curbed
See the NYC neighborhoods where displacement is a growing threat, Curbed
What I read today Sept 27
Fidget spinners, weighted blankets, and the rise of anxiety consumerism, Vox
Brands Are Dipping Into Life Coaching and Sex Advice, Racked
The Many Faces of Women Who Identify as Witches, The New YOrker
Bushwick Community Plan Calls for More Affordability and Historic Districts, Brownstoner
Christine Blasey Ford Testifies: ‘I Believed He Was Going to Rape Me’, NY Times
‘Risky Business’ and Brett Kavanaugh, 35 Years Later, NY Times
How to Make a Sheet-Pan Dinner, NY Times
What I read today Sept 26
NYC has lost one million low-rent apartments since 2005, Controller Scott Stringer says, NY Daily News
Black Feminist Literature at the NY Art Book Fair: An Interview with the Free Black Women’s Library, hyperallergic
Black Feminism Will Save Us All, Portside
Aretha Franklin died with an $80 million fortune — here's why she demanded to be paid only in cash, Insider
'A hopeless place': St Louis workhouse denounced as a modern-day debtors' prison, The Guardian
What I read today Sept 25
INTERVIEW: THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF AUTISTIC ARCHITECTURAL ARTIST WILLIAM SCOTT, Pin-Up
The Triangle Shirtwaist Memorialist, NY Review of Books
Family Keeps Memory of Hero Triangle Fire Elevator Operator Alive, WNYC
The nearly erased artist behind the hidden face of the proposed Faneuil Hall memorial, Boston Globe
The Vanishing Idealism of Burning Man, The New Republic
WATCH: Meet the Artist: Duane Flatmo on Tin Pan Dragon for “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man”
WATCH: Meet The Artist: Richard Wilks on "Evotrope" for “No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man”
‘We Are All Accumulating Mountains of Things’, The Atlantic
My Year of No Shopping, NY Times
James, Adams Look Into City’s Seizure Of Properties, Kings County Politics
What I read today Sept 24
UC Researcher Examines Effect of Racism on the Health of Whites, University of Cincinnati
The Mothers Who Can't Escape the Trauma of Childbirth, The Atlantic
The Prostitution Empire and the Former N.Y.P.D. Detective, Always One Step Ahead of the Law, NY Times
Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone, neuroanthropology
My Conversation With Co-Sleeping Expert James McKenna, Huff Post
What I read today Sept 21
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong, Huffington Post
Throw Your Children’s Art Away, The Atlantic
What I read today Sept 17
Here's How to Find Out How Racist Your Kids' School Is, Colorlines
How do children of color learn to draw themselves?, The Outline
Rihanna Included Two Pregnant Models in Her Savage x Fenty Fashion Show, Harpers Bazaar
Why Some Parents Turn Boys’ Names Into Girls’ Names, The Atlantic
I’m a free-range parent. My toddler’s concussion changed everything. WaPo
What Kids' Backpacks Say About Them, The Atlantic
The Health Impact of Undescended Testicles, NY Times
The Abortion I Almost Forgot, NY Times
How many toys do kids really need?, Motherly
St. Denis Coming Down , vanishing new york
Why pediatricians want baby walkers removed from stores, Motherly