A recent article in the New York Times captured my attention, not only for its subject matter, but also for the comments that it drew. In “How to Speak Nanny”, Hilary Stout explored the uneasy relationships that exist between many working mothers and the women they hire to care for their children. According to Stout: [...]
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…and no more Fridays with Judith for that matter. That’s right: Judith Warner announced last week that she is signing off on Domestic Disturbances, her life and culture blog at the New York Times. Thank you, Judith, for four years of wisdom and wit. Domestic Disturbances will be missed.
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Another Wednesday, another opportunity to tell you about how Husband and I spend many evenings – side by side on the couch, each with a laptop, paying half-attention to a days old episode of The Daily Show. On the episode we watched last night (and we are quite behind), Stewart was mocking Fox News anchor [...]
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It’s time for some more Wednesday wisdom with Judith Warner. During our first few installments, we explored balancing our premotherhood and postmotherhood selves; the burden of modern husbandhood and fatherhood; and the “Motherhood Religion.” Today we’ll take a look at the burden of female beauty – attaining it and maintaining it. Over the weekend, Husband [...]
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It’s time for some more Wednesday wisdom with Judith Warner. During our first two installments, we explored balancing our premotherhood and postmotherhood selves and the burden of modern husbandhood and fatherhood. Uplifting topics indeed. Today we’ll take a look at what Warner calls the “Motherhood Religion.” In Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety, [...]
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That’s right, friends. It’s time for another installment of Wednesdays with [Judith] Warner. (Click here for last week’s look at the balancing act between our pre-motherhood and post-motherhood selves.) This week’s topic? Wonderful husbands. This Thanksgiving week, the theme of gratitude is everywhere – we’re grateful to have a bountiful meal to set before our [...]
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Please allow me to (re)introduce you to Judith Warner, author, mother, and guru to all people interested in motherhood at this particular social, political, and cultural moment. While I have been a fan of Warner’s writing since I first discovered “Domestic Disturbances,” her blog at the New York Times, I hadn’t discovered her 2005 book, [...]
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