Family and Culture Stuff

I Didn't Bedshare Because I Didn't Want to Crush My Baby

Many moms who don't bedshare with their babies aren't cold or unfeeling--they're just afraid of suffocation!

Dec 22 • Cartoons Hate Her

Screen-Free Parenting is Risky

Or, in defense of everyone's least favorite parent: the helicopter mom

Dec 17 • Cartoons Hate Her

My Christmas Invisible Labor is For Myself

A tale as old as time: she's doing everything for Christmas; nobody asked for it.

Dec 15 • Cartoons Hate Her

A Full Investigation of Why Nobody Comes to My Parties

Perhaps nobody likes me, or perhaps something else is Going On Quite Strongly.

Dec 9 • Cartoons Hate Her

Maybe Y'all Really Do Need Jesus

Without religion enforcing the bonds of marriage and family, it's much easier to drop off into solitude.

Dec 3 • Cartoons Hate Her

Today's Experts are Wrong Too

From parenting to nutrition to psychology, we've apparently been "lied to" until now. How can I trust that today's experts aren't lying too?

Dec 1 • Cartoons Hate Her

Most Marriages are Pretty Good

Young people are hearing the worst things about marriage online--and most of them aren't true.

Nov 19 • Cartoons Hate Her

2000s Beauty Standards Weren't the Low Point

The body positivity movement did not end the unrealistic body standards of the 2000s--it's worse now.

Nov 18 • Cartoons Hate Her

I Gentle Parent Because I'm Scared of My Kids Hating Me

At least I admit it!

Nov 17 • Cartoons Hate Her

HR is the Mean Mommy of the Workplace

It's easy to hate the HR lady--for the same reasons it's easy to hate "wine moms" and "Karens."

Nov 13 • Cartoons Hate Her

Don't Prove the Anti-Feminization People Right

If they're saying women are too easily offended and prone to silencing dissent, let's not dig ourselves in a hole immediately.

Nov 10 • Cartoons Hate Her

Don't Get Sucked Into The Thoughtful Gesture Industrial Complex

From elaborate birthday parties to boo baskets, nobody is holding you to a high expectation except Instagram.

Nov 6 • Cartoons Hate Her

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