There is perhaps no place so emblematic of today’s yuppie sensibilities as this gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood. An affluent area full of young families, yoga studios, coffee shops and famous writers, Park Slope — until recently, the home community of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio — is a symbol of liberal sincerity and, sometimes, over-the-top…
Tonight, MTV will conclude the first season of “Teen Mom 3”. For those of you not aware of this corner of the television universe, “Teen Mom” is the spinoff of MTV’s documentary style show “16 and Pregnant”, which follows one girl per episode through 5-7 months of her experience of pregnancy and parenting. “Teen Mom”…
Why women still struggle to manage careers and families has been a hot topic for a few years now. It’s an important conversation, one that has helped us define the problem and even stumble upon a few solutions, but sometimes it feels like there has been whole lot a talk with little emphasis on action….
Gail Simmons has one in the oven — and no, it’s not a batch of cookies. “Top Chef” judge Gail Simmons is expecting her first child with husband Jeremy Abrams. The baby is due this winter, Simmons’ rep confirmed to People Magazine. Simmons married Abrams, head of the music programming company Audiostiles in 2008. Their Long…
People use Facebook for all sorts of social interactions— “Knocked Up” star Seth Rogen uses it to share his wisdom. The Jewish celeb joined Facebook earlier this week, and made a video tutorial on how to roll a joint for his social media debut. Taking to Twitter, Rogen tweeted to his followers, “I finally joined…
In case you haven’t read my last blog: I’m not pregnant. Nor do we intend me to be anytime soon. But of course, as everyone likes to remind me, “Man plans and God laughs.” Or “You might change your mind and want kids sooner.” Or “birth control is only 99% effective, you know.” (We know.)…
I’m not entirely surprised that I’ve been getting pregnancy jokes — and less jokey queries — ever since it’s been halachically possible for me to be pregnant. After all, I used to be one of those girls who would stare down a newly married woman’s belly, itching with curiosity to know when it would swell….
This is the thing you didn’t know: that motherhood is not all joy; that birth leaves scars forever; that often you will feel no love, only desperation. This is the thing you didn’t know: That pregnancy could fill you with that much dread, that you would weep from misery and they would call it postpartum…
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