On a brightly lit Nashville stage once upon a time, four men shook their hips to raucous music while an audience of young mothers screamed and swooned and waved their arms in desperate supplication. As one of the men leaped into the audience and ran up an aisle, a small horde of women followed, flashing […]
October 3, 2006
> It’s that time of the month again. No, not that time of the month, silly. It’s Perfect Post Award time, a day when bloggers give other bloggers props for great posts written during the preceding month. This month, my award goes to a woman who I think is one of the most amazing writers […]
October 2, 2006
“Well, if it isn’t Little Miss Internet Superstar.” It was Joanne, a former co-worker of mine. My husband and I had run into her at a local carnival. “Hi, Joanne!” I said. “Haven’t seen you in a while!” “Oh but I know all about you,” she said. “Everyone at my office does. We all read […]
October 1, 2006
>Dear “Ladies”, Allow me to introduce myself. I’m the mom who was laughing loudly and mumbling things like “You have got to be kidding me,” as I picked through your toddler clothing section on Friday morning. I have been to many a consignment sale and yours is always the worst. I can only assume that […]
October 1, 2006
>Another parental rite of passage exposed in this week’s Nashville Scene column. Read the full text of the column below… My Latest Ice Capades As soon as the music hit the airwaves, my two-year-old and I scrambled to beat each other to the television. “MOMMY! It’s, it’s, it’s… Tinka Bell!” Baby screeched, pointing wildly at […]
September 27, 2006
>”Omigosh! You’ll never guess what I found out happened at the game Friday night!” My 15-year-old said dramatically as we were cleaning up the kitchen after dinner. “What?” “Gina made out with Trevor!” I knew Gina well, but… “Trevor?” “You know!” 15 said impatiently. “The Manwhore!” “Ohhhhh.” Now I could put a name with a… […]
September 26, 2006
If you have a child, particularly a girl, don’t kid yourself about keeping family secrets. There are none. Girls tell each other everything, and most of those girls then go home and tell their parents. That’s why Hubs and I know all kinds of things, from which mom is hiding sex toys in her nightstand […]
September 25, 2006
>Here’s one more response from the pageant side: This letter is from the pageant mom who’s been corresponding with me via e-mail. I would assume that a lot of what I’ve written has totally pissed her off, but she’s been nothing but polite, so I’ll ask you all to be the same in your comments […]
September 24, 2006
>Let’s take a break from pageantry, shall we? Instead, we’ll enter the fascinating world of Fascinating Womanhood, a book written by Helen Andelin (whom I suspect is actually a woman-hating man) that instructs women on how to be the perfect submissive housewife. Here are a few quotes from the book: “A man is by nature […]
September 22, 2006
