Charm School and Learning to Stand
I’m trying to explain charm school to my daughter. Is this even still a thing? Do mothers still sign their girls up for classes in how to be delightfully alluring? We were [...]
growing up
Sweatpants & Soul | Dealer
I have been writing stories in recent months that are as painful to read as they are to write. Truths, revelations, memories that now serve a purpose were once shoved [...]
Personal Essays | Abandoned, Not Once but Twice
"Both my father and Danny belonged to that time in my past when I first encountered male rejection. They were, in fact, the first perpetrators." [...]
Sweatpants & Parenting | Confessions Over Coffee
Soaking up the quiet of Saturday morning on my patio, I enjoy my coffee in the stillness before being productive becomes my focus. I look up and see my eldest son standing [...]
Sweatpants & Soul | My Love-Hate Relationship with Easter Egg Hunts
Writer Nele Giese writes about how anxiety and introversion made childhood Easter Egg Hunts the stuff of nightmares. [...]
Sweatpants & Books | Mental Health Reading List
Living with a mental illness can feel isolating, hopefully, these books will remind those of you battling with these disorders that you are not alone. [...]
Personal Essay | Catch the Wind
By Marielena Zuniga In the 1960s, many of us were trying to find ourselves. Hair was growing longer and skirts shorter. The Vietnam War. Bob Dylan, the Beatles and Joni [...]
Sweatpants & Parenting | The Yard
By Debbie Tanthorey Allen I mow the lawn. It’s a pleasant nearly-summer evening, I have an hour or two of free time; let’s do this thing. The machine drones on as I go [...]
Sweatpants & TV | “Fresh Off The Boat” Gets It Right
I was really nervous about this. I watched the first two episodes with both hope and trepidation. It’s been 20 years since we’ve seen a sitcom featuring an Asian American [...]
Short Story | Small Wounded Things
by Cindy Lamothe “She clung to that which had robbed her, as people do.” — William Faulkner When I was five years old I tried shaking off ‘crazy’ much like [...]
