Joyful Parenting Thrives on Equality, Support, and Stability
I’m obsessed with my daughter and I love love love being her parent, and I love to a SHOCKING degree the process of learning how to be her parent, and also I think the unadulterated nature of my joy is directly enabled by having a husband who’s a true equal partner and not a selfish patriarchal manchild, and also by money
All Teens Must Read The Five Geek Social Fallacies
Every person on earth, when they reach the age of, oh, let’s say 16, should be strapped down Clockwork Orange-style and be forced to read The Five Geek Social Fallacies https://plausiblydeniable.com/five-geek-social-fallacies/
AI‑Generated Posts Are Obvious—Rewrite in Your Own Voice
I just want to make sure yall know that we can tell — we can really, really tell — when you use genAI to write your threads, replies, reels & tt scripts, and ig captions and drop the output raw....
Late‑age Pregnancy Can Be Smooth and Healthy
Got pregnant at 40, old and fat. Pregnancy was shockingly fun and easy, childbirth wasn’t exactly either but I was lucky to have no complications. Baby was perfect when she came out, & remains so 3.5 yrs later.
Overwhelmed by Guilt Over Failing to Protect Loved Ones
I had a total meltdown and despaired I’d ruined my life and already failed this helpless creature I’d committed to stewarding & protecting twice with my puppy, but only once with my baby.
Visible Mic Signals Intentional Performance and Authority
It’s semiotics, like everything, duh. In the era of front-facing first-person video, a visible mic (or holding a lav in-hand, etc) indicates intentionality, performance, authority, and cultivated awareness of above. Distance and expertise rather than the faux intimacy of the...
Noma's Prestige Fueled a Culture of Abuse
What I kept thinking about, reading all these horror stories of working at Noma, is how the restaurant’s exceptionality, its sheer extraordinariness, was essential to its culture of abuse — the institution weaponized its status. My @newyorkermag column ⬇️
Box Mix: Just Pre‑Measured Cake Ingredients, Not a Monster
People are always having these moral freakouts about box mix like it’s some inhuman chemical monstrosity. Beloveds it’s just the dry ingredients for cake in a pre-mixed ratio.