The Dinner Party facilitates pot luck dinners for people in their 20's and 30's who have suffered significant loss. Not a therapy group, the dinner party provides a source of community and support for people who are grieving and provides a safe place to express grief honestly. I love this idea, and think groups like this would be helpful for issues beyond loss (PTSD, pregnancy loss, terminal illness). Isolation is the enemy.
Mom: The Designated Worrier A thoughtful NYT article about division of worry in a parenting relationship. (Most articles focus on division of labor, so this was an interesting take.)
Excerpt: "One reason women like me get stuck with the micromanagement is that we don't see it coming, not at first."
Split Image ESPN did a piece on suicide and the discrepancy between what people put on social media and their actual state of being. Suicide is a highly stigmatized topic, so ESPN did important work by delving into the issue.
Excerpt: "Young women growing up on Instagram are spending a significant chunk of each day absorbing others' filtered images while they walk through their own realities, unfiltered."
Orangette I don't follow many blogs, but this one has excellent writing and even more excellenter (is that a word?) recipes.
Mom: The Designated Worrier A thoughtful NYT article about division of worry in a parenting relationship. (Most articles focus on division of labor, so this was an interesting take.)
Excerpt: "One reason women like me get stuck with the micromanagement is that we don't see it coming, not at first."
Split Image ESPN did a piece on suicide and the discrepancy between what people put on social media and their actual state of being. Suicide is a highly stigmatized topic, so ESPN did important work by delving into the issue.
Excerpt: "Young women growing up on Instagram are spending a significant chunk of each day absorbing others' filtered images while they walk through their own realities, unfiltered."
Orangette I don't follow many blogs, but this one has excellent writing and even more excellenter (is that a word?) recipes.
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