“I am tired. Tired of the noise on the internet. Tired of getting mad every time I look at my phone. And tired of the constant pull toward a tiny device that is doing the thing it was built to do— suck my attention.”
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09/25/20
What it Means to be Pro-Choice
I’m beginning to think more and more people don’t understand what pro-choice means. It’s a spectrum…
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It’s one thing to see NYC find a new normal over the course of a few months; it truly did feel miraculous. But for those who left and returned, it’s a different experience.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer and a crusader and a feminist icon, but as I always tell my girls, she was once a small Jewish girl from New York, just like them.
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Yesterday, I spoke on a panel about being an influencer. The first question was: “Have the events of 2020 affected what you share on your social platforms?” Uhhh. That’s a really big complicated question.
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09/14/20
How it Feels to Be Back Home in NYC
Maybe there will be a big spike again and everything will close. Maybe the entire city will go bankrupt. Maybe all those things will happen and NYC will still feel like home.
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Harlow asked why I never posted her “original” baking show. I had no idea what she was talking about, until she made me go all the way back through my photo archives to find it.
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09/04/20
18 Parents Share their Decisions for the Upcoming School Year
I wanted to share a variety of decisions that parents have made for the 2020 school year, and let them walk you through their reasoning. There are so many individual factors going into each of these decisions.
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09/03/20
Our Plan for School this Fall
Our plan depends on our schools’ plans and NYC’s plan, so nothing seems set in stone. But here’s where we are right now: Mazzy will be doing school remotely, while Harlow attends in-person classes at a new school.
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Liz Faria talks about how her family and her town are grappling over their school’s reopening plan and how she is planning to make it work for her three kids.
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Whether my kids attend school in-person or remotely this year, I am teaching them to pack their own lunch. It’s one less meal for me to make and the kids can access it themselves in the middle of the day.
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The most important tool for change is the next generation. Raising anti-racist kids is the single most powerful way to change the way our country views race. When parents become allies, things can change from the ground up.
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08/05/20
There are No Good Options
I’m in New York City, where COVID cases are currently low, so I’ve been hoping that means we are in a better place to send our kids back to school. Our school is optimistic, but will that ultimately matter?
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The Holderness family put out a hysterical (and painfully accurate) video that sums up what all parents are going through right now.
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Liz Faria talks about her decision to take her kids to their local playground after it reopened, what new rules have been put in place and how it felt to be there.
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