How I met my mother
After our dramatic fights, I swore I'd be a different kind of mom than my mom. I didn't realize how similar we are
Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:00 PM UTCLife Mother's Day, Motherhood
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Life Mother's Day, Motherhood
Old ladies who didn’t love me
I thought a gym class with elderly women would ease my aging anxiety, but it made me miserable in new ways
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 43Life Body Image, Body Wars
Interview With My Bully: The bully who denied it
Back in high school, Veronica made my life hell. She doesn't remember it that way. Is it possible we're both right?
Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 12:00 AM UTC 59Life Interview With My Bully
Tales of a recovering blabbermouth
I've always been the person who talks too much. What I didn't realize was how much I was drowning out
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 12:01 AM UTC 65Life Mortifying Disclosures
I can’t believe my best friend is a Republican
I love everything about Janet -- except how she stands for all the things I find bad and wrong in the world
Wednesday, Apr 6, 2011 12:30 AM UTC 198Life Life stories, Republican Party
Our Thanksgiving of discord
After the divorce, my sisters and I spent the holiday with my dad. He badly wanted to make it right. It never was
Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 10:01 PM UTC 45Life Thanksgiving, Divorce
Why is Mommy so mad?
Mothers are ripping each other apart online and in real life. Are we that furious -- or just that scared?
Thursday, Nov 18, 2010 2:01 AM UTC 115Life New Mom Confessions
The strange story of my son’s circumcision
I believe cutting a boy's foreskin is mutilation. So why am I standing here at my child's bris?
Thursday, Aug 26, 2010 1:01 AM UTC 306Life New Mom Confessions
How childbirth caused my PTSD
I thought the diagnosis was for war veterans, not new mothers. Then I had a baby
Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 1:20 AM UTC 178Life Motherhood
Facebook, the mean girls and me
At 34 years old, I finally feel like a popular seventh-grader. How sad is that?
Monday, Nov 30, 2009 2:01 AM UTC 136Life Facebook
Taffy Brodesser-Akner has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Self, Redbook, and other publications.
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