News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. The New York Times Sunday Magazine long read this week was all about girls hitting puberty earlier and earlier . Did you read it? It made us want to banish any and all plastic and preservatives from the house and move somewhere far, far away.
2. Your not imagining it and you can now tell your mother that you have science on your side: childbirth is three hours longer than it was 50 years ago .
3. Oh Park Slope parents, you’ve got it rough. How dare those Italian ice and ice cream vendors come into your playgrounds on those first few beautiful days of the spring and tempt your kids with treats you haven’t prepared yourself with local, organic macro ingredients. Is it really that hard to say “no” to your kids?
4. For moms unable to breastfeed, there’s been some good developments with formula. Read more...
News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. Feministing’s Jessica Valenti opened up about her post-emergency C-section PTSD . Salon’s Mary Elizabeth Williams congratulates Valenti on spotlighting the issue despite (in spite of) the fact that haters gonna hate .
2. Kids with dyslexia have a learning difference, not a learning disability .
3. Marriage doesn’t seem to be as important these days as it once was, so why are people still getting married? Some say it’s a status symbol. Just last year, wasn’t the status symbol having more than three kids?
4. First, the Academy picks Billy Crystal over the Muppets to host the Oscars, now it’s not even having a performance of best song nomination “Man or Muppet”? Come on, Academy! Songs are much better than poorly written awkward banter. Read more...
News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:
1. Macarons and macaroons: why do they sound like the exact same word ?
2. Hot new parenting trend: letting your kid drive !
3. Childbirth seems to be everybody’s business … when did this happen?
4. French President Nicolas Sarkozy says breastfeeding is like slavery and he’s relieved he doesn’t have to do it. Does this mean baby Giulia runs the house? And if she’s the boss of the house, does baby Giulia run France?
5. Our love for Jason Schwartzman just grows and grows.
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