Louise Herbert
@MamaBeanBlog
Writer. Trying hard not to obsess over my Twitter bio...clearly winning. She/her. #Binders
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My latest at @HelloJunoHQ on THAT question, “when can we come see the baby?” #cnftweet #creativenonfiction hellojuno.co/mag/stop-askin…
Racism comes in all kinds of insidious flavors including looking the other way when you encounter it and/or making excuses for anyone who is promoting it and ultimately, especially right now, if you aren’t saying NO to it and them each and every time, you’re saying YES
Can everybody just Please look at this cat
“How would it feel? How would it feel to lie so still, to sleep in the insistent warmth of the sun? How would it feel to slowly disappear?” Beautiful piece, by @Hawscarlet motherwellmag.com/2019/06/25/the…
This piece by @ejeancarroll is epic and devastating and harrowing and everything in between. thecut.com/2019/06/donald…
i thought i share at how my dad reacted to finding out my sister is pregnant, best father’s day gift ever
I’m a gay woman. I recycle a lot. I rescue cats. I pay my taxes and contribute to my local community. I want to be Batman. I’d also like a fully functioning model railway in my back garden. I dance like everyone is watching. I’m kind. I hate bigotry. But sure. I’m the problem.
From Kazuo Ishiguro’s Nobel acceptance speech. Stories are about one person saying to another, This is the way it feels to me? Does it feel the same to you?
Here's something I've been studying on here for a bit. A lot of men, seem to have been conditioned to think that telling someone that you disagree is the same as asking them a question. Like the way they learn to engage is by *creating a conflict*.
My six year old was given first choice of who to work with in class so she chose the child who always gets picked last. That's what people mean when they say parenting is rewarding isn't it? I'm done.
Every woman sobbing on election night knew what was coming.
Normally when my toddler grabs my phone, I end up with 4.2 million photos of the kitchen bin...but look at the artsy pic he snapped today...
Me: I need to get my shit together My shit: not today, girl, not today
Asparagus grows like it’s trying to prank some idiot into thinking this is how asparagus grows
Sorting the house and realising just how stone cold my heart is. Bridal shoes, wedding scrapbook and engagement keepsakes are no more. *We are still happily married.
Love this stunning essay by @jilltalbot - theparisreview.org/blog/2019/04/1…
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Soon by Jill Talbot
April 10, 2019 – Jill Talbot on the women she’s been, and the women she’s becoming.
1855: Charlotte Brontë has published 3 internationally successful novels & her work is adored worldwide. Her profession on her death certificate is listed as "Wife of Curate". On #IWD we're thinking about all the other remarkable "wives of" who never got the chance to shine.
Straight people will say that LGBT education isn't age appropriate but will ask toddlers if they have a girlfriend
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