Archive - One Tough Mother

Pathetic People

A review of Sarah Wynn-Williams tell-all memoir, Careless People

Mar 20 •

Men never wanted you to be this powerful.

My most salient point is not particularly brilliant: You already know it.

Mar 17 •

February 2025

You were raised by fascism. That's why you can't see it.

It lurks in the psyche of every unhealed, emotionally immature person who wants to believe that blind adherence makes them the adult that their own…

Feb 5 •

October 2024

Motherhood led me to small business, but it was a scam.

When the world expands again, some doors close.

Oct 7, 2024 •

July 2024

Conscious Parenting Will Change the World

Non-coercion calls into question all systems of control and power. That is exactly what we need in order to create children and people who are awake to…

Jul 19, 2024 •

May 2024

Will your kids still love you when they're older?

The troubling paradigm of being a "good enough" parent

May 6, 2024 •

April 2024

Momfluencers: What does Elyse Myers owe us?

Did the internet really “bully” TikTok star Elyse Myers off the app because it’s mean-spirited, cruel & foaming at the mouth to dethrone a reigning…

Apr 2, 2024 •

March 2024

What happens when the women in the room suck?

Go past the simplistic idea that a female representation is powerful in an of itself.

Mar 11, 2024 •

February 2024

I advocated for Palestine. I got called out for anti-Black racism.

Here's why they were right. And why it matters for our kids.

Feb 19, 2024 •

January 2024

Your “friends” are gaslighting you.

And your children are watching.

Jan 19, 2024 •

As mothers, why shouldn't a war on children hurt us deeply?

As mothers, why shouldn't a "war on children" hurt us deeply?

Jan 9, 2024 •

October 2023

Raising thoughtful kids in a time of bad faith.

A brief interlude from the Millennial Parenting series to share my thoughts on parenting in the wake of the Palestinian genocide.

Oct 22, 2023 •

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