Disappearing Sidewalks
Cultural commentary from the space between parenting, media, technology, and everyday life.
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Nostalgia has a timestamp. A reflection on childhood, motherhood, algorithms, and the years we remember as the internet before everything changed.
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Five Months Later
Five months doesn’t sound like a long time—until you try to measure how much the world can shift inside it.…
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From GI Joe to Online Hydras
How public service announcements for children changed in the age of social media, influencers, and algorithms
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Hormones Online: Social Media, AI Companions and the Pressure to Grow Up
When my oldest daughter got her period at a relatively young age, the chorus came quickly—grandmas, aunties, everybody with a…
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When War Is a Punchline
A coworker walked into the office the other day and said to the room,“Have y’all gotten any telemarketer calls? I…
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Between Screens and Sidewalks
Sometimes I catch myself watching my kids the way I watch these Florida storms roll in on the wind—feeling something…
